Deputies question details on missing Pendleton toddler
PENDLETON, S.C. (AP) — Anderson County sheriff's deputies are questioning some details they've been given about a 1-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly a week.
Sheriff's Lt. Sheila Cole told local media that at least two details they were given about Leaona Cheyanne Wright of Pendleton are probably wrong.
Cole says investigators do not think that a 3-year-old girl opened the door to allow Leona to crawl outside. Cole says investigators also think the girl was not there when her mother arrived at the home at 5:30 a.m. June 6.
Deputies have interviewed the mother, her boyfriend and their neighbors, friends and family members.
Crime Stoppers of Anderson has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.
Cole says investigators are still hopeful of finding Leaona alive and well.
Charleston man gets 40 years for killing over a thrown beer
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A 57-year-old North Charleston man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting a man after an argument over a thrown beer.
The Post and Courier reports Vaughn Hilliard was found guilty Wednesday in the death of 46-year-old Troy Cason in September 2013. Assistant solicitor Culver Kidd says Hilliard admitted to the shooting, but claimed self-defense.
In an incident report, Cason's girlfriend told police she and Cason were speaking to two other people on Sept. 7, 2013, when one of whom threw a beer on the ground. Hilliard came around the corner of a trailer and began arguing with Cason because he thought the victim threw beer. Cason pushed Hilliard to the ground. Hilliard went to get a rifle and shot him. Cason died two days later.
Huckabee making weekend swing through South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is returning to South Carolina.
The Republican presidential hopeful begins his trip on Friday with a meet and greet at The Beacon Drive-In Restaurant in Spartanburg.
From there, he's holding a reception with the Spartanburg County GOP before taking part in the Bridging the Gap Quarterly Leadership Series. Huckabee is ending the day with an event with Benjamin House Ministry in Moore.
On Saturday, Huckabee is making stops in Gaffney and Indian Land before taking a tour of Keer America Manufacturing. In the afternoon, he's attending a barbecue hosted by the York County Republican Party in Rock Hill.