York County

The overdose cases occurred late Wednesday as officers found three inmates unresponsive in their cells. Additionally, five inmates were charged with crimes.

York County, South Carolina, has filed suit against the cities of Rock Hill and Tega Cay accusing them of refusing to help cover the costs of housing inmates at the county jail.

The manager of the New Indy Containerboard paper mill in Catawba, South Carolina, says the plant let down the community when it produced elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide in 2021, creating a foul odor that sickened residents and permeated homes and buildings in York County and the surrounding area.

A highly-toxic chemical compound known to cause cancer has been detected at the New Indy Containerboard plant in Catawba, South Carolina. State officials are monitoring the compound to make sure it doesn't leak into the nearby Catawba River.

The EPA has recommended a $1.1 million fine for a Charlotte-area paper mill after multiple complaints from people in the York County, South Carolina, area about foul odors stemming from the New-Indy Catawba plant.

The York County, South Carolina, sheriff's office said Saturday that investigators recovered 74 packages and thousands of other pieces of mail taken from nearly 2,000 mailboxes on either side of the state line in the area of Charlotte.

York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, will cover tuition and fees for students starting next semester by using federal COVID-19 relief funding.

Deputies say at least 80 dogs have been taken out of a South Carolina home because they were living in very poor conditions. York County deputies said two monkeys and a bird were also removed Monday from the property near Lake Wylie.

The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, has launched an investigative project called “Uncovered.” It examines the conduct of government officials. One of the project's stories focuses on spending in York, Chester and Lancaster counties just south of Charlotte.

Residents near a paper mill in York County, South Carolina, have filed a second class-action lawsuit claiming that noxious odors from the plant are surrounding their homes and making them sick.