CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - Authorities in coastal South Carolina say a missing couple is now believed to be dead, and a man and woman have been charged with killing them. The Horry County Police Department said in a statement posted Sunday on its Facebook page that 21-year-old Jordan Marie Hodge and 28-year-old Kenneth Wayne Carlisle, both of Aynor, have been arrested and charged with murder. Area news media report that 64-year-old Linda McAllister and 45-year-old William Clemons were reported missing July 1.
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (AP) - Three adults and a small child are getting emergency treatment after lightning struck near their getaway on the South Carolina coast It happened Sunday afternoon on Isle of Palms, a coastal city about 40 miles east of Charleston. Isle of Palms Fire Chief Ann Graham says none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is one of the country's most dangerous states for motorcyclists, but bikers put the blame on a range of problems from bad roads, inattentive motorists and inexperienced riders. The Post and Courier reports the 135 motorcyclists who died on South Carolina roads last year were the most this century.
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) - An inmate is dead after a fight inside a South Carolina prison. Multiple media organizations report Lee County Coroner Larry Logan said Sunday that 22-year-old inmate Christian D. Ray died after the incident at Lee Correctional Institution.