Local Updates from ABC News Radio for Columbia.
(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- Forecasters fear Hurricane Irene, which passed over Puerto Rico overnight Sunday, may have South Carolina in its path.
Irene was upgraded from tropical storm to hurricane status as it made landfall. The storm is the first hurricane of the Atlantic storm season.
The hurricane is expected to reach Georgia and Florida late this week.
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(MONCKS CORNER, S.C.) -- A lockdown was lifted at Berkeley County High School after briefly shutting down because of reports of a man threatening to shoot people at the school.
ABC News affiliate WCIV-TV reports that St. Johns Christian Academy and the Berkeley County Alternative School were also placed on lockdown with officers at the schools due to the threat that someone planned to bring a weapon to Berkeley High School.
Despite lifting the lockdown a couple of hours after it took effect, Moncks Corner police captain Mark Murray said they were still taking the threats seriously and were actively seeking leads in the case.
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(ALLENDALE COUNTY, S.C.) -- State authorities have resumed their search for escaped inmate Perry Sullivan Friday morning.
Sullivan, 37, escaped from authorities while being transported from Allendale County, S.C. to Bowersville, Ga. after pretending to be sick, slipped out of his handcufffs, overpowered a deputy, and stole his squad car with a shotgun and 40 caliber gun inside it.
According to police, people in Allendale County are to be on high alert. Sullivan was in custody on a burglary charge, police said.
Police say Sullivan is considered armed and dangerous.
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(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- After undergoing medical treatment at the facility, three sea turtles will be released back into the Atlantic Ocean by the South Carolina Aquarium on Friday.
Two of the sea turtles are loggerheads, of which one was treated after being found floating in Beaufort on May 30; a medical examination revealed that the floating was caused by air trapped in the intestinal tract, likely by an impaction, according to a statement on the aquarium's website. Officials say the other loggerhead was picked up by a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources crew on their loggerhead trawl on May 31, and an examination found that the animal had a loss of keratin on her soft tissue areas, with blood work revealing anemia.
The third sea turtle was caught by a fisherman on June 21, and had to undergo surgery after it was discovered that the animal had swallowed a hook.
The sea turtles are scheduled to be released around 4:30 p.m. at the Isle of Palms County Park.
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -- There were more single parents and fewer married couples with children in six South Carolina counties in 2010 than there were 10 years ago, according to census data released Thursday.
According to data analysis compiled by the Charleston Post and Courier, nuclear families and husband-wife couples are still commonplace in South Carolina, but the levels are beginning to level off. In the tri-county area, unmarried couples living together grew close to 63 percent since 2000.
Data also showed that unmarried couples with children increased by 17 percent over the last decade in the tri-county area.
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