3rd rabid animal found in Irmo since October
A rabid fox found in an Irmo neighborhood Wednesday marks the third case of rabid animals in the area since October.
Irmo police were called to handle the fox in the Old Friarsgate neighborhood Wednesday, according to WACH.
That incident follows a January response to a rabid fox near an auto parts store close to the New Friarsgate neighborhood and an October case involving a rabid raccoon on the grounds of the Irmo Municipal building near the Archer’s Lane neighborhood, The State said.
Irmo Police Chief Brian Buck told The State that the rule of thumb is “stay away from wild animals acting tame and tame animals acting wild.”
—Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor
Sign stolen from TLC’s ‘Myrtle Manor’ park
If you thought Honey Boo Boo fans were bad ...
A sign that proclaimed Myrtle Beach’s Patrick’s Mobile Home Park as the home of TLC’s “Welcome to Myrtle Manor” was stolen Wednesday, according to police reports in The Sun News. The show premiered Sunday night on the same channel that airs “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.”
Park owner Cecil Patrick told police the sign was taken sometime between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 4 a.m. Wednesday, The Sun News reports. Patrick told officers the sign was worth $380.
The “Myrtle Manor” area is set up at the back of the park, where TLC filmed the series last summer.
—Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor
SC legislators take 2-week spring break
South Carolina taxpayers will save nearly $150,000 when the Statehouse and Senate take an upcoming two-week spring break, Associated Press reports.
Both legislative chambers will not meet the weeks before and after Easter. It will be the first time in at least 30 years the Senate has taken two weeks off, AP said; the House usually takes at least a one-week break around Easter.
According to AP, taxpayers save $50,000 per week for the House and $23,000 for the Senate in mileage and daily expenses given to legislators.
State legislators meet Tuesday through Thursday between early January and June, AP said.
—Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor