Katrina Goggins

Cities struggle to find new uses for auto plants

AP Enterprise: Most shuttered auto plants remain closed; communities struggle to find new uses. Henry Ford's great-grandson arrived at the shuttered auto plant to brag about a plan to revive the vast empty space: Investors would transform it into a modern factory to make solar panels and high-tech energy systems instead of Town Cars and Thunderbirds.
 

Emotional Fla. sheriff celebrates baby's survival

Relief as Fla. infant missing for 5 days is found alive, hidden in box under bed. Sheriff Bobby Haddock knew time was running out for a 7-month-old girl missing in the Florida Panhandle.
 

Fla. baby found alive in box under sitter's bed

Relief as Fla. infant missing for 5 days is found alive, hidden in box under baby sitter's bed. Investigators spent five days searching a rural area of dense vines and marshes for a missing infant, only to find her lying quietly in a 2-foot by 3-foot cedar box that had been shoved under her baby sitter's bed. Clothing was packed around it to muffle any sounds and baking soda placed inside to mask the stench of dirty diapers.
 

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

Fla. investigators follow garbage trucks to a landfill and discover 7-year-old girl's body. After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.
 

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.
 

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then methodically picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.
 

Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then methodically picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.
 

4 die in small plane crash near Charleston SC

FAA: 4 people killed when plane crashes after departure near Charleston SC. A small plane crashed shortly after departure and burst into flames early Wednesday morning in South Carolina, killing four friends heading to an amateur radio convention in the Bahamas.
 

SC man died hungry, solo in tent, baffling friends

Friends baffled at why SC man who died alone and hungry in tent never reached out for help. David Condon died broke and alone in a zipped-up tent on the banks of a South Carolina lake, his stomach empty and his lungs filling with fluid.
 

Impeachment, resignation calls grow for SC gov

Calls for SC Gov. Sanford to resign or be impeached grow as ethics questions being raised. Calls are growing louder for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign over his extramarital affair and questionable travel on commercial, state and private planes.
 

AP INVESTIGATION: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style

AP INVESTIGATION: No coach seats for SC governor; Sanford flew up front on key state travel. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including a South American jaunt that included time with his mistress, choosing expensive first-class or business-class seats while his aides sat in coach.
 

Teen robbery suspect killed in SC police shooting

Police: Teenage robbery suspect shot and killed by officers after she refused to drop gun. A police chief said Friday he thinks officers were justified when they shot a 15-year-old girl suspected of robbing a store at gunpoint, comments that left the teen's relatives expressing outrage as they planned her funeral.
 

SC court halts thousands of home foreclosure sales

Top SC court halts thousands of foreclosures to let owners refinance; may be first in nation. South Carolina's highest court on Tuesday temporarily stopped thousands of pending foreclosure sales in the state to give homeowners more time to take advantage of a new federal program to help them refinance mortgages.