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The Garden State has a new richest resident. According to Forbes' annual list of wealthiest resident in every state across the U.S., this New Jersey native is a former Wall Street brokerage executive who is no stranger to this elite club. Essex County resident and billionaire investor Peter Kellogg, of Short Hills, takes the number one spot as the wealthiest person in New Jersey. Kellogg has an estimated net worth of $5.8 billion, and was also named on New Jersey's six richest billionaires list

GAFFNEY, S.C. — A $330 million solar manufacturing plant in Cherokee County has begun operating, with approximately 500 workers already employed and nearly 200 more positions expected as a second phase moves toward completion next year. First Solar inaugurated the first phase of the Gaffney facility on Oct. 28,...

Colony Bankcorp is scheduled to complete its purchase of First Reliance Bancshares on Nov. 1, but First Reliance Bank customers are not due to be moved onto Colony Bank’s systems until the second quarter of 2027. Colony’s third-quarter investor presentation lists the “anticipated legal closing on November 1st,” after regulators signed off on Sept. 17... The post First Reliance customers keep their current accounts and systems when the Colony Bank merger closes Nov. 1, with conversion planned fo

FLORENCE, S.C. (WPDE) — A person inside an overturned vehicle reportedly fired a weapon from inside it near Krispy Kreme on West Lucas Street, according to the West Florence Fire Department. Firefighters were initially dispatched to a reported rollover collision. While responding, crews were advised that the occupant was...

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office says four people were shot at a Halloween party in Mooresville early Sunday morning.

The woman was killed nearly three hours after deputies responded to the house on a noise complaint, the Harnett Co. Sheriff's Office says.

Starting on Nov. 1st, anyone 17 or younger must be home by 10 pm, seven days a week, unless they qualify for an exception. The new rule comes after a series of large and often violent and drug-filled youth gatherings across Charlotte this year. 200 teenagers flooded Romare Bearden Park...

A Florida woman won a $5 million top prize playing a scratch-off game. The post Florida Woman Won $5 Million Top Prize Playing Scratch-Off Game appeared first on West Orlando News .

Central Florida is typically much drier during the winter months, but a strengthening El Nino could change that pattern this season, increasing the potential for heavy rain, severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and even tornadoes. The possibility is getting extra attention because two of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in Florida history...

A ring of light circled the Sun over Baltimore Sunday morning, and it had nothing to do with rain. The striking display, known as a sun halo, prompted WBAL-TV meteorologist Alena Lee to set the record straight for viewers with a simple message: this is not a rainbow. Lee showed...