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GASTON, S.C. (WIS) - Investigators said the manhunt for an escaped convict is over. Shaun Wayne Wiles was caught near Sharon Acres Lane shortly before 1:30 p.m. Officials say Wiles was taken into custody without incident after U.S. Marshals received a tip, he was in the area. After a long search for him, Wiles was located at a residence.

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A representative with Lexington One confirmed multiple schools in the area are on lockout in response to a search for an escaped convict.

Forts Pond Elementary, Pelion Elementary and Pelion Middle, and Pelion High School are on lockout/secure. District administration said this was done out of an abundance of caution. The lockout means no one is allowed to exit or enter the building. Students have a normal learning schedule during this day.

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A search is underway in Lexington County Friday morning for an escaped convict.

A representative with the U.S. Marshals confirmed SLED and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office are in the Sharon Acres Lane area. A tip alerted law enforcement in the search for Shaun Wayne Wiles.

SLED aviation and a K9 team have been deployed to the area. The U.S. Marshals are advising the public to avoid the area. Wiles is considered a danger to the community.

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Wiles escaped from the Clarendon County Detention Center on Nov. 10. Shaun Wayne Wiles is described as being roughly 5′10 in height and approximately 160 lbs with grey hair. He has an identifying tattoo on his neck that reads ‘Melissa.’

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On Monday night, the North Augusta, SC council voted unanimously to name a new amphitheater in the Riverside Village area of the city after local music icon Sharon Jones.

The newly-christened Sharon Jones Amphitheater, which sits along the bank of the Savannah River and can hold roughly 600 people, had its official ribbon-cutting ceremony back in June, when it was still being tentatively called the Amphitheater at Riverside Village. You can check out some photos of the newly-christened Sharon Jones Amphitheater here.

Sharon Jones, the late soul queen best known for her work as the frontwoman of the Dap-Kings, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer four years ago this month. Jones was born in Augusta, GA but lived across the river in North Augusta, SC. Per the Augusta Chronicle, “The Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce said she was baptized at North Augusta Baptist Church and had her first singing role as an angel in a Christmas play before moving to New York with her mother at age 3.”

Members of Jones’ family attended the council hearing, which resulted in a 6-0 vote in favor of the amphitheater’s naming (Resolution 2020-52). “She would be flabbergasted right now,” Jones’ sister Willia Stringer said. “We didn’t live far from there. My father used to walk down with us down to the river. Back then, there was nothing there but trees and the river.”

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Though she began to attain success later in her life and maintained a busy touring schedule, Sharon Jones continued to spend off time in North Augusta with her family. Late in her life, she purchased a home there for her mother. Though she never attained the mainstream fame her talent seemed destined to invite, she developed a dedicated cult following and a 2014 Grammy nomination for her album, Give The People What They Want, and among other honors, was the subject of the acclaimed 2015 documentary Miss Sharon Jones!

As Rolling Stone notes, the idea for renaming the venue was started by Augusta Chronicle columnist and veteran journalist Don Rhodes, a friend of Jones’. Via his own column and various conversations with North Augusta mayor Robert Pettit, who was previously unaware of Jones’s work, the suggestion gradually became a reality. As Rhodes explained, “In North Augusta, there’s no public park or building named after a black citizen, and I said it was the right thing to do. And who else should be it named for? There’s nobody else from North Augusta who had that kind of worldwide fame.”

The town is planning a dedication ceremony for the venue in March of 2021 pending COVID restrictions at that time.

North Augusta has never been shy in expressing its admiration for Jones. In 2017, the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce posthumously honored Jones as the city’s “2016 Citizen of the Year,” noting, “In those 60 years she lived a life that only most of us can dream of: jet-setting, performing on stages around the world and starring in movies, but she never forgot her hometown, her beloved North Augusta.”

Last month, Daptone Records released a new collection of rare Sharon Jones covers, Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In). Stream or download it here.

Sharonview Federal Credit Union announced Monday it has completed its purchase of two bank branches in an affluent and fast-growing section of South Carolina’s coast.

Bank OZK based in Little Rock, Ark. ($27.2 billion in assets as of Dec. 31) sold its Beaufort County branches: A 6,774-square-foot branch on Hilton Head Island and a 9,500-square-foot branch in Bluffton, seven miles to the west on the mainland. The bank said Jan. 21 that it expected a gain of $4 million to $5 million from the sale.

Sharonview ($1.6 billion, 94,527 members) is based in Indian Land, S.C., just south of Charlotte. The purchase, announced last July, puts Sharonview in one of the state’s fastest growing areas, Bluffton, and one of its most affluent, Hilton Head Island.

“We’ve had expansion on our minds for years,” Sharonview President/CEO Bill Partin said. “Our wish list included Hilton Head, but it had to be the right opportunity. When we got word last year of two Bank OZK branches possibly being for sale, we knew: This is what we’ve been waiting for.”

“We knew this demographic was interested in retirement planning services, mortgages, car loans and credit cards,” Partin continued. “We have all the right products to offer. Everything aligned,” he said.

The two branches have combined deposits of $112 million and a small loan portfolio.

The purchase of these branches represented Sharonview’s expansion into business services. The credit union will begin serving the Bank OZK business customers who have chosen membership with Sharonview. Business services will open to other markets later this spring.

Sharonview’s news release said all seven employees from the two branches were offered jobs at Sharonview, and all accepted. Two new roles, including a mortgage loan officer, were created to serve this market, and those are being filled by Sharonview employees.

Both branches have lobbies, drive-thru windows and drive-up ATMs.

The number of credit union branches had been rising slowly from at least 2016 to 2019, but NCUA data showed a drop last year. It lists 21,515 branches (including headquarters) in December, 449 fewer than a year earlier. South Carolina had 348 branches at year’s end, two fewer than a year ago.

As of Dec. 31, NCUA data showed Sharonview had 17 branches, as well as its headquarters.

It closed a branch in Bridgewater, N.J., last July because it was located inside a building closed by pharmaceuticals manufacturer, Sanofi, one of Sharonview’s Select Employer Groups. Those members now must bank online or via mobile apps.

Sharonview is the third largest credit union based in South Carolina behind Founders Federal Credit Union ($3.1 billion, 223,140 members) based in Lancaster, 26 miles south of Fort Mill and South Carolina Federal Credit Union based in North Charleston ($2.2 billion, 168,638 members).

But the bulk of Sharonview’s branch weight is in North Carolina. As of December, it had 11 branches in North Carolina and six branches in South Carolina — most of them in western South Carolina.

Hilton Head Island and Bluffton were Bank OZK’s only South Carolina branches. Bank OZK, which changed its name in 2018 from Bank of the Ozarks, ended 2020 with 255 branches and other offices.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WPDE) — A Horry County resident was aboard the Carnival Sunshine during Memorial Day weekend when the ship sailed through a severe storm.

Videos from the ship have since gone viral of waves that thrashed the side of the ship.

The vessel was constantly rocking and appeared to suffer flooding on the lower decks.

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Sharon Tutrone, who is a professor at Coastal Carolina University, said she went about 12 hours without an update from the captain or crew with no wi-fi or cellphone service to know what was going on.

"I grabbed hold of the bed, and I said in my head, I said 'oh my God this ship is going to capsize,'" said Tutrone.

CCU professor, Sharon Tutrone, recalls storm aboard Carnival Sunshine (Credit: Sharon Tutrone with permission for all SBG stations)

She said at moments, she wasn't sure she was going to make it.

"When that wave hit, that had to be a 20 to 25-foot wave that hit us. I will never forget that crushing sound, it was like it just slammed into the ship and that wave just shattered a glass building, that's what it sounded like, it was just glass breaking, and I thought the front end of the ship was taken off," she recalled.

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Trutrone compared the frightening experience to her cancer diagnosis and recovery.

"I just recently beat breast cancer, and I thought going through that was scary, and I felt anxiety with that, but never to the level that I felt on this trip. I mean I was on pins and needles, my heart was in my mouth that whole time," she explained.

CCU professor, Sharon Tutrone, recalls storm aboard Carnival Sunshine (Credit: Sharon Tutrone with permission for all SBG stations)

Despite the horrifying experience, Tutrone said she is not going to let it ruin her love of cruises. She plans to be back on one again soon, just not with Carnival.

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A representative from Carnival said in a statement:

"Carnival Sunshine’s return to Charleston was impacted by the weather and rough seas on Saturday. Guests on board the ship were safe. Our medical staff helped a small number of guests and crew members who needed minor assistance. The weather’s prolonged impact on the Charleston area delayed the ship’s arrival on Sunday and as a result, the next voyage’s embarkation was also delayed. We appreciate the patience and understanding of all our guests."

The Army veteran served in both World War II and the Korean War. Saturday, he hit a milestone: 100 years of age.

SHARON, S.C. — Lieutenant Colonel Martin B. Roller has lived a good life, he likes to say. Saturday, the two-war veteran turned 100 — or as he points out, 36,500 days.

Roller was born on November 9, 1919, in Cedar Gap, Missouri. When he was 21, he joined the Army on October 2, 1941 — just months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Roller served in both World War II and the Korean War before honorably retiring from the military on his birthday in 1979.

“I’m happy to have come through both of them, and I hope I never have to see another one in my lifetime or any time,” Roller said, adding that he hopes others feel called to serve their country if the time comes.

After retiring from the Army, he went into business and owned a grocery store until 1984 then completely retired as he says, “and called it quits.” Roller now lives with his wife Mary Jean Rich-Roller in Sharon, South Carolina.

Saturday afternoon, dozens of friends, family and new faces alike came to the Sharon home to greet Roller, thank him for his service and wish him a happy birthday. As he sat on the back porch with a red white and blue blanket draped over him, several people came up to shake his hand.

“Today is a glorious day for celebrating 100 years of life for my husband, which I love dearly,” Rich-Roller said. “We had to do something to celebrate with him. My girls just went overboard and love to do everything for him. We’re just enjoying the day and celebrating with him for 100 years of good living.”

Rich-Roller said living to 100 is a milestone for anyone, but especially her husband as a two-war veteran. She said even decades since retiring, Roller is still “American-ized,” loyal to the Army and the United States.

“He’s crazy about it,” Rich-Roller said. “That’s how he lives.”

Credit: Family of Lt. Col. Martin B. Roller

The two have been married for 15 years and moved to South Carolina around seven years ago from Georgia. He had previously been stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia, and years later they met at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) nearby.

Rich-Roller said she remembers dancing that night. Roller is recovering from a back injury right now, but the two still love to dance together.

“I’ve lived a good life,” Roller said. “I can’t kick on anything that’s happened to me so far. I have a wonderful family, and here I am, enjoying life and hoping to get a little bit more. I’m planning on being around for a few more years, and I hope that I make it and I’m going to try real hard. If I don’t make it, I've lived a good life.”

Roller grew up in a family of eight children. He now has one brother left, he still calls him his “baby brother.” His brother wasn’t able to make the flight from California to the party, but they still keep up.

“I’m happy, the happiest I’ve ever been in my life right now,” Roller said. “I miss all of them. I miss my mother an awful lot … I’m just happy to be alive today and happy to know that I’ve got, I hope, a few more years.”

In the years since leaving the Army and the working world, Roller said retirement has been all he’s hoped for: quality time with his wife and family, petting his beloved dog Sassy, and plenty of time to go golfing and fishing.

Credit: WCNC

Roller said he hopes everyone is able to have as good a life as he’s had. He encourages people to live life to the best of their ability.

“I’ve lived a good, free life,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed it very much. Life has been good to me. I hope I’ve been halfway decent to the life that I’ve lived.”