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School safety, drones and York County crime trends were mentioned Tuesday night in Rock Hill during a public question and answer session with three local law enforcement leaders.

York Comprehensive High School will be led by one of its own graduates next year. York native Chris Black, an assistant principal at the school and a 1993 Cougar graduate, will take over as principal.

York County employees will see a 1 percent pay increase and homeowners will pay about 3 percent more in property tax next year under a budget approved on Monday night by the County Council.

Police say a group of people bum rushed a drunk York man who pointed an empty shotgun at another man and threatened to “blow his head off” after an argument that started at the Long Branch in Rock Hill moved to a nearby gas station on Saturday.

A York man who police say flew into a violent rage Saturday and attacked his girlfriend, hitting her with a phone before choking her until she fell unconscious, was arrested after he went to the hospital to visit her and claimed she attacked him.

CLOVER - A Clover man was arrested late Friday on a charge of possession of marijuana after littering warrants had been issued for his arrest for allegedly throwing trash in the median of the main road in Clover.

Cpl. Bill Stiles with the York Police Department awarded the DUI Hero bronze award pin for arrests made in 2012.

Mark Pringle managed to balance work and family while he and wife Barb were raising their children. Pringle, 53, a York area resident and vice president of Charlotte energy hub Siemens Energy, is now blending his focus on fatherhood with his interest in community service. He is one of four 2013 Carolinas Fathers of the Year chosen by the National Father’s Day Council.

The York County Council likely will pass a budget next week that includes higher property taxes, a 1 percent “cost of living” pay increase for staff members and no allocation for hiring more employees not mandated by the state.

A new layout for the Clover Area Assistance Center pantry should mean less waste, more choice for clients.