Lead #1

Due to new policies at RHHS, open lunch is open to everyone except freshmen starting October 3rd. This new policy was granted because of “phenomenal test scores” over the past 3 years as well as an extra 10 minutes for the lunch period.

lead #2

Wal-mart just announced they’ll that Rock Hill will be receiving the next Super Wal-Mart in May 2006, However Rock Hill feels that since they’re such a growing community, they can handle two Super-Wal-marts in one town. Some community members feel that this is a bad idea because it’ll hurt local businesses, but they’re sending around a petition and will be having a town meeting on August 19th.

Lead #3

“Tested several times, sixth grader Napoleon Dynamite is a genius” stated Mr. Fred George, Saluda Trail Principal. Ms. Mobley explained. Mr. George even wants Napoleon in RHHS ASAP so he know longer misses on the chance for medical school and be better prepared.

Lead #4

A survey was released yesterday in Baltimore, 3 out of 4 children die everyday from abuse or neglect. This shows that the number of child abuse cases rose to 2.7 million, from 2.6 million the previous year. More than half of the children who died were under the age of 1, 79% of the deaths were among children under the age of 5.

Lead #5
Fire officials said the fire was started by a lighted cigarette on the sofa, as a fire broke out in Los Gatos which caused $76,000 in damages to a 2 bedroom home in the 2300 block of Main St. Firefighters arrived to the scene at 3:30am and found it on fire. The homeowner, Kathy Mahoney, was awakened by the smoke and flames, they had the flames under control within 5 minutes, but she suffers minor burns on her hands and feet.