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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? Florida State University is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for possible Title IX violations in its response to sexual violence complaints.USA Today first reported the investigation by the Office for Civil Rights. It stems from a complaint filed with it by the accuser in quarterback Jameis Winston?s sexual assault case.No charges were filed by State Attorney ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Mt. Pleasant?s Volunteer Fire Department is getting a number of false-alarm calls and is growing wary of the practice, especially when the calls are made in the wee hours of the morning.Consequently, the city council, meeting in regular session Wednesday, referred the matter to the city?s ordinance committee for study.In the past 12 months, nine false alarms have been ...

Just in time for fall sports, Mt. Pleasant will be getting a Hibbett Sports.The athletic retailer, based in Birmingham, Ala., announced the future opening of their newest store Wednesday afternoon.The store is slated to open in September and will be located at 901 Grand Avenue.Hibbett Sports has a long history of focusing on the needs of local teams and leagues, with a variety of services to meet the needs of ...

By Bryce Kelly, Mt. Pleasant News It may not be long before Henry County Health Center (HCHC) begins another major work project.After recently completing work on the health center?s administration parking lot, and deciding to hold any additional parking lot improvement projects, HCHC CEO Robb Gardner announced Tuesday that the health center is in the beginning stages of planning a remodel of the specialty ...

Tiger Woods chose surgery to heal his ailing back over a quest for another green jacket, announcing Tuesday that he will miss the Masters for the first time in his career.Woods said on his website that he had surgery Monday in Utah for a pinched nerve that had been hurting him for several months, knowing the surgery would keep him from Augusta National next week for the first time since he was a senior in high ...

It may have taken two days, but Ruritan Relays have finally come to a close.The Pekin boys? track team?s first home meet of the season Monday allowed for the Panthers to finally get outside, but rain postponed the second half of the meet until Tuesday. Five class two teams, which includes Pekin and Cardinal, returned to finish the meet, but class one teams did not return and left their scores as they were on ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake Relays director Brian Brown said Tuesday that Lolo Jones will run the shuttle hurdle relay rather than the 100-meter hurdles at her hometown meet later this month.Jones, a Des Moines native and a two-time Olympic hurdler, competed for the U.S. in the bobsled at the recent Sochi Olympics.Jones has long been the face of the meet, which is held just a few miles from where she grew up. But ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Members of a group trying to unionize college athletes sought out potential congressional allies Wednesday as they braced for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union.Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, the face of a movement to give college athletes the right to unionize, and Ramogi Huma, the ...