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Clemson needs to hire 300 faculty in 5 years

CLEMSON - Clemson University says it needs to hire 300 faculty members in the next five years.

While university officials say it is a historic opportunity for the research institution, Clemson will be competing for talent with other colleges entering similar increased hiring periods. Most of the vacancies are the result of retirements.

The Clemson Department of Biological Sciences, which is losing half its faculty, is turning to working scientists to fill faculty slots.

The combined annual salary of the retiring professors is $31.4 million, according to the Office of Institutional Research.

But replacing retiring professors with new ones is not a dollar-for-dollar proposition. Universities often give new professors $150,000 to $200,000 in initial research funding and laboratory equipment.

Hunting death results in teen being charged

UNION - A Jonesville teenager has been charged with shooting and killing his neighbor with a hunting rifle.

Brandon Boyea, 17, was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter.

According to the arrest warrant, Mr. Boyea pointed a .30-.30-caliber Winchester rifle at Christopher Todd Austin, 27. The gun fired and the bullet hit Mr. Austin near his mouth and came out the back of his head.

Mr. Boyea told deputies that he, Mr. Austin and another teenager were talking on a logging road when he picked up the gun and it went off.

Man gets 15 years for strangling girlfriend

SPARTANBURG - A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting to killing his girlfriend in a Spartanburg County motel last year.

Ogden Bullard, 37, of Winston-Salem, N.C., pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Kimberly J. Stokley, 33, of Spartanburg.

Ms. Stokley was found March 6, 2004, in a Spartanburg motel room. While she had injuries consistent with being strangled, an autopsy showed she bled to death after being left alone in the hotel room.

Police hunt man, 19, in slaying of motorist

SPARTANBURG - Police are looking for a Spartanburg man accused of killing a motorist.

John Edward Young II, 22, died less than an hour after being shot Monday night. Investigators said there was only one apparent bullet wound to the side of his head. His car crashed into a telephone pole after he was shot.

Police have issued an arrest warrant charging 19-year-old Tyree Raymon Holcomb with murder. Investigators say witnesses identified Mr. Holcomb as the shooter. Police were still trying to determine a motive.