S.C. Briefs: Daughters find their missing father's body in bag under home
MURRELLS INLET (AP) - Authorities confirm remains found in a trash bag under a house are a man who police say hasn't been seen for more than two years.
The Horry County Coroner's Office said Wednesday dental records were used to confirm Hurbert Clodfelter's identity.
Clodfelter's wife, Irene, has been charged with obstructing justice, desecration of human remains and accessory after the fact of murder.
Hurbert Clodfelter's daughters said at a bond hearing they saw and touched their father's body Friday inside a trash bag under his home. Police say Irene Clodfelter said her son killed her husband. Authorities say he is also dead.
Police: N.C. woman drowned in Myrtle Beach hotel hot tub
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) - South Carolina police have identified a woman who they say drowned in a hot tub in a hotel on the coast.
Investigators said 57-year-old Paula Egleston of North Carolina drowned at the Patricia Grand Hotel in Myrtle Beach.
News outlets reported police said a witness was on her balcony at a hotel next door when she spotted the woman face-down in the neighboring hotel's hot tub.
Hepatitis A outbreak reaches 5 restaurants
SOUTH CAROLINA (AP) - Health officials trying to contain an outbreak of hepatitis A in South Carolina are warning customers of five restaurants where they might have been exposed.
The state Department of Health and Environmental Control told news outlets that restaurant employees in Aiken and Hilton Head tested positive. Other workers were found with the virus at restaurants in Lexington County, North Augusta and North Charleston in the last month.
The State reports that the agency says the risk of infection spreading from a restaurant worker to a customer is low. Symptoms include nausea and diarrhea, and people may not realize they've been infected for up to six weeks. Most people recover with no lasting liver damage.
South Carolina declared a statewide outbreak in May. Nearly 150 cases have been reported since November.