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November 28

2023: Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone, in a letter to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, asks the Attorney General’s office to take over the misconduct and political corruption investigation into former Beaufort County Administrator Eric Greenway. At the time, the investigation is being conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division and the Public Integrity Unit, a team of prosecutors and investigators run jointly by the First and 14th Circuit Solicitors offices.

December 1

2022: Beaufort High School defeats Powdersville, 41-31, in Columbia to win the S.C. High School League Class 3A State Football Championship, the Eagles’ third title overall and first since 1945.

December 3

1981: Joe Frazier fights Floyd Cummings to a 10-round draw in Chicago. The bout would be the last for Frazier, who retired with a professional record of 32-4-1.

2015: Beaufort weightlifter Dade Stanley, 13, sets two Youth American records in the 69kg weight class at the USAW American Open at Grand Sierra resort in Reno, Nev. Stanley is 6-for-6 on his attempts, lifting 83kg in the Snatch, 105kg in the Clean & Jerk and a Total of 188kg. The Clean & Jerk and Total were American Youth Records.

December 4

2023: S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, in a letter to 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone, says that after a review, his office will take over all prosecutorial actions related to the misconduct and political corruption investigation into former Beaufort County Administrator Eric Greenway.

— Compiled by Mike Mccombs

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