Ian Davis-Leonard

Covering Crime & Courts in Snohomish County for @EverettHerald
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Mitchell Gaff will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the violent murders of Susan Vesey and Judy Weaver in the 1980s, @IanDavisLeonard reports.

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A twice-convicted killer may get another day in court after one of the jurors on his trial was arrested for a similar crime days later, @IanDavisLeonard reports.

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Rock Hill supermarket cancels event, offers delivery as Charlotte immigration enforcement sparks fear https://t.co/Kxskzfx7VX

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SC nonprofit helps navigate immigration system amid heightened fears and increased enforcement https://t.co/JghFO1BlLp

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Rock Hill elects two new voices to City Council as many York County municipalities back incumbents https://t.co/N63BgBHoET

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College basketball’s annual five-month sprint to March Madness begins bright and early on Monday in Rock Hill.

@Winthrop_MBB and @queensMBB tip off at 8 a.m. as the appetizer — or breakfast — to open the the new season in the @TheFieldOf68

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Reporter @IanDavisLeonard was at the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight Sept. 29 in Charlotte, which spotlighted the victims of deadly attacks in the Carolinas. Among attendees: @RussellFrySC and @RepRalphNorman https://t.co/e9qqQc5WNY

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In the wake of a violent killing on Charlotte public transit, city leaders approved giving private security wider jurisdiction to enforce the law. A similar plan was proposed in 2016.
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[Joe Veyera @JoeVeyera]

hey (with the intention of talking about cal raleigh)

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Kingsmen Baseball is Christian ministry through America's pastime.

"So many of these kids, their identity is baseball. We are helping them understand that baseball is what we do, it shouldn’t be who we are." @PCYorkCounty

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Local leaders are pointing fingers as Rock Hill plans to raise prices on Parks, Recreation and Tourism programs for out-of-town residents.

“The damage that it will do to people who do not live here will be enormous." Story for @PCYorkCounty

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Most recently home to office spaces, a developer wants to return the historic Andrew Jackson hotel to its roots, including a members-only restaurant and speakeasy. But first, city leaders deemed it abandoned.

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When Anne Harty took her first job in York County more than three decades ago the hiring made headlines and the stories weren't hometown-kid-done-good.

Now, she's retiring with a key to the city of Rock Hill. @PCYorkCounty

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Owner Justin Domer said he'd been asleep only a few minutes when his wife woke him up as smoke filled the house and the lights flickered. He rushed to get his pregnant wife, two young daughters and their dog outside, before trying unsuccessfully to put the fire out himself.

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"We're not shutting down." Less than 24 hours after rescuing his family from their burning home and woodshop, the owner of the Rustic Roots Warehouse says his business is still open and making plans to rebuild

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The family's history is one of heroism and hate — a story of slave masters and the enslaved, the Klan, a mass migration and a one-letter name change that kept these ancestors apart — all uncovered in recent years by a curious college professor unsure of his roots.

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“This is every American’s story in the South."

My first front page story in this Sunday's edition of the @postandcourier — An 'L' and a painful American era separated SC's Simrils from Simrills. Now they gather yearly.

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@thetroydyanasty @JeffPassan Respect my man and his dawg

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Today at NOON on Channel 9 Eyewitness News - my exclusive sit-down interview with Lt. Gov. @markrobinsonNC.

You can also catch it tonight at 11:30pm on The Political Beat with @JoeBrunoWSOC9

#ncpol @wsoctv

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