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Man appears to have drowned in Rock Hill swimming pool; autopsy pending

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A Rock Hill man has died after being pulled from a swimming pool at an apartment complex.

The Herald of Rock Hill reported that 19-year-old Justin Hines was spotted in the bottom of the pool Saturday afternoon.

Hines was taken to Piedmont Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

York County Coroner Sabrina Gast says an autopsy was performed Sunday, but officials could not yet confirm the cause of death.

A woman at the pool says she saw Hines swim to the bottom of the pool and noticed a couple of minutes later he was still there. Her husband an another man pulled Hines' body from the water.

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Information from: The Herald, http://www.heraldonline.

ROCK HILL | Roof leaks frustrate seniors at old mill apartments ...

ROCK HILL -- 

Some senior residents at the historic Highland Mill apartments in Rock Hill are feeling all wet and frustrated that water from recent storms continues to leak into their homes - even after some repairs have been made.

The company that owns and operates the apartments - Landmark Property Management Co. of Winston-Salem, N.C. - said repairs are ongoing, but the water leaks continued Wednesday morning.

The storms that hit late Tuesday and early Wednesday - following even heavier storms June 11 and 12 that came after leaks from rain and hail storms before that - have left some residents covering furniture and floors with towels and pots and pans to catch the water.

The apartments are for low or limited-income people older than 55, and many residents there receive federal rent assistance vouchers.

"This time I had water on the floor, water falling on top of the fridge, and on the counter," said Carol Thaxton, 69, a recent widow who has lived at the apartments for three years.

"The last time I used a storage container, a big one, to catch the water in one spot and it was two inches deep."

Thaxton also showed a leak down a wall that had left some model toys belonging to her late husband damaged. She is concerned that books, antiques and other items that could never be replaced might be lost.

The heaviest leaks forced her to take up a rug before it was ruined.

"They are working on it, I know that," Thaxton said, "but the leaks need to stop."

Another 82-year-old resident, who did not want to be named, said the latest storm left her "with water pouring on my head as I tried to dry it up. The last time was worse."

Other residents have voiced concerns about leaks as well.

The Courtyard at Highland Park, which also houses the York County Council on Aging senior center, opened in 2005 after a multi-million-dollar partnership between Landmark and the city of Rock Hill to renovate the old mill site on Standard Street east of downtown.

However, officials with Rock Hill's housing authority said the city has no role in maintenance or upkeep of the building.

There are 116 units in the building.

The large roof area, coupled with the age of the building, has required maintenance up to and including after the recent storms, Landmark officials said. Landmark runs about 20 historic apartments in South Carolina, including a former mill in York.

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