A bad first

day at work

MYRTLE BEACH - A teen trying to earn money over the summer to pay his cell phone and car insurance is recovering after he was attacked with fireworks on his first day on the job.

Sixteen-year-old Jacob Robinson's family says someone threw lit fireworks through his car window Friday night as he stopped to asked for directions as he delivered food in Myrtle Beach.

Authorities say the fireworks burned Robinson on 15 percent of his body and his shirt was still smoldering when paramedics arrived.

The teen's father says Robinson had a skin graph and is recovering at a burn center in Augusta, Ga.

Police are investigating, but don't have any suspects or a motive.

Wando students

sentencing delayed

CHARLESTON - A judge in Charleston has delayed the sentencing for some Wando High School students arrested for their role in a 2006 grocery store holdup.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Tuesday that Circuit Judge Roger Young delayed the sentencing in order to attend the funeral for Circuit Judge James W. Johnson Jr. of Clinton.

The teens charged with acting as lookouts were to be sentenced Tuesday. Last year, they pleaded guilty to charges that included conspiracy to commit armed robbery and accessory after the fact.

Over about a week, prosecutors say the teens robbed a Food Lion grocery store, stole a $35,000 BMW and held up a Subway sandwich shop at gunpoint.

Two teens accused of taking lead roles in the spree have already each been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Carolina Investors

judge laid to rest

CLINTON - Judges from across South Carolina are honoring one of their own who died from cancer over the weekend.

Chief Justice Jean Toal says 56-year-old Circuit Judge James Johnson died Sunday.

Johnson served in the South Carolina House for eight years starting in 1984. He left the Legislature after he was elected as a judge for the Eighth Circuit in 1992.

Johnson had spent the last several years presiding over three trials involving executives of Carolina Investors and its parent company HomeGold. It isn't known how his death will affect a trial for former HomeGold chairman Jack Sterling.

The family will hold a private graveside service for Johnson on Tuesday, with a memorial service following at First Presbyterian Church in Clinton.

Laurens man

kills intruder

LAURENS - Authorities say a Laurens man has shot and killed an intruder.

Coroner Nick Nichols says 18-year-old Lamont Darden was shot twice in the stomach and neck with a shotgun around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Deputies said the shooter told them he heard a sound in his home and grabbed the gun as he went to investigate. Darden startled him and the man said he fired.

The State Law Enforcement Division is helping local investigators.

No charges have been filed.

Fire destroys

Clemson church

CLEMSON - A fire has destroyed a Clemson church, gutting the sanctuary and leaving only the brick walls.

Clemson University Fire Chief Bill Shivar says flames were coming through the roof early Tuesday morning at the Center of Faith Community Church.

Shivar says the cause of the fire has not been determined. But he says there is no indication of foul play.

The Rev. Jannie Acker says the church will be OK and will find somewhere to hold services.