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GREENVILLE, S.C. --On Easter Sunday, April 20, Nicholtown Presbyterian Church held its final worship service, marking the end of an era for a small, African American congregation that has served its community for 74 years.

The South Carolina Senate will meet on Monday for a first-in-the-modern-era hearing to decide whether Republican Treasurer Curtis Loftis, first elected in 2010, should be removed from public office. It is not an impeachment proceeding, but another process authorized by the state Constitution that provides for removal from office any executive officer for "willful neglect of duty."

A soybean processing plant in Lancaster County will shut down production later this spring amid the U.S. trade war with China, which has slapped high import tariffs on the goods.

Enjoy the cooler temperatures on Thursday because the same high-pressure system that pushed the cold air onto South Carolina is slowly moving east, and with this movement comes a change in the direction of the wind.

With the General Assembly out Thursday, we are skipping Friday's usual post, and, instead, we will have a special edition of The State House Gavel Monday previewing the Senate's hearing over whether to remove Treasurer Curtis Loftis from office for willful neglect of duty dealing with the $1.8 billion accounting error and other matters.

Gov. Henry McMaster is in Atlanta on Wednesday for The Battery Show South to talk all things electric vehicles and manufacturing investment in South Carolina. He told SC Public Radio Tuesday that there "is a place" for electric vehicles.