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A Mandeville man has been booked in a boating accident that killed his friend. Authorities say 35-year-old Darren Sabathier died Memorial Day weekend when he was thrown overboard while returning from a late night fishing trip in Lake Pontchartrain.

Boating deaths in South Carolina this year have already surpassed the total in 2009, and safety officials are worried with the Memorial Day weekend approaching.

The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and Department of Children Services are investigating the Memorial Day death of an 8-year-old foster child.

Campers hoping to stay overnight at State Forest State Park in Walden for Memorial Day weekend will have to go elsewhere.

Memorial Day weekend often signals the start of youth baseball, and it almost didn't happen this year in this town of 5,000, where the sputtering auto industry choked off money for recreation.

The Coast Guard encourages boaters to be safe on the water by boating responsibly during the Memorial Day weekend.