CHASE BOTTORF / THE EXPRESS Holy Spirit Parish is gearing up for its annual Holly Mart. From left, parish members, Boyd Young, Jane Dent, Patty Selfe, Father
Fred Hopkins Jr. — who in an abrupt about-face pleaded guilty to killing two Florence law enforcement officers and wounding five others in a 2018 ambush — now intends to appeal his conviction, according to a notice filed with the court.
FLORENCE (AP) — A 79-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for fatally ambushing police at his South Carolina home. Frederick Hopkins killed two officers, …