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SC funeral home to offer Starbucks coffee, food

EASLEY, S.C.

A funeral home in northwestern South Carolina will be offering what it calls the Starbucks experience to those needing comfort, or just a cup of coffee.

Robinson Funeral Home in Easley is building a coffee shop attached to the funeral home.

The Coffee Corner will feature Starbucks coffee and food and also will be open to those who don’t need services from the funeral home. Chris Robinson says the Coffee Corner will include a fireplace, TV and Wi-Fi.

Starbucks employees will train employees at the funeral home later this month before the shop opens.

Robinson says there’s nothing like food or coffee to help comfort those who have experienced a loss.

Court: No kitchen means sleep space, not residence

INDIAN LAKE, Pa.

A southwestern Pennsylvania judge says a man can keep sleeping quarters and a shower he added to his garage because it doesn’t constitute a “residence” unless he also adds a kitchen.

The Daily American of Somerset reported Thursday that Indian Lake Borough has been fighting with David Rohrich since 2006. The borough, located near a posh resort of the same name about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, says zoning restricts property owners to one residence or dwelling per residential lot.

The borough argued that the garage addition amounted to a second residence.

But Somerset County Judge D. Gregory Geary says the garage digs, though comfortable, don’t amount to a separate “residence” because they don’t include a kitchen.

Borough officials won’t appeal but may revisit their zoning rules.

Cop accused of stealing driver’s iPhone from wreck

BATON ROUGE, La.

A 27-year-old police officer in Louisiana has resigned after authorities say he stole an iPhone from the scene of a drunken-driving crash.

Cpl. Tommy Stubbs, a police spokesman in Baton Rouge, says the phone wasn’t in the car when the driver got out of jail. Stubbs says a tracking feature showed that its name had been changed to “Jake Chustz’s iPhone,” and the driver recognized the name as that of an officer who had worked at the wreck June 2. He filed a complaint.

Stubbs says Chustz was booked late Wednesday with felony theft and malfeasance in office and resigned early Thursday. He had worked for the department for five years.

An online jail listing shows he’s free on $10,000 bond. A message left at a listing for Jake Chustz wasn’t immediately returned.

Associated Press