12-year-olds Kedric Thomas, left, and A.J. Cousar play basketball Wednesday at a City of Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism game at the Sports and Event Center. York County Council could add a countywide tax but cut money from recreation departments in York, Clover, Tega Cay or other city, town areas. TRACY KIMBALL [email protected]

A New York Republican county executive is being sued over a move to deputize citizens for law-enforcement efforts, with Democrats arguing that it amounts to an "illegal militia." The lawsuit, filed by a pair of Democratic county legislators,

Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents

Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an “illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia.” Nassau County Democratic lawmakers argue in their complaint filed Wednesday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman lacked the legal authority to form a cadre of special sheriff’s deputies with “authority to use deadly force and make arrests under color of law.