Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — CHARLESTON, SC. (AP) — Comedian Stephen Colbert is coming home. He’s scheduled to visit his hometown of Charleston Saturday to raise money for his sister’s congressional campaign. Elizabeth Colbert Busch is one of two Democrats seeking South Carolina’s vacant 1st District congressional seat.
WEST COLUMBIA (AP)— Medicaid expansion is the focus of an annual meeting of progressive groups from across South Carolina in West Columbia beginning Saturday. Organizers say the SC Progressive Network’s 17th annual spring conference will also have free sessions about ethics reform and ways to make voting easier.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University trustees aren’t done looking for a new president. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports that trustees voted 6-5 not to give interim President Cynthia Warrick the job full-time. Trustees instead have chosen to keep looking.
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Colleton County deputies say they have a suspect in the second fatal shooting in five months at a Walterboro nightclub. Authorities said Friday that 48-year-old Larry Henderson Jr. is wanted for murder. This was the second fatal shooting at the club since September and the fourth shooting at the lounge in the past five months.