Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal authorities have told a friend of the suspect in the fatal shooting of nine black parishioners in a Charleston, South Carolina, church that he’s under investigation.
A federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press that 21-year-old Joey Meek of Lexington, South Carolina, was notified by a so-called target letter that he’s under investigation for lying to police and for knowing about a crime but failing to report it.
COLUMBUS, N.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who spent more than two years in jail awaiting trial has been found not guilty of a series of child sex crimes in a North Carolina courtroom.
A jury in Columbus deliberated less than an hour before finding 36-year-old Alfard Mullins of Landrum, South Carolina, not guilty on all 13 counts.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The hull of the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship has been revealed for the first time in 150 years. Reporters get a look at the submarine today.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Ethics Commission says it’s legal for the University of South Carolina to give the governor’s office season football tickets in a luxury suite. The board voted yesterday, saying the university may continue the decades-long practice, calling it a gift to the office rather than Gov. Nikki Haley herself.
