USC Shooting Victim Throws out First Pitch
USC Baseball team honors 18 year old Martha Childress by letting her throw out the first pitch of Tuesday night's game.
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56,000 in SC sign up for health care under new law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About half of the nearly 56,000 people who have signed up in South Carolina for health insurance under the new health care law supported by President Barack Obama are 45 years old or older.
Wednesday Is Mental Health Advocacy Day
Columbia, SC (WOLO)-Tomorrow, state leaders are expected to join mental health organization's for Mental Health Advocacy Day at The State House.
Hardeeville Man Arrested in Shooting Death
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) _ Jasper County sheriff's deputies continue to investigate the shooting death of a man in Hardeeville last week.
SC House guarantees right to hand out Constitution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — House members want to guarantee students' right to distribute the Constitution on college campuses, though there's no example in South Carolina of anyone being stopped from doing so.
HomeWorks Homeless, Needs New Warehouse
HomeWorks of America has three weeks before it has to be completely moved out of a massive warehouse it has called home for ten years. Problem is, there is no place to go. The founder says it's a dire situation and he needs your help now.
House votes to put DJJ in charge of special school
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has voted to temporarily put the state Department of Juvenile Justice in charge of a public residential school for students with behavior problems.
SC Republicans ask Haley to help keep MOX open
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Several Republicans want South Carolina's governor to explore possible legal action to avoid the closure of a project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel.
Nephew of Columbia Fire Chief Dies in DUI Crash
Three-year-old Josiah Caden Jenkins, great-nephew of Columbia/Richland Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins, has died from injuries sustained when the child and his mother were hit by a drunk driver Friday night.
12 ticketed for blocking access to SC Statehouse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Twelve people have been ticketed outside the Statehouse while protesting South Carolina's decision not to accept federal money to expand Medicaid.
60 employers coming to job fair in Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than 60 employers will be on hand at a job fair in Columbia.
SC House refuses to restore college cuts for books
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House is not backing down from plans to punish two colleges in the budget for assigning freshmen to read books dealing with homosexuality.
Consumer Minute: Cyber Tools
After a rough holiday season for many retailers hit by cyber scams, national retailers are working to beef up security.
Machine crushes man at Newberry Louis Rich plant
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 46-year-old Greenwood man has died after getting trapped in a machine at the Louis Rich meat processing plant in Newberry.
Planned Arrests
Columbia, SC (WOLO)-Tomorrow protesters of the "Truthful Tuesday" movement are planning to get arrested... again. Last Tuesday, eleven protesters were arrested for trying to block the state house garage.
Machine Crushes Man at Newberry Louis Rich Plant
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 46-year-old Greenwood man has died after getting trapped in a machine at the Louis Rich meat processing plant in Newberry.
Lott on CPD Takeover: "I would do it"
For the fifth time in his 18 years as sheriff of Richland County, Leon Lott is being asked if he would be willing to take over the embattled Columbia Police Department. Rather than exercise his right to remain silent on the issue, he's speaking out.
Bill says state will conduct SC election contests
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Taxpayers would at least partly fund South Carolina's first-in-the-South presidential primaries under a bill backed by both major parties.
Columbia councilman wants sheriff to run police
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Columbia city councilman is resurrecting a proposal that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott run the city's police department.
Deputies: Child dies in illegal Greenville daycare
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities investigating the death of a 3-month-old girl at a Greenville home daycare say they found the owner's teenage daughter hiding in the basement with 14 children she wasn't supposed to be watching.
