Autopsy: Alcohol led to SC football player's death
CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Presbyterian College football player died after he stopped breathing due to alcohol intoxication.
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SC Marine sentenced for stealing from Iraq bases
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge in South Carolina has sentenced a former U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant to a year and a half in prison for conspiring to steal generators from Marine Corps bases in Iraq in 2008
Official: 1 fired from SC jail after inmate escape
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — One employee has been fired and several others disciplined after an inmate escaped from the Berkeley County jail.
Book deals with Revolutionary prisoners in South
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The assistant director of the Charleston Museum is highlighting a new book on Revolutionary War prisoners in the South.
Lexington State of the Town Address
A lot of changes are coming to Lexington according to Mayor Randy Halfacre who held a state of the town address. The hour long address focused on three key issues, growth, partnership and planning.
SC Mom Says She Rubbed Cocaine on Sore Tooth
A 27-year-old Conway woman told authorities her newborn daughter tested positive for drugs because she had rubbed cocaine on a sore tooth before giving birth.
Cops charge son in SC man's stabbing death
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Police have charged a North Myrtle Beach man in the stabbing death of his father.
SC mom says she rubbed cocaine on sore tooth
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A 27-year-old Conway woman told authorities her newborn daughter tested positive for drugs because she had rubbed cocaine on a sore tooth before giving birth.
Teen Shooting
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a teen has been shot and killed while sitting in a car in Aiken.
1 Fired from SC Jail After Inmate Escape
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ One employee has been fired and several others disciplined after an inmate escaped from the Berkeley County jail. Sheriff's spokesman Dan Moon says one person was fired, one employee was demoted and two others were suspended.
Gilbert Teen killed while helping remove deer from road
The Lexington County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating an accident that took the life of a 17-year-old Gilbert teen.
SC DMV plans more realistic driving tests
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials say they plan to put new drivers through a more realistic road test before giving them a license.
Gilbert teen killed while moving deer from road
GILBERT, S.C. (AP) — A Lexington County teen has been struck and killed by a car as he tried to remove an injured deer from the road.
New Video in Carter Strange Beating Revealed
Eight months after their son was severely beaten in Columbia's Five Points, the parents of the victim witness the moments leading up to their son's attack.
SC troopers say 7 injured in fiery I-95 wreck
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fiery crash on Interstate 95 in Colleton County that sent seven people to a hospital.
SC Army post has community tour of installation
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — The Army's largest training installation is inviting the public to tour the post and get an up-close look at how soldiers are trained.
Local school showcased in Apple commercial
Lexington High School is now being showcased in an Apple commercial about using the iPad 2 in the classroom.
Murder suspect back in SC from Dominican Republic
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A man charged in a 2008 shooting death in Rock Hill has been returned to South Carolina from the Dominican Republic.
Democratic Sen. Leventis won't seek re-election
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Sumter Democrat Phil Leventis has decided not to run for re-election after more than three decades serving in the South Carolina Senate.
Emotional adoption case may weigh state, fed law
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear the appeal in an adoption case involving a 2-year-old girl who was raised in the state but whose biological father was recently granted custody. The child then returned to Oklahoma with her father, who is a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation.
