Columbus police officer fatally shoots girl swinging knife
By Farnoush Amiri and Ryan Kryska
Body camera footage shows that a Columbus police shot and killed a teenage girl who swung at two other people with a knife Tuesday.
SC Senate committee OKs raises for teachers, state workers
The COVID-19 economic downturn wasn’t as bad as feared in South Carolina, so lawmakers suddenly have a lot more money to spend. The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday set aside money for a 2% raise for state employees and a $1,000 raise for all teachers as the panel approved its version of the roughly $10 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.
