Author: Associated Press

SC State University to unveil sculptures during Orangeburg Massacre remembrance

South Carolina State University plans to unveil bronze busts of three students killed during a 1968 civil rights protest

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina State University plans to unveil bronze busts of three students killed by bullets fired by officers during a 1968 civil rights protest. The university says the busts will be dedicated Saturday as part of the 52nd anniversary commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre. Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton and Henry Smith were all shot to…

Prosecutor appeals overturning of SC’s forfeiture laws

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A prosecutor is appealing to the South Carolina Supreme Court a lower court’s ruling that the state’s forfeiture laws are not legal. Last year, Circuit Judge Steven John ruled the state and U.S. constitutions were violated by a law allowing police departments to confiscate cash, cars, houses and other items that came from proceeds of illegal…

State Election Officials meeting in Washington for training session on security

WASHINGTON (AP) – State election officials from around the country are gathering in Washington for training sessions and meetings with presidential nominating contests set to begin next week. The Department of Homeland Security held a training exercise for election officials from 44 states and representatives from more than a dozen voting technology companies. It’s a much different set of meetings…

South Carolina’s Confederate Relic Room ponders name change

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s military museum is considering a name change that better covers all of its artifacts. The official name of the museum now is the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum. But museum leaders say they cover the entire 250 years of artifacts and not just the four years of the Confederacy. Any change…