Authorities say a 29-year-old South Carolina man has died after suffered burns and other injuries while holding a firework over his head.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy who threw away a wallet that was evidence in drug case has been demoted and suspended for eight hours. The Greenville News reports the drug case was also dismissed after Wes Arflin, who was then a master deputy in Greenville County, was captured on surveillance video. The sheriff’s office…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some South Carolina state senators are returning to Columbia to discuss their version of a bill to overhaul the state’s education system. An education subcommittee meets at 10 a.m. Monday to discuss the massive bill. They met a dozen times during this year’s legislative session to discuss the bill. The group’s agenda said senators will talk about what…
FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) – An alumni group in one South Carolina school district is helping pay students’ lunch debt. Fort Mill School District spokesman Joe Burke says as of June 18, the most recent information available, students had about $12,000 in combined student lunch debt. The Herald reports the Fort Mill Ol’ School Crowd is gathering donations to cover…
Dallas police officials say more than two-dozen officers face disciplinary measures after they were found to have posted bigoted or other offensive material to social media in violation of the department’s code of conduct, including mocking protesters who were pepper-sprayed.. Officials announced Friday an internal review determined that 25 officers posted or shared objectionable material. Four of those officers have…
(ABC News) Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan’s newborn son. The youngest member of Britain’s royal family, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was christened at Windsor Castle on Saturday in a private ceremony — too private for some royal fans. The 2-month-old son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was baptized in a private chapel at the castle west of…
LUFKIN, TX (AP) – The teen in the viral video who opened a Blue Bell container, licked the top and put it back in the grocery story freezer has been identified as a 15-year-old girl from San Antonio, Texas. The video was posted to Twitter last week and helped police identify the suspect and her boyfriend. According to the AP….
A South Carolina police officer in Charleston has resigned following an investigation into his ticket-writing practices.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has created a committee of 12 people to help find the first leader of a new state cabinet agency to oversee veterans’ issues.
South Carolina’s state budget includes millions of dollars for local parks and festivals and to restore historic buildings. But not even lawmakers know exactly what some of the money will be spent on.
