Author: Associated Press

Deputy demoted after evidence thrown away in drug case

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…

Group of SC senators returns to discuss education bill

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…