SC’s Lesson from CT: Address Mental Illness
The amount of sadness and grief is hard to quantify for those in Connecticut and here at home. However, experts say the reported root cause of the tragedy, mental illness, isn’t going away anytime soon.
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Two children from Chesterfield County found safe
An Amber Alert has been cancelled for two children who were missing from Chesterfield County.
Man gets 25 years in Greenwood shooting death
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) _ A Greenwood man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the shooting death of another man last year.
Evidence against Grant stands, trial date set
Freddie Grant’s attorney wanted evidence found at Grant’s home, which authorities claim links him to the disappearance of Gabbie Swainson, suppressed. A federal judge felt differently.
17-year-old arrested with weapons at Easley school
EASLEY, S.C. (AP) _ A 17-year-old student has been arrested after officials found a host of weapons in his car at Easley High School.
Counselor: ‘You get through it.’
The holidays can be a tough time for people who have lost loved ones. A tragedy like an elementary school shooting compounds the trauma and grief. But as one licensed professional counselor explains, children and adults in the Midlands can overcome, saying, ‘You don’t get over it, you get through it.’
Drought conditions deepen throughout the Carolinas
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conditions are dry across the Carolinas, and there may not be much relief in sight.
Threat causes evacuation of Myrtle Beach High
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say Myrtle Beach High School was evacuated for about four hours after a threat was found written on a bathroom wall.
Haley selects Tim Scott to replace DeMint
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO/AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has announced that Rep. Tim Scott will serve as the replacement for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Connecticut Update: Shooter believed to have suffered from personality disorder.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Police aren’t saying what may have motivated a man to open fire inside two classrooms at a Connecticut elementary school Friday, but a law enforcement official who has been briefed on the investigation says the gunman was believed to suffer from a personality disorder.
