Man gets life for baseball bat killing of his mom
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of killing his 85-year-old mother with a baseball bat.
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SC Man’s Death Sentence Overturned in Deaths
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ A judge in Greenville has sentenced a man to life in prison for murder and rape after the defendant’s earlier death sentence was overturned.
2nd loan approved for SC State, this time for $12M
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University will receive a second state loan to pay long overdue bills and keep student services running.
VA official Gibson to visit Charleston Center
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A top Veterans Affairs official is scheduled to visit the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston to see its new mental health research center.
City Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Sherman Burning
City leaders on Friday launched a series of events to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the burning of Columbia.
9/11 survivor to address SC criminal justice group
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at New York’s World Trade Center is scheduled to address a criminal justice convention in South Carolina.
SC man pleads guilty in stabbing, gets 18 years
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A 44-year-old Orangeburg man has plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a 2011 stabbing death.
SC joins 17-state lawsuit on immigration order
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is joining 16 other states in a lawsuit contending President Barack Obama’s order on immigration overstepped the law and violated the Constitution.
MADD vigil remembers SC victims of drunken driving
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A vigil is scheduled to remember people hurt or killed in drunken driving crashes across South Carolina.
Columbia Officials Roll out New Initiatives
Columbia Mayor and Columbia Police Department roll out new initiatives in light of most recent police involved death.
