South Carolina unemployment steady at 6.6 percent in January
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s unemployment rate held steady in January.
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SC advances bill to shield sellers of execution drugs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have advanced a bill to protect the identities of pharmaceutical companies in the hope that providers will resume selling execution drugs to the state.
SC State trustees release letters to justify Elzey’s firing
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University trustees say fired President Thomas Elzey often didn’t communicate properly with them, including one time when a utility was threatening to shut off the school’s power.
Kidnapping Arrest
Richland Co., SC (WOLO)-Three people are in custody tonight.. charged with kidnapping a 17-year-old.
Richland County deputies say Kwmane Brosia, Christopher Jones, and Antavius Brown took the victim at gunpoint from a home on Wilmette road Friday.
One Dead in Wreck Involving Car-Bus at Georgia State Line
(AP) _ One person has died and three others were hurt in a wreck involving three cars and a bus on a bridge at the South Carolina-Georgia state line.
Gov. Haley Weighs in on Denied Bond Package
Governor Nikki Haley is defending her opposition of a bond package that may have gone a long way to repairing state roads.
SC man gets 30 years in murder-for-hire scheme
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A Nichols man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of murder in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Jeb Bush to start busy week in 2016 maneuvering
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As the 2016 presidential jockeying heats up, Republicans Jeb Bush and Scott Walker are making their first extended campaign trips to South Carolina this year.
SC State trustees fire President Thomas Elzey
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University trustees have voted to fire suspended President Thomas Elzey just hours after a judge lifted his ban on ending the contract.
Authorities seeking couple that dropped off injured dog
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a man and woman who dropped off a badly injured dog that had to be euthanized after they dropped it off at a local animal rescue center.
