Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are at the site of an Amtrak crash in Philadelphia today trying to determine the cause of Tuesday night’s derailment, responsible for at least six deaths, just as officials said they had recovered the train’s black box.
Two Newberry County teens missing for nearly two weeks have been found and are expected to be returned to SC Wednesday.
A local Medal of Honor recipient is about to make his way back to our nation’s capital, but he will have plenty of company.
Update: At least six people are now confirmed dead and at least 140 have gone to hospitals following an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia. Video Link.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group that wants South Carolina lawmakers to reform the Department of Transportation before raising the gas tax or other taxes to pay for roads is staging a protest to help drivers’ pocketbooks at a Columbia gas station.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state Election Commission is inviting county officials and state lawmakers to review potential replacements for South Carolina’s decade-old touchscreen voting machines.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Another coastal community in South Carolina has gone on record against offshore drilling and seismic testing.
It’s the start to the annual Retiree Appreciation Days at Fort Jackson.
Teachers and second grade students at Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary School in Columbia will get to meet one of the three organizations responsible for last week’s DonorsChoose.org South Carolina “Flash Fund.”
May 15 is known as National Peace Officers Memorial Day.
