Deputies Search for Sexual Assault Suspects
Richland County Deputies are looking for two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman after offering her a ride home from Five Points.
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Police: Columbia woman drugged, sexually assaulted
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say a 20-year-old woman was drugged and sexually assaulted by two men who gave her a ride home in Columbia.
SC Senate bill targeting child sex abuse advances
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill aimed at stopping more children from being sexually abused in South Carolina has advanced in the Senate.
Bill would provide diploma alternative to GED test
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Senate panel has advanced a bill giving South Carolina residents another option for earning a high school equivalency diploma.
Panel advances bill updating SC’s sex ed law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Senate panel has advanced a bill that updates South Carolina’s 26-year-old sex-education law by requiring the teaching of medically accurate information.
SC speaker ruling raises accountability questions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge’s recent ruling is raising questions both about the power of the top prosecutor in South Carolina and the process of holding lawmakers accountable.
Man gets 8 years in Horry shooting death
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A Conway man has pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery in the 2009 shooting death of a Myrtle Beach man.
Faculty opposes Charleston School of Law sale
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two groups of faculty members from the Charleston School of Law have written the state Commission on Higher Education asking that the agency oppose the sale of the school to the InfiLaw System that runs three for-profit law schools.
Columbia public safety agencies seek applicants
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Several agencies in Columbia are putting on a job fair for people interested in getting involved in law enforcement.
Ex-Sen. Ford to pay $45,000; 2nd case sent to AG
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Charleston Sen. Robert Ford has been fined $30,000 and ordered to send nearly $15,000 to the Children’s Trust for using campaign donations for personal expenses, then trying to cover it up.
