COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators are pre-filing proposals for the legislative session that resumes in January. Tuesday is the last day for senators to potentially give their ideas a head start for 2014. House members’ last pre-filing deadline was a week ago. Their 82 pre-filed bills include a proposal by Democratic Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter of Orangeburg to raise…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some 150 South Carolina Army National Guard engineers are home from Afghanistan in time for the holidays. Members of the 122nd Engineer Battalion returned to a lively greeting from family and friends Monday evening following a 10-month deployment. They were welcomed at a ceremony near Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Guard commander Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston says the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina health officials are launching a new effort to review deaths associated with pregnancy. The Department of Health and Environmental Control this week announced the creation of a committee that will meet regularly to try to find ways to make pregnancy, and the months that come after it, safer for South Carolina women. The group…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina has chosen a specialist in international business from North Carolina as the new dean for the Darla Moore School of Business. USC provost Michael Amiridis says 56-year-old Peter Brews takes over Jan. 16. Brews is a native of South Africa and is a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House panel is considering ethics allegations against Rep. Harold Mitchell. The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday will consider the accusations and his explanations. The Spartanburg Democrat told his colleagues last month that he kept poor records and did not properly pay his bills. Mitchell said he did not use his campaign account for personal benefit….
A smoke detector is being credited with helping save a family from a burning home.
A Midlands pastor faces charges of sex crimes crimes against minors.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities in Anderson County are investigating after a body covered in cat litter was found underneath a home.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Three men are being sentenced for their roles in running an illegal gambling business in Columbia. A federal judge on Wednesday is set to hand down sentences for Brett Parker, Jack Parker and Douglas Taylor. The men were convicted in September of running a gambling operation which prosecutors said collected thousands of dollars a…
MANNING, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Some South Carolina 5th graders have completed a program that state officials hope will help them stay away from gangs. On Wednesday, 75 students from Manning Elementary School are graduating from G.R.E.A.T., which stands for Gang Resistance Education And Training. Organizers say G.R.E.A.T. is a national gang, violence and bullying prevention program built around…
