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Family, Friends of Victim Address Five Points Shooting
Family and friends of Five Points shooting victim, 18-year-old Martha Childress addressed the media for the first time Monday.
SC law officer group gets new state director
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The organization that represents South Carolina’s law officers is getting a new leader. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association said Monday it had hired Ryan Alphin as its executive director. Alphin has been an investigator with the Strom Law Firm in Columbia since 2004. He takes over for Jarrod Bruder, who joined the…
Online Child Support Program ‘Simplifies’ Process
Child support experts say a new online program will simplify the sometimes arduous task of making changes to court ordered child support payments and a litigant has no attorney.
Ant infestation closes Columbia elementary school
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Children at a Columbia elementary school are getting and extra day off because of ants. Richland School District 1 officials said they are closing Bradley Elementary School on Tuesday so exterminators can fight the ants with no children or teachers in the building. Richland 1 Superintendent Percy Mack says officials will talk to the exterminators after…
Richland County Deputies Looking For “Deadbeat Dad”
Columbia, SC (Richland County Sheriff’s Department)-Richland County Deputies are looking for a man they’re calling a deadbeat dad. Investigators say Morris Porter owes more than 130 thousand dollars in unpaid child support.
Veteran SC political reporter Lee Bandy dies
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Lee Bandy, a reporter who covered South Carolina politics and its congressional delegation for 40 years, has died. Mark Lett, executive editor of The State newspaper of Columbia, said Bandy’s family told the newspaper (http://bit.ly/16qYI20 ) he died Monday from complications from Parkinson’s disease. Bandy was 78. Several former colleagues were at his side….
Five Pts. Shooting Victim Hears Gunshot in Nightmare
Monday afternoon, the stepfather of 18 year old USC student and Five Points shooting victim, Martha Childress addressed the media.
Leaders to gather to help plan Midlands’ future
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — People from around the Midlands are getting together to map out a possible future for a region that is expected to grow by roughly 450,000 people in the next 30 years. About 300 community leaders are gathering Tuesday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center for Midlands Reality Check Game Day. Participants are using tools including large-scale,…
SCE&G kicks off weatherization campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Winter is just around the corner, and South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is helping some Midlands residents get ready for the cold weather. Volunteers from SCE&G are kicking off their “Weatherization Blitz” on Tuesday. During the effort, three Midlands homes are being made more comfortable and energy efficient with changes including caulking, weather-stripping, insulating and…
