COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A senior executive vice president with BB&T Corp. is scheduled to discuss the issue of building a brand for a bank with students at the University of South Carolina. The university says Thursday’s talk by Ricky Brown is slated for 4:30 p.m. at the Darla Moore School of Business. The speech is free and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The Midlands chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America is holding a discussion about post-traumatic stress disorder among military veterans. Thursday’s scheduled event is to be held at the Cayce Memorial Post 130 of the American Legion in Cayce at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Chapter spokeswoman Ann…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Taxpayers can start signing up for a second year of state-paid credit monitoring resulting from last year’s massive hacking of South Carolina’s tax collection agency. Enrollment for consumer protection services through CSIdentity Corp. begins Thursday. It’s free to the millions of residents and business owners whose unencrypted personal data was stolen last September from the Department…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County deputies plan to serve some ice cream with a message they hope will help area youth stay away from drugs. On Thursday, Sheriff Leon Lott is taking part in the 7th annual DARESCREAM Night at a Baskins Robbins ice cream parlor in Columbia. Lott is dishing out ice cream, and he and some of…
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ The director of a museum in Anderson says a man stole a $4,900 bronze sculpture by stuffing it under his shirt and walking out.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University has named Mark Richardson, a former football player for the school and the son of Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, as the school’s newest trustee. Clemson said Thursday that Mark Richardson will take over immediately for trustee Bill Amick. Richardson is a 1983 Clemson graduate and played for the school’s 1981 national championship team….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A nuclear power plant in Oconee County had to shut down one of its three reactors after a problem in the water system that helps generate electricity. Federal regulators said Unit 3 at the Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca was manually shut down by Duke Energy around 6 a.m. Thursday, about four minutes after…
Dozens of USC students gathered Thursday night to remember 18-year-old Martha Childress during the “Not So Thirsty Thursday” concert.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Fall temperatures are finally arriving in South Carolina with some of the coldest weather of the season expected overnight. The National Weather Service has issued freeze warnings, frost advisories and freeze watches for many areas of the state Friday with the exception of the immediate coast. Forecasters say a cold high pressure system will…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lovers of comics and graphic novels have a day to learn how to use these literary forms as part of their teaching techniques. Friday’s symposium is scheduled to be held at the Thomas Cooper Library on the University of South Carolina campus. The event’s theme is “Comics Studies in the South.” It’s free and open to…
