ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad is in South Carolina this week. Rashad is speaking Tuesday to students at Claflin University in Orangeburg. The event is part of the South Carolina Democratic Party’s 2013 College Tour. Organizers say Rashad and party chairman Jaime Harrison are talking to students about the importance of civic engagement and student involvement…
Due to the number of customers impacted, South Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, is warning the public of a growing phone scam by launching an official investigation to be conducted by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolinians are getting information on how to sign up for a new way to monitor their credit in the wake of a massive hacking of state records. Gov. Nikki Haley is holding a news conference at the Statehouse on Tuesday with officials from the Department of Consumer Affairs and CSIdentity Corp. South Carolina is paying…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham raised more than $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2013. The figure released Tuesday means that the Republican has nearly $7 million in the bank. His campaign says that’s the most that it is ever recorded. Graham raised a total of $1.17 million from July 1 through Sept. 30…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca reported the most safety violations of any nuclear plant in the Southeast since 2000. A Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Associated Press shows the plant reported 163 lower-level violations and 14 higher-level violations. The plant is only one of two in the Southeast with three reactors….
Next week, South Carolinians can begin enrolling in the identity protection service with CSID.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A Richland County deputy charged with assault after putting a woman in handcuffs at a Columbia restaurant has now been fired. Sheriff Leon Lott decided to terminate 49-year-old Paul Derrick’s employment after meeting Tuesday with prosecutors and Columbia’s interim police chief. Columbia Police arrested Derrick last week after a cellphone video captured him in…
It’s been debated, discussed, and now purchased. The old Palmetto Compress building is getingready to undergo a majot overhaul that will attract people and money to the city.
(Columbia, SC) Columbia Fire Dept.-The Columbia Fire Department says a business was evacuated .on Garners Ferry Road as a precaution. This afternoon, a gas line ruptured behind the State Farm building, causing a leak. Officials say the situation was immediately under control. No one was in danger at any time. Categories: Local News, News
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) _ Jurors are hearing evidence in Beaufort this week in the trial of a man charged with two counts of murder in the 2009 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old son.
