COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The former leader of the world’s 70 million Anglicans is making a trip to South Carolina this weekend. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral says George Carey is leading a weekend of celebration at the Columbia church this weekend. Carey is preaching at two services on Sunday and will lead a discussion on the power of Anglican worship. He…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” More out-of-state students are going to public universities in South Carolina without paying the full out-of-state tuition costs. An analysis of data by The State of Columbia (http://bit.ly/18Erq0F ) found nearly 13,400 out-of-state students at the state’s 12 public colleges paying discounted rates, an increase of 43 percent in the past five years. University…
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy listening to music on his headphones has died after he was struck by a train in Newberry. The coroner’s office said Chamone McGraw did not react to the slow-moving train as he walked along the tracks around 6 p.m. Saturday. Newberry Police continue to investigate the incident. The coroner ruled the…
Dozens rallied in jasper county over the weekend urging the superintendent for schoos to step down.
A new mexico man is facing felony charges after authorities say he beat a man accused of peering into his daughter’s bedroom window.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four high-poverty schools in Charleston County could become a statewide model for in-school medical clinics that offer parents a convenient way to take their children to the doctor. South Carolina’s Medicaid agency is working with a nonprofit to expand services in the clinics that opened two years ago with one volunteer doctor splitting eight hours weekly….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Groups are gathering in Columbia to draw attention to fetal alcohol disorders. Members of the South Carolina Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Collaborative are sponsoring a ringing of the bells Monday on the north steps of the Statehouse. The event is marking Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day and includes the reading of Gov. Nikki Haley’s proclamation….
Authorities in Greenville are looking into a stabbing that left one man dead.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two people went to the hospital after a wreck involving a Columbia police cruiser and another car. The wreck happened around 3 p.m. Sunday near Benedict College. Both drivers were taken to a hospital. South Carolina Highway Patrol Senior Trooper Bridget Wyant says the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Their names were not released….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is naming former Rep. Ted Pitts as her next chief of staff. Haley’s office told The Associated Press that Pitts will replace Bryan Stirling, who is taking the helm of the state prisons agency. Pitts has been a deputy chief of staff since Haley took office in January 2011, serving as a liaison…
