ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — An Orangeburg school district is trying to get students who have dropped out of high school back in the classroom. School District Five’s office of dropout prevention is holding a walk Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to bring attention to the problem. The walk begins at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. Volunteers who are at least…
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The South Carolina Cotton Museum is working with the Lee County Chamber of Commerce to put on a Cotton Festival this weekend. The Item of Sumter reports (http://bit.ly/13TuPWX ) that Saturday’s event in Bishopville starts off with a 5-kilometer walk at 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Main and Church streets. Chamber President Thaddeus…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Volunteers are gathering to build and decorate anti-stress “Dang-It Dolls” for military servicemen and women. Organizer Carol Davis says Saturday’s workshop is being held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cayce Masonic Lodge on 12th Street in West Columbia. Volunteers are needed to stuff and decorate the dolls. Davis says she…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) âone space€one space” The Oklahoma Supreme Court says it will consider the custody dispute over a 3-year-old Cherokee girl. Dusten Brown of Oklahoma has been fighting a South Carolina couple, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, over custody of Veronica, who turns 4 tomorrow. ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” An Orangeburg school district is hitting the pavement to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Hospitals statewide are working with free- and low-cost health clinics to improve the lives of thousands of South Carolina’s chronically ill residents who don’t have insurance. The state’s “healthy outcomes initiative” starts next month and involves hospitals reaching out to uninsured patients who frequently seek care in emergency rooms. They are also collaborating with…
ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The Calhoun County coroner says a 21-year-old woman on her way to a wedding has died in a crash that threw her and two others from a truck. The Herald of Rock Hill reports (http://bit.ly/15tjVeH) Coroner Donnie Porth said 21-year-old Sara Ann Comer of Hickory Grove died from internal injuries suffered in Saturday…
a 21 year old man is shot and killed outside of a Dillon County nightclub.
Governor Nikki Haley’s camp is busy prepping for the Campaigns re-election kick off, which will be Monday in Greenville.
A fundraiser and silent auction was held in the Capitol City to keep area children safe
The Army Training Center is getting ready to welcome it’s 46th commanding general.
