ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A former Orangeburg church youth minister has been charged with assault and battery after a woman accused him of groping her. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported (http://bit.ly/14D9Jja ) that City Judge Barney Houser set a $10,000 bail for 36-year-old Patrick Hattler in Orangeburg Municipal Court on Tuesday. Houser ordered Hattler to have no contact…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley’s campaign has reimbursed taxpayers $7,600 for out-of-state fundraisers over the last fiscal year, as per an agreement with agencies that provide her security detail. Campaign spokesman Rob Godfrey said Tuesday checks were mailed to three separate agencies last month. They covered agents’ costs for nine private fundraisers during trips to California, Florida, New…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court has upheld a life prison sentence for a Rock Hill man convicted in his daughter’s 2001 death. The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the sentence of Billy Wayne Cope. Cope was convicted in the rape and murder of his 12-year-old daughter, to which he confessed several times. A neighbor was also sentenced…
A Midlands same-sex couple files suit against the governor and attorney general to have their union recognized and the state’s ban on gay marriage overturned.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ All of South Carolina has been declared a federal disaster area as a result of the heavy rains that have inundated the state since last spring.
As the nation waits to hear if the United States will use military force against Syria, ABC Columbia sat down with two USC professors to talk about the situation.
Columbia, SC (S.C.D.M.V.)-A reminder The South Carolina Department Of Motor Vehicles has decided to offer limited services at its Columbia office on Shop Road tomorrow (Thursday). that’s because of its proximity to Williams-Brice Stadium.Customers are encouraged to visit the D-M-V’s others locations in Blythewood and Lexington. Categories: Local News, News
One local man is up close and personal to one of California’s largest wildfires in histroy.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Educational Television is airing the story of World War II veteran Ted Bell, who led a daring attack in 1945 to secure a Japanese ridge. The documentary “Ted Bell and the Ridge” airs at 8 p.m. Thursday. Col. Bell led 200 men on a near-suicide mission on Okinawa’s heavily fortified Ishimi Ridge. Only 22…
Authorities are expecting heavy traffic around Williams-Brice Stadium Thursday.
