COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of defense lawyers wants an independent panel of scientists, defense lawyers and others in the judicial community to investigate a power outage that caused a computer crash at the State Law Enforcement Division. The servers which contain all the data on drunken driving arrests crashed on July 5. It took more than a month…
Lexington County deputies have arrested a 16 year old for making lewd comments to students at Irmo Middle School.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department has some new wheels.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — An Orangeburg middle school teacher has been charged with physically and psychologically abusing her mother. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports (http://bit.ly/1881ZDbs ) that 44-year-old Tracy Brown was charged Thursday with abuse of a vulnerable adult. It was not clear if Brown has an attorney. She has been a teacher for 17 years. Her 70-year-old…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina regulators have dropped plans for a solar energy forum next month after getting complaints from a group of utilities that provide electricity to mostly rural areas. The State newspaper reported (http://bit.ly/1ay78ut ) the Public Service Commission dropped plans for a Sept. 12 public workshop after the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina complained. The cooperatives…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Budget and Control Board meets today to review a contract to continue credit monitoring for South Carolina taxpayers less than a month after agreeing to the proposal. The agenda of the special meeting doesn’t say why the board is reviewing the work it did with almost no discussion July 30. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP)…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some 170 students who attend Midlands Tech and are working to transfer to the University of South Carolina are moving onto the big campus. The students are taking part in a program called Gamecock Gateway and begin their classes on the airport campus of Midlands Tech next week. University spokeswoman Megan Sexton says the students are…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Budget and Control Board is reviewing the parameters of a contract to continue credit monitoring for South Carolina taxpayers less than a month after agreeing to the proposal. The agenda of the special meeting Friday morning doesn’t say why the board is reviewing the work it did with almost no discussion July 30. The…
Columbia, SC (Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office)-In Spartanburg County four-jail guards have lost their jobs.
KERSHAW, S.C. (AP) _ Lancaster County deputies say they have two men in a shooting death at a Kershaw home.
