ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — If you haven’t gotten pecans for the holidays, you had best get cracking. Heavy rains earlier this year have put a big dent in South Carolina’s pecan crop, and prices are likely headed up. Perry Arant shells the sweetmeats for small growers at the OMC Feeds company in central South Carolina. He says his store room…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is holding a hearing to decide whether state Rep. Harold Mitchell misused campaign funds. The legislative panel is set to meet Tuesday. It could dismiss the case, reprimand the Spartanburg Democrat, or expel him. The panel voted in February to proceed with investigating Mitchell, who took the rare step last year of…
While you’re doing your Christmas shopping, beware of dangers lurking on toy store shelves.
As the December 3rd referendum vote in the City of Columbia nears, the debate has gone from political to personal, with one local woman claiming the current mayor isn’t doing what he should now, and therefore, doesn’t need more power.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ Three people from Anderson are charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman during a robbery attempt last weekend.
Concerned Residents say language in a proposed ordinance they say appears to remove the buffer between bars and churches needs to be reworded.
Spartanburg, SC (The Spartanburg Democrat)- The House Ethics Committee is mulling over Rep. Harold Mitchell’s testimony that he kept shoddy records and didn’t properly pay his bills, but did not use his campaign account for personal benefit.
A Kershaw County school resource officer is in critical condition at an area hospital, but authorities say Rob Evans is alive because of early CPR and defibrillation.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have found the body of an 84-year-old Columbia man who was reported missing last week. Richland County Sheriff’s spokesman Curtis Wilson says Clarendon County officers investigating a report of a disabled vehicle found Jerry Glenn Helms’ body Tuesday. Wilson says Helms’ body was found about 300 yards from a van, which had apparently run out…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A legislative panel is moving forward on an allegation that a state lawmaker broke ethics laws when he used a state-owned plane to fly a conservative pundit to Columbia. The State newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/1jJpLvB ) the House Ethics Committee’s decision Tuesday means the panel found enough evidence that Rep. Bill Chumley might have committed the violation….
