COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia’s interim police chief is holding a town hall meeting to talk about crime in South Carolina’s capital city. Chief Ruben Santiago is partnering with the North Columbia Business Association for a meeting on Tuesday at the Eau Claire Print Building. Organizers say meeting topics will include crime safety and prevention, as well as gang awareness…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Student teams from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina are set to compete for prizes and support for their startups. The business plan competition is scheduled for Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the business school. Binette says six teams are competing for $50,000 in prizes and startup support. The event…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of South Carolina’s fully virtual public schools is incorporating a traditional classroom setting. The Learning Center in Columbia is holding an open house from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday. School officials call the high school a “click and brick” hybrid. Spokeswoman Tesha Byrne says the school opened last month as an extension of Provost Academy, a high…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley’s campaign is calling on her Democratic opponent to drop five clients who have cases before magistrates he recommended for the job. Sen. Vincent Sheheen dismissed Tuesday’s request, calling it a desperate political ploy. It’s her campaign’s second day of attack following a report in The State newspaper that Sheheen has eight cases pending…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolinians who lost their health policies under the federal health care law will soon learn whether they can keep their plan for another year after all. State Insurance Director Ray Farmer said his agency is issuing guidelines Tuesday to insurers that want to extend coverage to clients who previously received termination notices. Millions of policyholders…
Tuesday night, the North Columbia Business Association along with the Columbia Police Department will host a town hall meeting to discuss crime prevention.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Two women who worked for former state Sen. Dick Elliott say he fondled them at his North Myrtle Beach realty office. The women say in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the 78-year-old Democrat grabbed their breasts in separate incidents earlier this year. One woman said she told her boss, Elliott’s son, who said his…
An upcoming hearing will determine if the Taboo Couples Adult Superstore will remain open, despite the store blaming the City of Columbia for it not being able to make a profit based on restrictions placed on the business since it opened in 2011.
One Kershaw County home has become a must see each Halloween bringing out more than a hundred revelers
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) _ Charleston County deputies are searching for three men a day after a fourth man was found shot to death in a car near Mount Pleasant.
