COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina’s top prosecutor has dropped a probe into allegations that the chairman of the agency that invests public workers’ pension money benefited from a commission investment in forestland. Deputy Attorney General Allen Myrick said in a letter dated Oct. 8 that state prosecutors declined to pursue the matter further. More than a year…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The parents of the man accused of shooting a University of South Carolina student earlier this month has apologized to the victim. Juanita Smith told The State newspaper (http://bit.ly/1cduBTy) that she hates the situation and is praying for 18-year-old Martha Childress every day. Twenty-year-old Michael Juan Smith is accused of shooting and wounding Childress…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Farmers and buyers say this year’s rainy summer has taken its toll on South Carolina’s pecan crop. Golden Kernel Pecan Co. owner David Summers told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg (http://bit.ly/1ahP06w ) that he expects to only crack and shell about 300,000 pounds of pecans this year. He normally processes about 1 million…
After news broke that a local animal shelter may be forced to close because of financial hardship, ABC Columbia News as an uplifting update.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Commanders from South Carolina’s major military installations say they are pinching pennies and in some cases training less in order to deal with the uncertainty brought on by recent federal budget cuts. They voiced their concerns Wednesday during a meeting with Gov. Nikki Haley in Columbia. A commander from Shaw Air Force Base says…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The parents of the man accused of shooting a University of South Carolina student earlier this month have apologized to the victim. Juanita Smith told The State newspaper (http://bit.ly/1cduBTy) that she hates the situation and is praying for 18-year-old Martha Childress every day. Twenty-year-old Michael Juan Smith is accused of shooting and wounding Childress…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Farmers and buyers say this year’s rainy summer has taken its toll on South Carolina’s pecan crop.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has declared the week before Halloween as Red Ribbon Week in South Carolina. Her statewide proclamation coincides with the national campaign designed to raise awareness to the dangers of illegal drug use. Red Ribbon Week dates to 1985, when people began wearing red ribbons to honor an undercover agent in the U.S. Drug…
As the weather gets cold outside, the Columbia Fire Department wants to make sure you don’t become a statistic.
Aiken, SC (Aiken Co. Sheriffs Office)-Authorities say a man has been arrested after he hit Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt. Deputies say Hunt was in an area Wednesday where several recent burglaries were reported and saw someone who matched the description of the suspect. Investigators say the sheriff started to question the man and he started to run away,…
