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Cold weather arriving in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Fall temperatures are finally arriving in South Carolina with some of the coldest weather of the season expected overnight. The National Weather Service has issued freeze warnings, frost advisories and freeze watches for many areas of the state Friday with the exception of the immediate coast. Forecasters say a cold high pressure system will…

USC holds event to study comics, graphic novels

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lovers of comics and graphic novels have a day to learn how to use these literary forms as part of their teaching techniques. Friday’s symposium is scheduled to be held at the Thomas Cooper Library on the University of South Carolina campus. The event’s theme is “Comics Studies in the South.” It’s free and open to…

Vote to approve $550M of SC road work delayed

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A board that pays for major road projects in South Carolina has delayed its decision on how to spend $550 million and may reconsider which projects get money. The Department of Transportation has released a list of seven interstate widening projects it wants to tackle. But on Thursday, the State Infrastructure Bank voted to…

8 plead guilty as part of SC insurance fraud case

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Eight people have pleaded guilty in a fraud case involving BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina policy numbers. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said Friday that Malentha Robinson-Taylor, R. L. Robinson-Taylor, Robert Green, Kimberly Donaldson Broughton, Pamela Richardson, Latisha Brown, Cheryl Frazier and Lorraine Porcher pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Nettles says Malentha…

SC barbecue family focusing on the future

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The family that runs several Columbia-area barbecue restaurants is no longer flying the Confederate flag. The State reports (http://bit.ly/H8a04Y ) Saturday that the last two Confederate flags that flew outside Maurice’s BBQ restaurants in the Midlands came down quietly a couple of months ago. Maurice Bessinger raised flags at his nine restaurants in Columbia…