COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A former employee at South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services has pleaded guilty in connection with a breach of data from the agency. Attorney General Alan Wilson says 38-year-old Christopher Lykes Jr. pleaded guilty in Richland County on Tuesday to four counts of willful examination of private records by a public employee…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s $400 million Powerball jackpot winner has paid nearly $16 million in state taxes and $55 million to the federal government. Education Lottery Executive Director Paul Harper Bethea told the lottery oversight committee Tuesday the payments were made Friday to the Department of Revenue and to the Internal Revenue Service. The winner has chosen to…
A House of Cards-type burglary and fraud ring invades the Midlands, but suspected members are caught by local and state authorities.
Tuesday, DHEC and SLED announced new efforts to stop “pill mills
Orangeburg County (Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office)-Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell has released the picture of an armed robbery suspect from Sunday, October 6. The Sheriff says Video surveillance images captured a male that is believed to have robbed an 18-year-old male of his cash, debit card, and cell phone. He says the male was walking back to his residence from…
There are a lot of new attractions at the fair this year, one of them a lot of free-bees to help you find your happy for free.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hungry for deep-fried delights? It’s that time of year again. The 2013 South Carolina State Fair opens on Wednesday for a 12-day run in Columbia. This is the fair’s 144th year. Admission for seniors 55 and older is $7. Children ages 5 and younger, along with active and retired military personnel and their dependents with proper…
West Columbia police have charged a man with involuntary manslaughter in a September fire that left one person dead.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the body found shot to death in a burned truck is that of an Orangeburg businessman who had been reported missing. Orangeburg County Chief Deputy Coroner Sean Fogle said Tuesday the body has been identified as 61-year-old Richard Michael Carter. Carter’s body was found Sept. 23 in a burned truck in Santee. He had…
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A 27-year-old Sumter man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a trick-or-treater who knocked at his door on Halloween 2008. Quentin Patrick was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to murder in the death of T.J. Darrisaw. Prosecutors say the 12-year-old boy was shot at least a dozen times as he stood on…
