Deputies: Gambling Suspects Presented with Offer
There are new details concerning an alleged sports betting ring in Richland County.
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City Officials Focus on Homelessness
It’s an issue that’s raising a lot of discussions and even more concerns among city residents, business owners and city officials as they attempt to find a place to feed the need for the homeless population.
SC Unemployment Agency Lays off 100
Dozens of pink slips are set to be handed out at the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, DEW, the state agency responsible for putting people back to work.
Son Charged in Murder of Parents
The son of an elderly Fairfield County couple found shot to death in their own front yard, has now been charged with their murders.
Boeing Planning $1 Billion Expansion in SC
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Gov. Nikki Haley says Boeing is now a part of the fabric of South Carolina and that the company’s latest expansion announcement is a tribute to the 6,000 South Carolinians employed by the aerospace giant.
Trial Begins In St. Maarten Following Murders of SC Couple.
(WOLO) Columbia, SC-A security guard accused in the stabbing deaths of a South Carolina couple at their Caribbean vacation home has rebuffed a judge’s questions at the start of his murder trial in St. Maarten.
A look at SC Works offices to stay open
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The following lists the locations of 12 SC Works centers that will remain open following a statewide restructuring of the state’s unemployment agency and its affiliated workforce development boards. These centers will offer all re-employment services, such as skills testing and job referrals, as well as computer access and help with online claims filing. It’s uncertain how many of the other 44 offices will remain open past June. Local officials are choosing various ways to continue services throughout their region, from mobile units to satellite offices.
Son charged in parents’ deaths in Fairfield County
BLAIR, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged a 40-year-old man with murder after his parents were found shot to death outside their Fairfield County home.
3-year-old dead after shooting self in Sumter home
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old child has died after finding a gun in an apartment in Sumter.
Director: SC unemployment agency to lay off 153
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s unemployment agency is laying off 100 employees in June as part of a statewide reorganization that directs anyone seeking jobless benefits to use its upgraded online system.
