Suspect in Teen’s Disappearance Waives Bond Hearing
Freddie Grant, officially charged with kidnapping Friday in the case of missing teen Gabbiee Swainson, waived his right to a bond hearing Friday afternoon.
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Family Displaced Following House Fire
A family of six is without a a place to live after fire tore through their home Friday afternoon.
SC man sentenced on bomb threat, porn charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An Eastover man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for calling in a bomb threat to a school and having child pornography.
SC State to remember 1968’s Orangeburg Massacre
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University is commemorating the anniversary of a shooting with a panel discussion on the impact the event had on college campuses.
Professor visits USC to talk physics of baseball
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A physics professor from the University of Illinois is visiting the campus of the two-time collegiate baseball champion to talk about the mechanics of America’s favorite pastime and why the game is so tough to play.
Former SC CIO says logs should have caught hacker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The former chief information officer of South Carolina’s revenue agency has accepted partial responsibility for the cyber-theft of millions of taxpayers’ personal data, even while questioning why his staff didn’t catch it.
Haley touts Medicaid shift to rural hospitals
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Medicaid agency will begin fully reimbursing rural hospitals this October for treating people without health insurance.
A look at which hospitals get more Medicaid money
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state’s Medicaid agency will begin in October fully compensating rural hospitals their cost of treating patients who lack health insurance. The agency plans to add the Bamberg hospital, if it reopens. The following lists the designated hospitals:
Crews Battle Fire at 2 Local Houses
It’s a busy night for the Columbia Fire Department.
Father Charged with Putting Tattoos on 14-Year-Old’s Wrist
Richland County deputies say a local father, who faces several charges, including child neglect, has turned himself in.
