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Professor: Duley Sentence Should be ‘Harsh’

Mar 19, 2012 9:07 PM EDT

A local professor believes a judge’s sentence should be harsh regarding an Orangeburg double murder case, in which the Midlands woman responsible confessed to murdering her two toddler children.

Graham: Export-Import Bank Crucial to SC growth

Mar 19, 2012 7:41 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham warns the Federal Export-Import Bank is crucial for business to grow in South Carolina.

The self-financed bank helps American companies sell abroad by providing credit and loan guarantees to foreign customers. The bank is up for reauthorization in Congress.

Report: SC improves its high school dropout rates

Mar 19, 2012 10:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A report by a national think tank has found South Carolina’s high school graduation rates have sharply increased since 2002.

SC Guard agribusiness team heads to Afghanistan

Mar 19, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Army National Guard agricultural development team is heading for training and a year’s deployment in Afghanistan.

Ex-Spartanburg parks director hired by Columbia

Mar 19, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man fired as parks director for the city of Spartanburg has been hired to do the same job in Columbia.

Keel refocuses SLED on helping local law agencies

Mar 18, 2012 10:00 AM EDT

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Keel says he hopes a new state budget with more money for more officers will help return South Carolina’s top police agency to its originally intended role: supporting local law enforcement.

SC Law Designates February for Black History Study

Mar 17, 2012 3:40 AM EDT

News Department

A new South Carolina law officially declares February as African-American History Month, 36 years after former President Gerald Ford recognized the first month-long tribute to black history.