Kershaw County Sheriff’s are investigating an apparent murder-suicide. Authorities say a family member contacted them after receiving a letter from the alleged shooter detailing his plans to take his life and that of his estranged wife.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ An Italian citizen charged in a cocaine case that brought down a South Carolina state treasurer has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison.
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced 58-year-old Pasquale Pellicoro during a hearing on Columbia. Pellicoro could have received as much as 20 years in prison and faced $1 million in fines.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Three years after vandals destroyed its predecessor, the “Spirit of the American Doughboy” is back in Anderson.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say they aren’t charging the guardian of a 10-year-old Aiken trick-or-treater who pulled a 9-mm handgun on a woman who joked she’d steal his candy on Halloween.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ People boating and fishing along the South Carolina coast should be on the lookout for company.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service says calving season has begun for the North Atlantic right while. That means the endangered creatures are making their way south from New England to the warm waters off South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
In a closely watched election between three of Irmo’s five current town council members, Hardy King wins, replacing Mayor John Gibbons.
Voters went to the polls Tuesday for local elections in eight communities in the midlands. In Irmo and West Columbia, voters have chosen new mayors.
South Carolina regulators will discuss the proposed merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy at a hearing next month.
It sounds to good to be true and Kershaw county sheriff’s say that’s exactly what it is. A check is being sent to area residents congratulating them on a sweepstakes win, officials say is designed only for them to lose.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is celebrating a bequest of $863,000, the single largest gift in its 37-year history.
