Patrol Car Brick
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been arrested after he threw a brick at a Richland County Sheriff’s Office patrol car.
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Former SC Superintendent Accused of Tax Evasion
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A former superintendent for schools in Mullins and Columbia is accused of underreporting his income by nearly $626,000.
The state Revenue Department says 61-year-old Nathaniel Miller of Columbia was arrested Monday and charged with five counts of tax evasion.
Ft. Jackson ‘Enlists’ Make-A-Wish Child
Fort Jackson’s 193rd Infantry Brigade gets a special new soldier, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Dr. Conrad Murray: Guilty in Michael Jackson Case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has reached a guilty verdict in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson’s doctor. The verdict came Monday in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. Prosecutors depicted Murray as a reckless physician who abandoned Jackson while he was under the effects of the powerful anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009. Attorneys for the Houston-based…
SC schools will conduct earthquake safety drills
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina schools will conduct earthquake safety drills as part of a larger effort to make residents aware of the potential dangers of tremors.
SC will reduce special payments for 18 hospitals
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will reduce the amount of money it pays to about a third of the state’s hospitals as compensation for treating uninsured and indigent patients.
SC man charged in hit-and-run death of pedestrian
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A West Columbia man is charged with killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident.
Kenyan official gleans safety ideas from SC visit
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A delegation from the Republic of Kenya is visiting South Carolina to learn about ways to improve the East African nation’s automotive safety.
13-year-old visits Fort Jackson on Make-a-Wish
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old Texas girl with cystic fibrosis is getting a chance to join the Army at Fort Jackson as part of a Make-a-Wish visit.
West Columbia Police Arrest Man in Connection with Hit and Run
West Columbia Police have arrested Diedreich Adam Jackson, 29, and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident involving death.
On November 5, 2011 the West Columbia Police Department had a traffic fatality that occurred during the early morning hours on N.12th Street. According to police, It appeared a vehicle struck a pedestrian who was walking northbound on the sidewalk.
