Haley promotes unemployment law change in ceremony
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is heading to Graniteville to promote South Carolina’s new unemployment insurance law.
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SC’s Third Army celebrates 93rd birthday with run
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) — The Third Army is celebrating its 93rd birthday with a three-mile run starting in front of its Patton Hall headquarters on Shaw Air Force Base.
West Nile Bugging Richland County Officials
(WOLO) COLUMBIA, S.C. Richland county vector programs spends Thursday night spraying a chemical to rid the area of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus. Officials say they needed to act fast once they noticed the numbers of mosquitoes with the disease was growing.
SC Court to Take up Primary Challenge
The South Carolina Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for a challenge of the first-in-the-South presidential primary brought by four counties worried about picking up the contest’s tab.
SC retiree cost-of-living increase cut in half
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s financial oversight board has voted to cut in half cost-of-living increases for state retirees, to 1 percent.
SC Probe Leads to 9 Arrests in Illegal Tobacco Bust
MAULDIN, S.C. (AP) _ Federal authorities have busted a ring of conspirators they say illegally purchased and sold untaxed cigarettes totaling millions of dollars in an operation spanning from Virginia to South Carolina.
Prosecutors say agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rounded up several men in northwestern South Carolina this week.
Cain-Jenny Sanford
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is taking a step into 2012 presidential politics in an opinion piece that praises businessman Herman Cain and criticizes special interests and media sensationalism.
New Website Encourages Community Input on Education
More than 500 educators, business leaders and legislators gathered in Columbia to discuss how schools can compete globally, and they hope a new website assists in reaching that goal.
SCDOT Questioned About Finances
Thursday, Robert St. Onge, Jr. with the South Carolina Department of Transportation went before the Budget and Control Board to answer questions concerning the departments cash flow problems.
SC middle school student dies of heart attack
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old Sumter middle school student has died after suffering a heart attack following basketball tryouts.
