Company Moving into Vacant Barnwell County Plant
An international maker of highway safety products is opening in Barnwell County, creating 25 jobs over two years in a building that once employed more than 300.
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Dog Fighting Ring Update
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Richland County authorities say 15 of the 24 dogs seized during a September raid on a dog-fighting operation are in foster homes.
Sheriff Leon Lott said Tuesday that $1,700 in donations helped pay to care for the dogs.
Conway Man Pleads Guilty To Counterfeit Charge
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A 23-year-old Horry County man admits he made counterfeit $10 and $100 bills on a computer.
U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said Tuesday that Parish Gagum of Conway pleaded guilty in federal court in Florence to making counterfeit money.
Small Business Owner: ‘We create jobs’
For the first time, the City of Columbia invites small business owners to a gripe session they hope, in the end, benefits them, merchants and consumers.
SC Math, Reading Scores Virtually Unchanged
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina students’ scores on national math and reading tests haven’t changed much in two years and continue to hover below the national average.
The U.S. Department of Education released data Tuesday showing South Carolina’s fourth- and eighth-graders posted scores that were between two and five points below the national average.
Spurrier Hopes Passing Improves For Arkansas
Steve Spurrier is frustrated by his team’s lack of passing production and says it will need to improve for #9 USC to win at #7 Arkansas this weekend. ABC Columbia Sports Director Tim Hill recaps Tuesday’s weekly Steve Spurrier press conference from Williams-Brice Stadium.
Deadly accident claims another child’s life
A second child has died after a weekend car accident that killed her 7-year-old brother. Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman stated that 10-year-old Haley Upchurch died at the hospital Tuesday.
SRS facility to be used to feed future MOX plant
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — The federal government is going to use a facility at the Savannah River site near Aiken to produce tons of plutonium oxide for the complex’s future mixed-oxide fuel plant.
SC Democrats plan lawsuit over US House plans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian says a lawsuit will be filed within two weeks over the U.S. House district plans the Justice Department says it won’t challenge.
Lab-grown diamond maker moving to South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials say a new cultivated diamond facility in Greenville County is expected to create 70 jobs.
