Kids, Mom Trapped in Truck When Tree Falls
A commute home during Sunday night’s thunderstorm turned near-deadly for a Midlands mother and her three children, as they were trapped inside their SUV after a tree fell on it.
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Gingrich plans to stay at SC Governor’s Mansion
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — White House hopeful Newt Gingrich plans to stay overnight at the South Carolina Governor’s Mansion next week.
Counties rebel over SC presidential primary tab
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — County officials across South Carolina are in revolt about picking up costs tied to the GOP presidential primary.
Scary Moments in Wake of Storm
A local elementary school closes due to a power outage; a family of four in their truck as a tree falls on it; and a man forced to clear his yard of branches after limbs tumble atop his roof; all examples of Sunday’s storm aftermath in the Midlands.
Palmetto Payback: SC Treasurer’s Office
You could have some money out there and not even know it.
According to the State Treasurer’s office, the Palmetto Payback program is holding nearly fifty million dollars in unclaimed funds for the midlands alone.
US Rep. Wilson plans Lexington town hall meeting
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is holding a town hall meeting with his constituents.
Program is putting old newspapers from SC online
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A project by the libraries at the University of South Carolina has taken 19 newspapers from across the state and made editions between 1860 and 1922 available on a website.
Elie Wiesel speaks to audience in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel says those who tried to bring mankind to a better place after the horrors of the Holocaust have failed.
SC secretary of state: Nominate angel charities
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond wants residents to nominate charities that deserve to be called “angels.”
Authorities: mom of 8 missing NY kids may be in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a mother from New York who is accused of abducting eight of her own children from a child welfare agency may be in South Carolina.
