Winthrop Poll: Perry, Romney far ahead of field
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new poll shows a close race between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in South Carolina’s key first-in-the-South presidential primary.
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Local Community Gets Empowerment
Dozens of residents in the Lyons street and Gonzales Gardens neighborhood open a new community empowerment center that is helping them build a safer and healthier place to live.
SC men take plea deal in deadly home invasion
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Two brothers have accepted a plea deal and agreed to testify in a Sumter County home invasion two years ago that turned into a shootout that left one man dead and another paralyzed.
Local Educators Get ‘Schooled’ on Bullying
Some two dozen Midlands educators, administrators and staff participated in an anti-bullying summit so they can take what they learned back to their schools and train other staff before bullying violence reaches the students.
Local Toddler Makes the Impossible a Reality
A local toddler refuses to take ‘no’ for an answer, and works to overcome the odds in order to take her first steps.
Financial oversight board gets DOT cash briefing
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s financial oversight board plans to discuss financial problems the Department of Transportation is facing.
SC State offers well water testing for radon gas
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University is offering free well water testing to evaluate radon levels for families and businesses in the central and southern parts of the state.
Sumter man gets life for widow’s beating death
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for breaking into a Sumter woman’s home, beating her to death with a vase and taking thousands of dollars from a safe.
Spurrier Downplays NCAA Allegations
Steve Spurrier says he follows the rules and doesn’t believe South Carolina will face serious punishment as a result of the NCAA’s allegations regarding his program.
SC couple accused of illegally giving to Graham
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Mount Pleasant man and his estranged wife are accused of illegally contributing to Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s campaign and his political action committee.
