State Retirement Benefits Could Soon Change
Wednesday, a Senate panel heard recommendations on how to fix the state’s broken pension system.
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Casey Anthony’s Parents, Day Two
Day Two of an exclusive interview on the Dr. Phil Show, reveals more details about the role George and Cindy Anthony played in their daughter, Casey’s, life and murder trial and has folks in the Midlands showing sympathy for the two.
Attorney general, treasurer clash on lawyers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A plan to hire lawyers to review state retirement investments for fraud has prompted bickering between South Carolina’s attorney general and treasurer.
SC pension plan’s tab soars to $17 billion
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Experts say the long-term tab for the South Carolina Retirement System would soar from more than $13 billion to better than $17 billion after recommendations they’ve made on lowered investment returns and other retiree costs.
Theft from SC agency gets woman nearly 3 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A woman who stole more than $300,000 from a South Carolina probation account has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
SC political leaders to talk to real estate agents
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The leaders of South Carolina’s Democratic and Republican parties will address hundreds of real estate agents during their annual conference.
Interstate 20 traffic stop finds prison contraband
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — Kershaw County deputies say they found 22 cell phones, 13 pounds of tobacco and cigarette lighters that were likely heading into a South Carolina prison as contraband after authorities stopped a speeding car on Interstate 20.
County Public Health Departments To Offer Flu Vaccine
In just two days, county public health departments across South Carolina will begin administering this year’s flu vaccine. State health officials say it’s very important for you to get the vaccine, because it will help protect you from serious illness.
Casey Anthony’s Parents Break Their Silence
For the first time on national television, George and Cindy Anthony, parents of Casey Anthony, who was acquitted in the death of her toddler daughter, Caylee, in July, sit down on the Dr. Phil Show and reveal what the jury never heard, and a Midlands psychologist discusses the emotional toll of it all.
SC GOP chair: SC will have primary before Ariz.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Republican Party chairman says the state won’t settle for a same-day presidential primary with Arizona after Gov. Jan Brewer proclaimed a February 2012 date for her state to gain a bigger national political role.
