Sumter Police Unveil Anti-Texting Mobile
For the first time, the Sumter Police Department puts its brand new text mobile on the streets in an effort to get motorists’ attention about the dangers of texting while behind the wheel.
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SC’s Haley attends fundraising event in Texas
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley attended a fundraiser in Texas hosted by an insurance company.
Bridgestone to announce major investment in SC
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Bridgestone is scheduled to make a major announcement at its Aiken County plant.
APNewsBreak: Zais asks for speedy hearing on money
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina schools chief Mick Zais has asked for a speedy hearing on the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to withhold $36 million from the state as a punishment for not spending enough on special education in 2009-10.
South Carolina baseball recruits ranked tops in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Collegiate Baseball is calling South Carolina’s current crop of recruits the best in the nation.
Orangeburg County leaders want wider I-95 bridges
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Orangeburg County Council is sending South Carolina transportation officials a letter asking for state help to make the Interstate 95 bridges over Lake Marion safer.
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.
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.
