Company Pays Feds $520,000 for Taken Timber
A company that cut trees in the Sandhills Wildlife Refuge has agreed to pay the federal government more than $520,000 for trees that were cut down without proper payment.
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Get the Sleigh Ready; 9,000 Soldiers Going Home
Airports, train stations and bus terminals are filling up with Army soldiers in uniform as South Carolina’s Fort Jackson gets 9,000 trainees home for the holidays.
Federal Highway Head Announces Orangeburg Grant
The nation’s top highway official is visiting Orangeburg to announce a highway grant for the area.
SC–Teacher-Sex Charges
CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) _ A middle school teacher is facing charges of having sex with a student in a third South Carolina county.
The State Law Enforcement Division said Thursday that 36-year-old Carole Ann Hope is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor and lewd act upon a child for two encounters earlier this year with a 14-year-old on a dirt road near Pageland Central High.
Husband accused of shooting wife, charged with attempted murder
47 year old John Madden of Irmo is charged with attempted murder after police say he shot is wife just after midnight, Thursday.
New Adult Toy Store Raises Eyebrows, Concerns
A new adult toy store scheduled to open its doors in Columbia is not receiving a warm welcome from neighboring businesses, as business owners think it amounts to a pornographic store.
More Fans Likely to Travel for Bowl
The bowl game may be weeks away, but Gamecock fans are making preparations now for the bowl game in 2012.
Columbia Man Charged with Shooting Wife
A Columbia man is in jail after deputies say he shot his wife in the head.
SC GOP’s primary funding dodge irks Republicans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some leading South Carolina Republicans are irked after the state GOP backed out of paying for most of the first-in-the-South presidential primary.
Drill Sgt. Commandant Suspended
The Army has suspended the first woman chosen to lead its school for drill sergeants, Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King.
