(CNN) — As cases continue to decline here in South Carolina and much of the United States, that highly contagious COVID-19 variant “Delta” first found overseas is now spreading here at home. Wednesday Doctor Anthony Fauci called for action to help to prevent the strain from becoming dominant in the United States and un-doing the significant progress we’ve had thus…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A group of state senators investigating South Carolina’s juvenile prison system have voted they have no confidence in Department of Juvenile Justice Director Freddie Pough. The vote Wednesday by a Senate subcommittee investigating the agency came after current and former teachers and jail officers testified that conditions keep getting worse. Five days earlier, many of those…
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) – A federal judge in South Carolina is considering a bid to block the upcoming electrocutions of two prisoners under the state’s recently revised capital punishment law. U.S. District Judge Bryan Harwell heard arguments Wednesday on whether he should halt the executions of Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens later this month. Attorneys for the men say the…
The Columbia Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a man accused of breaking into Il Focolaire Pizzeria on Sumter Street and taking money.
Now hiring signs cover the glass and sidewalks of many Columbia restaurants, but business is booming and it’s hard for employees to keep up with the demand.
A former drug dealer has turned his life around and is now an attorney, after a judge gave him a second chance. It all began 16 years ago, and now he’s being sworn in to the State Bar of Michigan.
Local Living: Camp Cole hosting an open house Thursday, SC Philharmonic performing at the Koger Center and more!
According to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, a man was arrested after he choked a pregnant female last month.
A now former North Carolina detention officer is out on bond, after being accused of sexually assaulting an inmate. Kyle Harris was arrested and fired from his job at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center.
A group of state senators investigating South Carolina’s juvenile prison system have voted they have no confidence in Department of Juvenile Justice Director Freddie Pough. The vote Wednesday by a Senate subcommittee investigating the agency came after current and former teachers and jail officers testified that conditions keep getting worse.
