CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina department of education is considering bumping the current seven-point grading scale to a ten-point grading scale for next school year. The potential change is an effort to level the playing field with other students and student athletes competing for scholarships. Some students say they make the same grades as those in other states,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — People who want to run for office in South Carolina can begin to file their paperwork. The State Election Commission and county commissions will begin accepting paperwork to run in the June primaries and November general election at noon Wednesday. Filing runs until noon on March 30. Every state House and state Senate seat is up…
(ABC News) — After Bernie Sanders was projected to lose the first three of the five Mini Super Tuesday states to Hillary Clinton, he turned the focus to his own campaign in an hour-long speech to supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, tonight, saying his campaign has “defied all expectations.” “We started this campaign at 3 percent in the national polls,” Sanders…
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A 66-year-old Rembert man has been charged with murder after calling sheriff’s deputies to tell them he had shot his wife. Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon told local media outlets that deputies found James Slater Jr. at his home. The man told deputies he had shot his wife. Slater was arrested without incident and taken to…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford will be among a handful of Republicans traveling to Cuba next week with a delegation led by President Barack Obama. The former governor who represents the 1st Congressional District has worked in the past to end the travel ban between the United States and Cuba. Sanford tells The Post and Courier of…
President Obama will announce his pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia last month.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — A Columbia Police Officer is recovering this morning after authorities say he was struck by a car. Columbia spokesperson, Jennifer Timmons tells ABC Columbia News the Officer was responding to a suspicious car traveling on Devine Street near Fort Jackson Boulevard. Authorities believed the driver may have been passed out once they reached the scene. According…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation to sharply increase state income tax exemptions for military retirees. A Senate Finance subcommittee sent to the full panel Tuesday legislation to increase a current tax exemption on retirement income for veterans 64 and under from $3,000 to $15,000 every year. The panel also approved increasing tax exemptions for veterans…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican and Democratic presidential front runners are one step closer to clinching their parties’ nominations after Tuesday’s primaries. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s lead in the race for delegates is growing, with confirmed primary wins in North Carolina, Illinois and Florida on Tuesday. Ohio Gov. John Kasich notched his first and only victory of the primary…
IRMO, S.C. (WOLO) – The Irmo Town Council voted to defer a first vote on legalizing backyard chickens Tuesday. Council members wanted to wait for Councilman Barry Walker, Sr., who is in the hospital. As Councilwoman Kathy Condom put it, she wanted to make sure the chicken people got a fair shot. They’ll take up the issue again on April…
