COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina has banned hoverboards in dormitories and a school spokesman says the university is considering banning them from campus entirely. Local media outlets report that university spokesman Jeff Stensland says hoverboards are being banned in the university’s 26 residence halls because of the possibility of collisions and concerns about their batteries causing…
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ It could be years before offshore wind turbines are built off South Carolina, if they are built at all. Officials of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management tell local media outlets that if no investors come forward to lease tracts off the coast, the concept will not move forward. The agency is holding public meetings…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — A family of four returned home only to catch two suspected thieves inside their Crestview Avenue home Wednesday night. Authorities say the duo came exited the home around 10 p.m. to find the homeowners parked in their driveway behind their get away car. Deputies say the suspects backed their vehicle into the family’s car three times before…
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Officials say a discharged Anderson hospital patient tried to steal an ambulance while a paramedic was in the back. Greg Shore, who owns Medshore Ambulance Service, tells multiple news outlets that a man who had been discharged from the AnMed Health Medical Center emergency room Wednesday jumped into the ambulance and began to drive away with…
FOREST ACRES, S.C. (WOLO) — Locally-owned businesses in Forest Acres have made it their mission to reopen after historic flooding, for their customers and their livelihood. Three feet of water filled Burnette’s Cleaners, next to the Forest Acres Police Department on Trenholm Road. Employees say they started taking orders within two weeks of the flood, actually cleaning clothing and linens for flood…
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Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce unveiled their 2016 competitiveness agenda on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s very important that we help develop a work force that’s ready for the next century,” said SC Chamber President Ted Pitts. Pitts laid out the priorities they want to see the General Assembly take action on in 2016. The list…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a year when a church massacre and catastrophic flooding put her in the spotlight, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will get further national exposure when she gives the Republican response to the State of the Union address. But she’s not new to the national stage. In 2012, she spoke at the Republican National Convention and…
BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — A company that makes barrels for aging bourbon and other spirits is locating in Bamberg County, creating almost 60 new jobs. Black Water Barrels LLC announced Wednesday that it is investing almost $4 million in the plant that will make barrels of white oak for bourbon. It will also make barrels of other types of wood…
(ABC News) — As President Obama unveiled his executive actions on gun control Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush was having his own firefight. Bush was participating in a primary series hosted by the Greater Derry Chamber of Commerce in New Hampshire when a female attendee asked what he would do about gun proliferation and how he would reduce gun violence….
