Tips for Staying Safe this Season
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department offers advice on how to prevent theft during the holidays.
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Behind the Numbers on Opposition to an Assault Weapons Ban
Gun rights lobbyists and gun owners rally in support of concealed carry gun legislation, March 5, 2014 in Springfield Ill. (ABC News) — We’ve gotten intense interest in our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finding first-time majority opposition to an assault weapons ban. What follows is an attempt to explain this result in the context of our decades of research on…
Container Volume at SC Ports Up 7 Percent for Fiscal Year
TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Container volume at South Carolina’s ports is up 7 percent for the fiscal year that began last July. The South Carolina Ports Authority said Wednesday that since the start of the fiscal year, the equivalent of more than 830,000 20-foot containers has moved across the docks. During the authority’s board meeting in Timmonsville, the agency announced…
Led by GOP, House nears OK of renewing $600B in tax cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a year-end tax-cut compromise toward House passage Thursday as Congress prepared to finish 2015 with a flurry of accomplishment and await the partisan collisions sure to dominate the coming election year. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California was leading a charge against the tax measure, but GOP leaders seemed certain to prevail. That would…
AP EXPLAINS: Why Trump Can’t Shut Down the Internet
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says the government must work with “brilliant people” in Silicon Valley to keep violent extremists offline, even if it means shutting down parts of the Internet. But what he’s proposing isn’t possible with today’s technology. And even if it were, such a move would likely hurt more than potential attackers, and it would hinder…
Syrian Refugee Families in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two refugees from Syria have relocated to South Carolina and, despite the wishes of Gov. Nikki Haley, another Syrian family is coming. A Social Services Department spokeswoman tells local media that two Syrians were relocated to the Midlands this month though Lutheran Services Carolinas, a private resettlement agency. That agency tells DSS another family from Syria…
Waterpark Addition Taking Shape at Carowinds Theme Park
Carolina Harbor Waterpark FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Harbor Waterpark is taking shape at Carowinds, the theme park that straddles the South Carolina-North Carolina state line south of Charlotte. Local media outlets report that reporters got a glimpse Wednesday of the construction of the 25-acre water complex that’s being built where the old Thunder Road roller coaster once stood….
Holly Hill Man Accused of Exposing 5-year-Old to HIV
Oscar James Small, Jr. Holly HILL, S.C. (WOLO) – A Holly Hill man is behind bars after officials with the Holly Hill Police Department say he exposed a 5-year-old girl to HIV after sexually assaulting her. The Times and Democrat reports that Oscar James Small Jr., 56, is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree and exposing another to…
Trump Hints He May Ditch His Jet for Air Force One If Elected
(ABC News) — “Trump Force One” — you’re fired. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump hinted that if he makes it to the White House, he might ditch his Boeing 757 in favor of an even bigger plane: Air Force One, he told ABC News in an interview aboard his private plane. Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/Getty Images Trump Jet.”Well look there’s something very…
Missing Kershaw County Boy Found In New Hampshire
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Officials with the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department say that a boy reported missing has been found safe in New Hampshire. 7-year-old Charles Chandler was never enrolled in school since he left Kershaw County, on November 24 officials say. He was last seen at his Dobys Mill Elementary School in Elgin and was in the company of his parents,…
