COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A Greenville County woman has been ordered to repay the state of South Carolina thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits she received fraudulently. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and the state Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday that 50-year-old Patrice McMahan had pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in September. The state’s jobless rate was 8.1 percent in August, which was unchanged from the previous month. The Department of Employment and Workforce had been scheduled to release jobless figures Friday afternoon, three weeks after the original release date of Oct. 21. But the numbers…
This week a local charter school faced an ultimatum, either stop their “Operation Christmas Child” drive or face a lawsuit.
Columbia, SC (Columbia Police Department)- A new crime prevention effort is underway in the capital city.Starting tonight, The Columbia Police Department and Statewide Security Systems will participate in the live-monitoring of 50-cameras.It will happen at different times of the day and night.Interim Chief, Ruben Santiago says doing so will help his officers spot crime before it happens. Categories: Local News,…
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) _ A man has been charged with murder in the deaths the two women whose bodies were found in a Greenwood motel.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man is accused of murdering his son and then leaving the young man’s body wedged in a bridge over the Little River. The Anderson Independent Mail reported Friday (http://bit.ly/1bOcHCk ) that Tony Vernon Jordan has been charged with murder and possessing a weapon during a violent crime. Abbeville County Sheriff Ray Watson says…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Agents from South Carolina’s Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services are fanning out in Columbia over the next two weekends. Director Kela Thomas says some of her agents will be in Five Points on Saturday night to help officers from the Columbia Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The University of South Carolina…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in Richland County are participating in a pancake breakfast to raise money for the Sheriff’s Foundation. On Saturday, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is participating in the “Stacks for Change” breakfast at FATZ Cafe in Columbia. For a $7 donation, people can get pancakes, sausage, fruit and a drink. The event helps the foundation…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Columbia police are investigating the deaths of two young men in separate shootings. Three people were shot around 8:45 p.m. Friday in the 700 div of Martha Street. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says Nathaniel McKelvin lll was pronounced dead at the scene. The 21-year-old from Columbia had multiple gunshot wounds to the upper…
Police say two people were shot and killed within four hours of each other in Columbia.
