COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Children at a Columbia elementary school are getting and extra day off because of ants. Richland School District 1 officials said they are closing Bradley Elementary School on Tuesday so exterminators can fight the ants with no children or teachers in the building. Richland 1 Superintendent Percy Mack says officials will talk to the exterminators after…
Columbia, SC (Richland County Sheriff’s Department)-Richland County Deputies are looking for a man they’re calling a deadbeat dad. Investigators say Morris Porter owes more than 130 thousand dollars in unpaid child support.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Lee Bandy, a reporter who covered South Carolina politics and its congressional delegation for 40 years, has died. Mark Lett, executive editor of The State newspaper of Columbia, said Bandy’s family told the newspaper (http://bit.ly/16qYI20 ) he died Monday from complications from Parkinson’s disease. Bandy was 78. Several former colleagues were at his side….
Monday afternoon, the stepfather of 18 year old USC student and Five Points shooting victim, Martha Childress addressed the media.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — People from around the Midlands are getting together to map out a possible future for a region that is expected to grow by roughly 450,000 people in the next 30 years. About 300 community leaders are gathering Tuesday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center for Midlands Reality Check Game Day. Participants are using tools including large-scale,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Winter is just around the corner, and South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. is helping some Midlands residents get ready for the cold weather. Volunteers from SCE&G are kicking off their “Weatherization Blitz” on Tuesday. During the effort, three Midlands homes are being made more comfortable and energy efficient with changes including caulking, weather-stripping, insulating and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — AT&T is hiring for dozens of new jobs in South Carolina. The telecommunications company said Tuesday that it will hire about 60 new technician and retail positions. The openings are a mix of technician and retail positions across the state. Officials say AT&T invested nearly $140 million in its wireless and wired networks in South Carolina…
A water main break on Broad River Rd. has prompted a boil water advisory.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A fifth inmate has died at the Orangeburg County jail in about a year. Authorities told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg (http://bit.ly/1h5bJpy ) that 34-year-old Thurston Massey was found slumped over in a cell around 6:15 a.m. Monday after he was arrested on a driving under the influence charge. Orangeburg County Administrator Harold Young says…
Governor Nikki Haley will speak at the opening of the new Department of Juvenile Justice Job Readiness Training Center today.
