COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Columbia officials have overridden a decision by interim police chief Ruben Santiago to order two officers to march in the South Carolina Gay Pride Parade even though they did not want to participate. Santiago had ordered a lieutenant and sergeant to join eight other officers in last Saturday’s parade even though they cited religious…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A 39-year-old Lexington County man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for striking and killing a transportation department worker on Interstate 20 last year. Circuit Judge Robert Hood on Thursday sentenced Thomas Stafford after he pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. Twenty-one-year-old Nicholas Johnson was…
Deputies are asking for the public’s help to find a Midlands man and his 10-month-old son.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Recipients of a supplemental food program are getting a few more weeks of help thanks to South Carolina’s health department. On Friday, the Department of Health and Environmental Control told its more than 122,000 clients that it would continue to back the federally funded Women, Infant and Children program through the end of October….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Fourteen staff members of the agency that invests retirees’ pension money are receiving a combined $1.4 million in bonuses for the portfolio’s performance. The Retirement System Investment Commission approved the performance payments last week for the agency’s investment staff. The amounts range from $30,000 to $300,000. Treasurer Curtis Loftis cast the lone no vote…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina State University President Thomas Elzey’s plans to restructure the administration are taking effect. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports (http://bit.ly/GCDebw ) that the university trustees approved the plan Thursday to create several new positions. The plan calls for adding a provost, who would report to the president and be in charge…
Columbia, SC (South Carolina State Fair Officials)-Change of plans…some Gamecock fans may be looking for a new place to park tomorrow.
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say they used a combination of surveillance cameras, text messages and Facebook postings to find the man who shot a 25-year-old man.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The University of South Carolina is settling a dispute over a disappointing power plant that was supposed to generate electricity from scrap wood chips. The State newspaper reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/1a1iTEK) that Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls is agreeing to pay $14 million owed on the nearly $20 million plant, remove biomass equipment inside and give USC…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. says it will release more water from Lake Murray northwest of Columbia so that rain can give parts of the lake bottom a good cleaning. The utility that runs the reservoir behind its hydroelectric dam says it will start allowing more water to flow downstream early next month….
