COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top prosecutor is taking his concerns about implementation of the Affordable Care Act to Congress. Attorney General Alan Wilson is set to testify Wednesday before a joint hearing of a two U.S. House subcommittees. Wilson’s office says the Republican was one of 13 attorneys general who wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…
A dog shot and killed by a Irmo Police officer created a heated debate during an Irmo Town Council meeting.
Columbia, SC (Associated Press)-Attorney General Alan Wilson will testify at a Congressional hearing Wednesday morning regarding security concerns related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — A Lancaster man has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2011 shooting death of a man. The Herald of Rock Hill reported (http://bit.ly/19e1jgf) that 31-year-old Junior Lee Kiker Jr. also pleaded guilty to armed robbery, burglary and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Kiker’s plea came as his trial was scheduled to begin Monday….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides is scheduled to give his annual update on the state of the school. Spokesman Jeff Stensland says Pastides’ address is set to be delivered Wednesday morning on the historic Horseshoe on campus. Stensland says the address is a tradition begun by former President Andrew Sorenson and aims to outline…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)–A six-person jury ruled Wednesday that three Columbia Police Officers acted in self-defense in the shooting death of Ajani Mitchell. The verdict was the culmination of a coroner’s inquest into the May 25th incident. Police say the officers were responding to a domestic dispute between Mitchell and his mother. Richland Co. Coroner Gary Watts says…
Pajamas recalled for failure to meet federal standards
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)– There apparently was no peaceful, easy feeling when a North Charleston woman allegedly stabbed her roommate because she was fed up with his listening to the Eagles. North Charleston police say 54-year-old Vernett Bader is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature following the Monday night incident. An incident report says police…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller and the director of the state pageant are apologizing if anyone was offended by Mosteller’s joke about mobile homes as she introduced herself at the Miss America pageant. At Sunday’s pageant, Mosteller said in a pre-recorded statement: “From the state where 20 percent of our homes are mobile because that’s how…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State regulators have approved a request by South Carolina Electric and Gas to increase its electric rates by about 3 percent to help pay for the costs of building two new nuclear reactors. The state Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved the increase, which goes into effect Oct. 30. The change means that residential customers using…
