COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Dorn Veterans Administration Medical Center is scheduled to hold a health summit to battle suicide and help military veterans learn more about services the center can provide. Medical Center spokesman Kevin McIver says Wednesday’s event is being held at the Medallion Conference Center in Columbia from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Veterans and their families…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Voters in Orangeburg have elected Michael C. Butler as the city’s first African-American mayor. Butler won a four-year term with 53 percent of the vote. Mayor Paul Miller received 46 percent. Miller has been mayor since 2001. Butler’s new terms begin Oct. 1. Butler ran on a platform of revitalizing the city and working on economic…
After an MRI showed a local child’s brain tumor vanishing, his mom is praising God.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Regulators have approved a rate increase of about 10 percent over the next two years for Duke Energy customers in South Carolina.
Columbia, SC (South Carolina Air National Guard)- The South Carolina Air National Guard is conducting an air defense exercise September 12th in the vicinity of Owens Field, Columbia.As part of the routine exercise, fighter jets assigned to the SCANG’s 169th Fighter Wing might be seen escorting a single-engine aircraft belonging to the South Carolina Civil Air Patrol between 10 a.m.to…
Two of the three students who dared to break down the walls of segregation, returned to the same University that had denied hundreds others in prior years
A soecial meeting was held for City Council Members to vote for the change in goverment to “strong Mayor” would appear on the November ballot.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Those wishing to offer support for the nation’s military and their families in South Carolina are holding a fundraising dinner. The USO South Carolina dinner and silent auction is scheduled for Thursdayl. The event helps the organization support troops and their families. The USO runs a welcome center for troops at the Columbia airport. It also…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s long-overdue computer system for tracking deadbeat parents still is not working, as contract disputes continue and federal fines exceed $100 million. The Greenville News reported (http://grnol.co/1b9A8Js ) the state has canceled its contract with Hewlett Packard and wants the company barred from winning future state contracts. HP says the delays are due to the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A humanist group has sued over a Greenville County public school’s decision to hold its 5th-grade graduation ceremonies at a Christian university. The American Humanist Association on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop Mountain View Elementary School from holding ceremonies in a chapel on the campus of North Greenville University. The suit against the…
