Bill would yank benefits for failed drug tests
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Someone collecting unemployment would lose their benefits if they fail or refuse to take an employer’s drug test under a bill approved by the South Carolina House.
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SC gov signs law against camping around Statehouse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill banning camping and sleeping on Statehouse grounds.
1,000 pounds of pot seized in Orangeburg County
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says investigators have made the biggest marijuana bust in his county’s history.
SC – Man Found Shot to Death at Blacksburg Pond
BLACKSBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a couple has found a man’s body by a pond in Blacksburg.
Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said the man had been shot several times and he has ordered an autopsy for Friday.
Cervical Cancer Vaccine
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Seventh-grade students in South Carolina could get a free vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted, cancer-causing virus under a bill approved by a House panel.
SC mom shares story of sons’ deaths with Winfrey
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina mother who admitted suffocating her two young sons, then putting their bodies in a river, has shared her story with Oprah Winfrey.
SC could offer free cervical cancer vaccine
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Seventh-grade students in South Carolina could get a free vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted, cancer-causing virus under a bill approved by a House panel.
Savannah River Site closing 2 radioactive tanks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials say they have made major progress in cleaning up radioactive waste stored in South Carolina.
T-shirts sold in honor of fallen Aiken officers
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — The husbands and wives of Aiken’s police officers are selling T-shirts so they can send members of the force to Washington, D.C., to honor two of their officers killed in the line of duty.
6 men charged in beating; hate crime possible
SENECA, S.C. (AP) — Police have charged six black men with beating a white man outside a Seneca restaurant and have sent information about the attack to the FBI to determine if hate crime charges should also be filed.
