GOP attorney: Data, not race, led to new lines
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans say a plan to redraw South Carolina’s 124 House districts was not based solely on race but included other factors, including keeping communities in a single district.
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Rock Hill Collection Company Adding 100 Jobs
A Rock Hill collection company says it will add about 100 employees in the coming year.
NC Killer Mistakenly Released Recaptured in Dallas
YORK, S.C. (AP) _ A convicted killer from North Carolina who was mistakenly freed from a South Carolina jail while facing drug charges has been recaptured in Texas.
York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant said Friday that 31-year-old Thomas Aaron Whitlock had been arrested in Dallas.
Suicide Prevention Meeting
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Faith leaders met in West Columbia to discuss how to properly respond after someone commits suicide.
Hundreds gather to remember Tom Sponseller
Hundreds of friends and colleagues joined the family of Tom Sponseller to say goodbye, Friday.
SC State’s Cooper resigning at end of month
The embattled president of South Carolina State University, George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month.
Dancing to fight hunger in Columbia
Some people are dancing to fight hunger. On Friday, Fisher Communications and an anonymous donor gave $2800 to Harvest Hope on behalf of the Columbia Classical Ballet. Additional funds came from the ballet’s ticket sales from a January performance.
Marion man faces charges in 2005 killing
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A Marion man has been sent to Horry County to face charges in the 2005 shooting death of a man.
Former SC first lady fined for loose dog
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she thinks a fine of more than $1,000 is a bit much for letting her dog escape.
After 3 decades on SC death row, man might go free
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — A mentally disabled man who spent nearly 30 years on South Carolina’s death row is getting a bail hearing in Greenwood because of a single strand of hair.
