AIKEN, S.C. (AP)– A judge has refused to release the video of a traffic stop that led to the shooting death of an Aiken police officer in December. Circuit Judge Jack Early ruled Thursday after a two-minute hearing that allowing the public to see the video of the traffic stop would keep 19-year-old Stephon Carter from getting a fair trial….
A narcotics officer with the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office is recovering today after he was dragged by a pick-up truck for more than one hundred feet.
Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott says people are rushing to judgment regarding his department’s handling of a missing persons investigation-turned-apparent suicide.
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — It’s probably not a good idea to try to steal a trailer from the sheriff’s backyard. It probably doesn’t help to tell him you are taking the trailer for someone who bought it.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Tobacco farmers in South Carolina are worried about the lack of rain.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Winners of the 2011 South Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters Contest to be honored March 31:
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — A teacher at Wando High School in Mount Pleasant has now been fired for playing a segment of the movie “Jackass 2” in class.
PORT ROYAL, S.C. (AP) — In a Feb. 28 story about a man who stole a fire truck and drove off, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the man had escaped from a veterans affairs hospital. He escaped from Naval Hospital Beaufort, which is not a VA facility.
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a Florence man intentionally set fire to the home where he lived, leaving three dogs and two cats inside to die.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill requiring South Carolina taxpayers to receive a detailed receipt of how their state taxes are spent has advanced in the Senate.
