SC high court upholds death penalty for torture
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a childhood friend during 36 hours of torture.
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2 die as disabled car hit on Interstate 95
COOSAWATCHIE, S.C. (AP) — Two people have died after a pickup truck ran into a tow truck helping a disabled vehicle on Interstate 95 near Walterboro.
Fla. Hwy Patrol leader new SC Public Safety head
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has named the director Florida’s Highway Patrol Training Academy the new leader of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
SC GOP sets presidential primary date, trumps Fla.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans will hold their first-in-the-South presidential primary on Jan. 21 to trump Florida’s rule-breaking jump ahead in the party’s calendar.
Amanda Knox conviction overturned
ABC News reports: A jubilant Amanda Knox was cleared of murder charges today by an Italian appeals court, ending her four-year prison ordeal and clearing the way for the American student to return home to Seattle.
SC GOP to announce presidential primary date
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans plan to announce when in January they’ll hold a presidential primary.
NC man set to go on trial in capital murder case
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of killing three female acquaintances and dumping two of them in South Carolina is scheduled to go on trial for capital murder in one of the cases.
SC developer Jim Anthony face financial complaints
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Travelers Rest bank and a Florida corporation have filed foreclosure complaints against the developer of the luxury Cliffs Communities in upstate South Carolina, saying they are owed millions of dollars.
SC, NC face 2012 with shrunken election budgets
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The eyes of the country will be on North and South Carolina in 2012, but the state agencies that make sure elections run smoothly are facing shrunken budgets.
SC farmer finds more livestock with gunshot wounds
WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County deputies are again investigating a case of animal cruelty after a farmer reported goats in his pasture were shot.
