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Troopers: Driver Killed after Car Overturns
A car drops into the median, overturning and killing the driver inside. That's according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Police Need Help Identifying Masked Bank Robber
Police need your help filling in a missing piece of the puzzle.
Juvenile Faces Attempted Murder Charge
An argument leads to a shooting in one Columbia neighborhood. That's according to police.
SC State Fair Offers "Family Fun Packs"
You have a chance to save big this fall.
SC Taxi Driver Leaves Fighting Couple with Police
When a Myrtle Beach taxi driver picked up a fare and a couple started fighting, he did the logical thing _ he dropped them off at the police station.
ACLU: Greenville sheriff allows unlawful sting ops
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the Greenville County Sheriff's Office of making routine and unlawful arrests of suspected prostitutes and men who have sex with other men.
Judge Sentences SC Couple in Child Starvation
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A judge says that while a Mount Pleasant couple didn't mean to harm their 9-month old son who starved to death, they should have taken him to a doctor when he was losing weight.
Julia Child memories celebrated in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Julia Child is being celebrated in Charleston on what would be her 100th birthday.
Van body maker brings 119 jobs to South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A company that makes van bodies will open a new plant in Charleston County, investing $1 million and creating 119 jobs.
SC--Justices Asked to Hear Benefits Suit
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The leaders of groups representing teachers and state employees are asking the state Supreme Court to take up its lawsuit against a panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley for ignoring the budget and hiking workers' health insurance premiums.
SC--Jobless Agency Implementing New Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The director of South Carolina's unemployment agency says fired employees are losing jobless benefits as called for under a new state law, though he acknowledges mistakes were made.
Medical Experts: Whooping Cough Comeback
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now urging children and adults, 18 months and older, to get vaccinated, because of what they call the worst epidemic of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) in the last 50 years.
SC motorists paying more for gas than last year
Gasoline prices in South Carolina have spiked in recent weeks and now, for the first time this summer, motorists are paying more than at the same time last year.
Beach moves toward permanent drinking ban
Folly Beach is moving toward a permanent ban of alcohol on the beach.
SLED asked to investigate Westminster police
The State Law Enforcement Division has been asked to investigate the Westminster Police Department.
Man Shot after Unprovoked Threat on SC Deputy
Authorities say a Clarendon County deputy shot a man who pulled a knife on the officer while he was writing a speeding ticket for a different person.
SC Legislature to Debate Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Nikki Haley and her administration have emphatically said ``no'' to expanding Medicaid in South Carolina.
Suit Filed over Insurance Hikes for Public Workers
A University of South Carolina professor has filed a class-action lawsuit against a state panel for raising public workers' health care premiums.
USC Gets $10M Grant to Research Inflammation
The University of South Carolina has been given a $10 million grant to study how dietary supplements can be used to treat inflammation.
Cottontown Votes Against Treatment Facility
Plans for an alcohol and drug treatment facility in historic downtown Columbia are shot down, as residents claim, 'Not in my back yard.' However, the battle over whether a drug treatment facility can be housed near the neighborhood may not be over.
Man Dies After Struck By Train in Cherokee County
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities are trying to identify a man who died after he was struck by a train in Cherokee County. Coroner Dennis Fowler says the man was lying on train tracks in Gaffney when an Amtrak train hit him at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Coffee + Smart Phone = Happy?
If you think your smart phone is really handy, wait until you hear about the latest app that is going to help you in your morning caffeine fix. Crysty Vaughan has a look at this edition of the Consumer Minute.
Early Morning Robbery
Richland County deputies responded to an alarm call just before 4 a.m. Tuesday morning at the Hardees on 7942 Garners Ferry Road.
SC Supreme Court to Hear Haley's Ethics Appeal
The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Republican activist who accused Gov. Nikki Haley of ethics violations.
