Police: Spartanburg County Worker Stole Tires
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a Spartanburg County worker stole tires from the county's maintenance shop. Deputies say they began investigating 23-year-old Jeffery Gilbert after getting a tip.
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Pilot Killed after Small Plane Crashes in Anderson
Authorities say a pilot has died after his plane crashed at the Anderson Regional Airport.
Home School-Sports
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The state Senate has approved a bill allowing home-schooled students in South Carolina to play sports at their local public school.
Cold Cases Cracked
After six and a half years with no answers in a Midlands murder case, a veteran law enforcement officer finds a clue that changes everything.
Richland County's Newest Community Ambassadors
Understanding the tasks local deputies face on a daily basis, 29 citizens get a passing grade and are the newest community ambassadors in Richland County.
Mother Of The Year
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A 77-year-old Chesterfield woman is being honored as South Carolina's Mother of the Year.
SC House OKs Tax Break to Reuse Vacant Buildings
The South Carolina House has approved a measure aimed at turning abandoned buildings into bustling commercial space.
Ex-SC Hospitality worker pleads guilty
A former South Carolina Hospitality Association employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling about $500,000 from the group. And in court prosecutors reveal they found photos "sexual in nature" on her former supervisors computer.
SC House Approves Cancer Screening, Treatment Bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina House has approved a bill directing $2.5 million in state cigarette tax collections toward cancer screening. The House voted Wednesday to send the measure to the Senate, following a 98-0 vote on Tuesday.
State's Fallen Soldiers' Families Honored
Republican Senator Jake Knotts treated the families of South Carolina soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice to an afternoon of lunch, thanks and recognition for the seventh straight year.
Cancer Screening
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina House has approved a bill directing $2.5 million in state cigarette tax collections toward cancer screening.
Lawmakers Debate Eliminating Sales Tax Exemptions
The South Carolina House is debating a bill that eliminates two dozen sales tax exemptions worth less than $13 million.
SC Senate Panel Bans Some Texting and Driving
A state Senate panel has approved a bill that would ban drivers from calling, texting or reading electronic messages in South Carolina's work or school zones.
SC House Approves Bill Cutting Income Taxes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina House has approved a bill cutting personal income taxes. Legislators voted 104-3 on Tuesday to collapse the state's tax brackets and give all residents who pay taxes a modest break. Budget advisors expect it would reduce state revenues by $78 million.
Indian Gambling
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A Circuit Court judge has rejected the Catawba Indian Nation's request to build a casino in York County.
SC Man Gets 30 Years for Killing Mother of His Child
YORK, S.C. (AP) _ A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing the mother of his child, then taking their 2-year-old son, prompting an Amber Alert.
Drive-By Victim Dies, Family Speaks
What Columbia police call a drive-by shooting has authorities looking for one of the drivers and the family of the victim planning a funeral.
Gun Store Robbery
RICHLAND COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN THEY SAY DROVE A TRUCK THROUGH A GUN STORE AND STOLE MORE THAN 30 WEAPONS.
SC Army Dad 1 of 3 in line for fatherhood award
An Army father based at South Carolina's Fort Jackson is one of three finalists for the 2012 Military Fatherhood Award.
School Bus Driver-DUI Charge
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ A Lexington County school bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence after a crash that involved three buses.
SC unemployment drops for 8th straight month
South Carolina's unemployment rate has hit its lowest mark in more than three years.
Sheriff: Suspect Strikes Deputy with a Car
The Richland County Sheriff's Department says deputies shot at a suspect after he struck one of their own with a car.
82-Year-Old Greer Woman Killed by Pickup Truck
GREER, S.C. (AP) _ Troopers say an 82-year-old woman has been killed after she was struck by a pickup backing out of a Greer driveway.
DHEC Layoffs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The new director of South Carolina's public health and environmental agency tells senators she didn't start her job intending to fire anyone, but she is laying off nine people in an administrative merger.
Former Hospitality Assoc. Employee to Plead Guilty
A former employee of the South Carolina Hospitality Association has admitted she embezzled nearly $500,000 from the group whose director killed himself earlier this year.
