Financially troubled SC State meets fall enrollment goal
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Financially troubled South Carolina State University in Orangeburg has reached its fall enrollment goal of 2,650 students.
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5 arrested in Lexington prositution sting
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputies along with agents of the county’s Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested five individuals earlier this week as part of an undercover prostitution sting.
Jury deadlocked in Kerrick trial
Randall "Wes" Kerrick is accused of shooting and killing unarmed Jonathan Ferrell on Sept. 14, 2013.
Danny strenghtens now Category 3 Hurricane
Within that last few hours Danny has strengthened again and is now a Category 3 Hurricane.
Horry County officials looking for missing 16-year-old
Horry County Police are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl.
SC's DUI campaign gears up as summer season comes to end
With the summer travel season winding down and with traffic deaths up across the state, South Carolina law enforcement agencies are gearing up their efforts to keep drunk drivers off the road.
Man charged with sexually assaulting young girl
A Rembert man has been charged with second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 16
US Sen. Tim Scott visiting several counties in the Midlands
SALUDA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is visiting several counties in the Midlands of South Carolina this week.
Haley says SC unemployment rate results speak for themselves
Governor Nikki Haley issued a statement about South Carolina’s unemployment rate
Pinned driver rescued following overnight crash in Lugoff
Crews from Lugoff Fire-Rescue were dispatched to respond to Interstate 20 around 8:15 PM Thursday night just below the Eastbound Rest Area near mile marker 94 for a major vehicle collision involving a pick-up truck and a school bus.
SCAM ALERT: Lexington County Sheriff's Department issue warning
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is warning the public about scam telephone calls from people claiming to be law enforcement officers.
Horry County inmate found unresponsive, dies at hospital
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating after an Horry County jail inmate was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital.
Report Criticizes Paid Football Chaplains
A group that advocates for the separation of church and state wants the USC Football team to stop paying its chaplain.
USC Upstate chancellor Tom Moore to leave
The chancellor at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg is stepping down.
Police: 19-year-old playing with gun kills 15-year-old
A 19-year-old man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after police say he was playing with a gun when he fatally shot a 15-year-old boy in North Charleston.
AG looking into Medicaid payments to SC's abortion clinics
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorney General Alan Wilson's office is looking into Medicaid payments to South Carolina's three abortion clinics to determine whether any fraud occurred.
SC pension fund's worth falls as investments don't keep up
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of the agency that invests South Carolina's pension portfolio says its worth slid backward because investments didn't earn enough to cover benefit payments to retirees.
Report: More funding needed for spent bomb material program
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A report commissioned by U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz says that a program in South Carolina to convert weapons-grade nuclear material into reactor fuel needs more money to succeed.
Gov. Haley says she'll fight bringing detainees to SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says she will fight the possibility that detainees will be brought from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Brig in Hanahan.
Top South Carolina prosecutor hosting presidential hopefuls
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's top prosecutor is hosting a series of constitutional conversations with more than a dozen of the contenders seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
Boil Water Advisory Issued for Old Forest Dr.
Officials with the City of Columbia say an 18 inch water main break means customers on Old Forest Drive need to boil water for one minute prior to drinking or cooking.
Lexington county man arrested on murder charge
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigators have charged a Gaston man with murder in the fatal beating of Joanne White Taylor.
Woman in DC wins $100,000 in SC lottery
While in Charleston for business, a Washington D.C. man bought a lottery ticket for one of his employees that turned out to be a winner.
Train derailment in North Charleston causes delays
Officials with Norfolk Southern say crews are continuing to clear railroad tracks in North Charleston after a train derailment on Wednesday.
Warrant issued for NC man in nightclub shooting death
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Orangeburg County sheriff's deputies are looking for a North Carolina man in a shooting outside a nightclub in which one man was killed and three others wounded.
