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SC House votes to study state employee salaries

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved studying state employees' salaries, with legislators of both parties saying some are paid far too little.

Bank Robbery on Two Notch Road Wednesday Morning

Richland County deputies are searching for a suspect connected to a bank robbery on Two Notch Road Wednesday morning.

House directs center to create teacher recruitment program

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A budget amendment approved by the House directs South Carolina's teacher advocacy center to craft a way to recruit high-quality teachers to rural districts with high turnover.

UPDATE:11 Service Members missing after Helicopter Crash: Fog Slows Search

BREAKING: Seven Marines and four soldiers are reported missing after a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a routine night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, base officials said. Heavy fog has been slowing the search.

Statewide Tornado Drill set for 9am in SC

A Statewide Tornado Drill will be held Wednesday morning at 9am.

House approves firing SC State's trustees amid fiscal crisis

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University trustees gave a no confidence vote to suspended President Thomas Elzey less than a week after a judge said they could not fire him because they were all about to be fired.

SC Flu Deaths up Sharply Compared with Last Season

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ State health officials say the number of deaths from the flu this year are up sharply, compared with last season.

Trustees Have 'No Confidence' in Elzey

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina State University trustees gave a no confidence vote to suspended President Thomas Elzey.

Tools Stolen In Orangeburg

Orangeburg, SC (WOLO)- Deputies in Orangeburg are looking for a man they say took some *tools* out of someone's truck.

2 charged after man dies from mistakenly drinking herbicide

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina men have been charged with stealing a powerful herbicide and selling it to someone who ultimately died after ingesting it.

Irmo Man Remembers Turnaround Tuesday

Over the weekend, thousands gathered in Selma, Alabama to remember a day known as, 'Bloody Sunday,' where marchers for voting rights were met 50 years ago with violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Crews to fix I-95 bridge indicative of SC's road problems

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Road crews will close one northbound lane of a key South Carolina highway link along the East Coast to repair concrete that keeps crumbling off one of the Interstate 95 bridges over the Great Pee Dee River.

Inman Man dead in ultralight plane crash in Chesnee

CHESNEE, S.C. (AP) — An Inman man is dead after his motorized glider crashed in Chesnee.

SC flu deaths up sharply compared with last season

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — State health officials say the number of deaths from the flu this year are up sharply, compared with last season.

SC House votes to defund higher education commission

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Commission on Higher Education could be forced to close next fiscal year under a budget amendment approved by the South Carolina House.

Amazon hiring 500 workers at West Columbia facility

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Amazon.com is hiring 500 fulltime workers at its fulfillment center in Lexington County.

Money for SC State dominates discussion at town hall session

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Finding money for South Carolina State University is the school's biggest challenge, according to those who attended a town hall meeting on the future of the historically black school.

SC 1 step away from replacing Common Core in classrooms

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina could be one step away from replacing Common Core education standards with state-developed guidelines.

Pleicones unopposed for short term as SC chief justice

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Costa Pleicones appears on his way to a short term as the state's chief justice.

South Carolina AD Excited about possibility of NCAA Tourney

The lady Gamecocks are making history winning their first SEC championship. Now they may have a chance to host the first round of the NCAA tournament. Hear from University of South Carolina Athletics Director about the possibility. Video.