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.
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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.
SC State Board of Trustees meet again Tuesday
The Board of Trustees at South Carolina State University will be at it again Tuesday.
Cousins set up fund for injured Chapin High School player
We're learning more about how you can help an injured member of the Chapin High School lacrosse team.
Registration underway for Heart & Sole event
We're a little more than a month from the annual Heart and Sole event in Downtown Columbia.
You can help victims of fire in the Midlands
The American Red Cross has been busy within the last 48 hours.
Police Identify 2 NC People Killed in Myrtle Beach Shootings
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ Myrtle Beach police have identified the victims of a double homicide at an oceanfront hotel as a North Carolina couple.
Attempted Murder Arrest
The Richland County Sheriff's Department has announced the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with a January shooting.
Man surrenders in Richland County stabbing
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing a man to death at a Richland County bar has surrendered to sheriff's deputies.
Movie Director pleads guilty in train death of Midlands Woman
Movie Director of film about Gregg Allman pleads guilty in train crash death; charges dropped against wife.
Scott winding up veterans job initiative with job fair
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is winding up a series of workshops to help veterans find employment with a job fair in the Lowcountry.
SC State holds town hall meeting on future of black colleges
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University is holding a town hall meeting focusing on the future of historically black colleges and universities.
Burned remains of body found in Orangeburg County
NORTH, S.C. (AP) — Orangeburg County deputies are investigating after a body was found in a burned vehicle in a farmer's field.
