Duke Energy asked to correct SC ash pit problems
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Duke Energy officials appeared last week before South Carolina regulators, they said the utility's coal ash pits in the state were safe.
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Apartment Fire In Columbia Damages many homes
Columbia, SC (WOLO)-A late afternoon fire damages four to six apartment homes at the "Beaty Road Apartments" in Columbia.
Truck Drives on to Florence Playground
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) _ Police are looking for a man who drove his pickup truck onto an elementary school playground in Florence and circled it as students played before driving away.
SC senators want to change teacher appeals process
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Senators say South Carolina's decades-old process for removing an underperforming teacher can drag out at the expense of school districts and children's education.
Lexington High Students Heading to World Finals
A group of Lexington High School students have made it to the world finals of the Odyssey of the Mind world finals.
New group forms to keep tabs on activity at SRS
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new public interest group has formed to keep tabs on activities at the Savannah River Site.
Bill says teacher layoffs can't be seniority-based
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Teachers' seniority must be downplayed in layoff decisions during budget cuts under a bill advancing in the South Carolina Senate.
BREAKING NEWS : Manhunt underway for murder suspects in Newberry
A manhunt is underway in Newberry county. Deputies are searching for four people believed to be murder suspects wanted in Tennessee. The four are on the run near SC 34 and US 176. Deputies have sent out an alert asking residents to stay inside.
SC House passes law aimed at reducing DUI deaths
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved a bill requiring more people convicted of drunken driving to install a locking device that prevents their vehicle from starting if it detects alcohol.
SC Children's Trust celebrates 30th anniversary
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Children's Trust of South Carolina is celebrating three decades of working to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Shooting at Kent State University
KENT, OHIO (AP) -- A person suspected of firing a gun on the Kent State University campus in Ohio is now in custody.
Smith named AP's SC legislative relief staffer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Andrew Coffman Smith, who has covered local and state government issues in Tennessee for several years, is joining The Associated Press as a temporary legislative relief reporter.
Autism Awareness in the Midlands
Midlands residents worked to raise Autism Awareness Wednesday.
Emma's Law Closer to Becoming Law
Emma's Law is getting closer to making it to the Governor's desk in an effort to make drunk driving laws tougher for first time offenders.
Assault Arrest
Columbia, SC (WOLO)- Columbia Police say they've arrested a man accused of breaking into two homes and sexually assaulting the women inside.
Body Found in Burning Car Likely Homicide Victim
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Investigators say the body of a woman has been found in a burned car in southern Greenville County.
Four dead in Fort Hood Shooting
Four people are dead, including the gunman, in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas Wednesday, according to senior U.S. officials and the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
SC bill seeks to strengthen reporting on dead kids
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill intended to force all 46 coroners in South Carolina to report the suspicious deaths of children is advancing in the Senate.
SC justices: No casino allowed on Catawba land
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court says the state's only federally recognized tribe cannot have a casino on its reservation.
SC House allows CBD oil for epilepsy treatments
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has passed a bill allowing people suffering from severe epilepsy to legally use oil derived from marijuana to control their seizures.
Ex-Georgetown County economic director arrested
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Georgetown County's former economic development director has been charged with embezzlement of public funds.
SC has no consistent computer security plan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials have told lawmakers that South Carolina has no consistent plan for computer security among state agencies, more than a year after the state's revenue department was hacked.
SC panel: Expanded board could ease employee fears
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Senate panel recommends adding members to the board that invests South Carolina's pension portfolio to help ease public employees' concerns over how their retirement money's being handled.
Former judge explains why he's challenging Haley
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former state House member and judge Tom Ervin says allegations that a numbers fixation at the Department of Social Services has endangered children drove him to challenge Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican primary.
Lawmakers again call on Obama to keep MOX open
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawmakers are again calling on the Obama administration to keep open a South Carolina facility to process weapons-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel.
