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SC comptroller faces ethics hearing

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's top accountant is accused of using campaign money to accompany his girlfriend to the Republican National Convention last year. The state Ethics Commission found probable cause that Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom violated state ethics…

Michelin celebrates newest SC plant in Upstate

STARR, S.C. (AP) — The first massive Michelin Earthmover tire is about to roll off the assembly line at the tire maker's new Anderson County plant. Michelin officials are celebrating the completion of the plant in Starr on Thursday. The…

The Nativity Scene Is Back

Sumter, SC (WOLO)-Today, officials at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter announced the nativity scene taken down last week, was put back up. The nativity scene was moved to the base chapel.

Bright has $1.4 million debt from business

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg State Sen. Lee Bright says he has at least $1.4 million in debt related to a failed trucking business. The Republican seeking to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in next year's primary says he is…

SC prison hosts special commencement ceremony

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A special class of South Carolina inmates is scheduled to hold a graduation ceremony. On Friday, the state Department of Corrections is set to host a commencement ceremony for 12 student-inmates who have completed an associates…

Zais not seeking 2nd term as superintendent

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina public schools chief Mick Zais says he will not seek a second term in 2014. The 67-year-old Republican announced Friday he made the difficult decision after consulting with his family. He says his family…

Folks can now adopt cannons where Civil War began

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A nonprofit group wants folks to adopt cannons at forts where the Civil War began. Jim Thompson of the Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Trust says the group hopes to raise $50,000 to help the National Park…

2 SC educators win national teaching award

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A middle school teacher and a high school principal in South Carolina have each won a national teaching award and its $25,000 prize. Dutch Fork Middle School teacher Kristi Grooms and Brashier Middle College Charter High…

Free Obamacare Enrollment Help this Weekend

With the deadline to enroll for health care coverage under the Affordable Health Care Act just days away, one Midlands organization is extending its hours to help South Carolinians get signed up.

Ex-camper sues Citadel over alleged abuse

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former camper says he was abused at a summer camp run by The Citadel. Documents filed this week in federal court accuse the military college of knowing that one of its counselors was abusing campers…

SC man wins damages for being wrongly identified

MANNING, S.C. (AP) â A Clarendon County jury has awarded $890,000 in damages to a man after members of the governing board at his condominium wrongly identified him as a registered sex offender. James E. King thinks the situation stemmed…

SC's largest insurer opening 1st store in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina's largest insurer is opening a retail store in Columbia where people can get help signing up for health plans it's offering under the federal law. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is holding…

Military mothers support other military families

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Sixteen military families in central South Carolina are going to have a brighter holiday thanks to a partnership between the Midlands Blue Star Mothers and Army Emergency Relief at Fort Jackson. Blue Star Mothers…

Itchgrass, a tropical noxious weed, found in SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A headache for South Carolina farmers is lurking along a highway near Moncks Corner. Scientists have, for the first time in South Carolina, found itchgrass, a noxious tropical weed that can spread quickly and…

Democrat Rick Wade challenging Sen. Tim Scott

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A former U.S. Commerce Department adviser and Cabinet officer under former Gov. Jim Hodges is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Tim Scott. Rick Wade announced in a…

Man dies in lake in upscale Columbia neighborhood

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A 43-year-old man has drowned in a lake in an upscale neighborhood in suburban Columbia. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says Clyde Williams' body was found just before noon Saturday after neighbors saw a…

DHEC urges testing on World AIDS Day

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina health officials are urging residents to get tested for HIV and AIDS. Sunday is World AIDS Day, and officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control say the day is a…

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