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SC prosecutor Wilson testifying on health care

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” South Carolina's top prosecutor is taking his concerns about implementation of the Affordable Care Act to Congress. Attorney General Alan Wilson is set to testify Wednesday before a joint hearing of a two U.S. House subcommittees.…

Lancaster man pleads guilty to murder

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) โ€” A Lancaster man has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2011 shooting death of a man. The Herald of Rock Hill reported (http://bit.ly/19e1jgf) that 31-year-old Junior Lee Kiker Jr. also pleaded guilty to armed robbery, burglary…

USC President Pastides on status of the university

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides is scheduled to give his annual update on the state of the school. Spokesman Jeff Stensland says Pastides' address is set to be delivered Wednesday morning on the historic…

Jury Rules Officers Acted in Self Defense

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)--A six-person jury ruled Wednesday that three Columbia Police Officers acted in self-defense in the shooting death of Ajani Mitchell. ย  The verdict was the culmination of a coroner's inquest into the May 25th incident. ย  Police say…

Tired of Eagles Music, Woman Stabs Roommate

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)-- There apparently was no peaceful, easy feeling when a North Charleston woman allegedly stabbed her roommate because she was fed up with his listening to the Eagles.ย ย ย  North Charleston police say 54-year-old Vernett Bader is charged…

Miss SC apologizes for mobile home comment

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller and the director of the state pageant are apologizing if anyone was offended by Mosteller's joke about mobile homes as she introduced herself at the Miss America pageant. At Sunday's pageant,…

State regulators OK SCE&G rate increase

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” State regulators have approved a request by South Carolina Electric and Gas to increase its electric rates by about 3 percent to help pay for the costs of building two new nuclear reactors. The state Public…

Hit-and-Run Victim: "They know they did it."

This video is no longer available. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- ย "They know they did it, whoever hit me," says Marianne Frazier, hit and run victim.ย  Frazier says a walk on Trenholm Road Monday afternoon, almost ย turned deadly.ย  "The victim says…

Man killed by Richland County deputy was from NC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ Authorities say a man killed by a Richland County deputy during a shootout after a traffic stop had family in Beaufort County, N.C., and was wanted for assaulting a police officer in that area.…

SC Teen Baby Sitter Won't Be Charged in Death

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Prosecutors have decided to drop a homicide by child abuse charge against a teenager who found a 2-year-old disabled girl unconscious while caring for her in July 2012.

Road Delays On US 176 Thursday

The Lane Construction Corporation will be performing demolition activities that will impact traffic flow on September 19th, 2013.

SCDOT to give update on roads damaged by floods

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” State transportation officials plan to give an update on how much damage a summer of record-setting rains did to roads and bridges in South Carolina. The update is on Thursday's agenda for a meeting of the…

Inquest says SC police were justified to shoot man

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” A coroner's inquest has determined that Columbia police were justified in the shooting death of an armed 21-year-old man. A six-person jury made that finding Wednesday. They met at the request of Richland County Coroner Gary…

3 men convicted in SC sports betting ring

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” A South Carolina man convicted of double murder has been found guilty of being behind a sports betting ring. A federal jury in Columbia on Wednesday convicted Brett Parker, his father and an associate of operating…

SC congressional delegation invites Moniz to SRS

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ A bi-partisan group of South Carolina's representatives in Washington want the U.S. Energy Department's top official to come see for himself what projected cuts would mean to a nuclear site in the state. On…

Lottery Psychology; Keeping Peace of Mind

This video is no longer available. (WOLO) COLUMBIA,S.C., -- Someone in the Midlands became a multi-millionaire overnight and while many people would see that as a dream come true, one local financial adviser says that blessing can become a curse…

Children Find Body In Lowcountry Park

oose Creek, SC (Berkeley County Coroner)-State and local law enforcement agents are investigating the death of a man whose body was found by school children in a park in Goose Creek.

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