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LIVE UPDATES: Gamecocks ahead 27-10

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- The Gamecocks are giving the Tar Heels a tough start to the football season as they are ahead 27-10 in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter. Lightning in the area has delayed the game.…

6 plead guilty to education loan fraud in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ Six people in South Carolina have pleaded guilty to lying on an application for federal education aid. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said Friday all six pleaded guilty in Florence to education loan fraud. Prosecutors…

Wilson: Syria action needs congressional approval

NORTH, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson says the Obama Administration should consult with Congress before taking any military action in Syria. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports (http://bit.ly/18anLaU ) the 2nd District GOP congressman made…

Gov. Haley doesn't support shutdown to stop law

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ While South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she wants Congress to "defund Obamacare," she doesn't support shutting down the federal government to do so. Haley emphasized her opposition to the federal health care law…

NAACP leader: Police used force in July arrest

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ Lonnie Randolph Jr. felt a little lightheaded and queasy as he walked into the dry cleaner to pick up clothes. The South Carolina civil rights leader told the woman behind the counter that he…

Postal Worker Arrest

Columbia, SC (Richland County Sheriffs Department)-A local post office employee is arrested while on the job. Richard Houghtallen was charged with breach of trust.

Share Food at the Fair

Saturday from 9am to 1pm bring in canned good donations to the SC State Fairgrounds and walk away with a ticket to the SC State Fair.

Main Street Latin Festival

The Main Street Latin Festival will feature Latin and Caribbean music including salsa, grupera, latin pop & reggaeton.

SC Mental Health to use land sale cash for repairs

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ The South Carolina Department of Mental Health says it will spend $15 million for selling land in downtown Columbia on building and equipment maintenance instead of directly on patient care. The agency told The…

4 die on Abbeville County roads in 2 days

ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ Two deadly wrecks just over a day apart have more than doubled the 2013 traffic fatality count in Abbeville County. Authorities say 20-year-old driver Phillip Calhoun and his 17-year-old passenger, Brandon Causey, died around…

AG asks SC court to affirm authority

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” South Carolina's top prosecutor is asking the state's highest court to affirm the authority of his office to prosecute criminal domestic violence cases in municipal and magistrate's courts throughout the state. Attorney General Alan Wilson says…

SLED computer crash not caused by lightning

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” A group of defense lawyers wants an independent panel of scientists, defense lawyers and others in the judicial community to investigate a power outage that caused a computer crash at the State Law Enforcement Division. The…

Orangeburg teacher charged with abusing mother

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) โ€” An Orangeburg middle school teacher has been charged with physically and psychologically abusing her mother. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports (http://bit.ly/1881ZDbs ) that 44-year-old Tracy Brown was charged Thursday with abuse of a vulnerable…

PSC drops plans for SC solar energy forum

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” South Carolina regulators have dropped plans for a solar energy forum next month after getting complaints from a group of utilities that provide electricity to mostly rural areas. The State newspaper reported (http://bit.ly/1ay78ut ) the Public…

Midlands Tech-USC students in transfer program

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” Some 170 students who attend Midlands Tech and are working to transfer to the University of South Carolina are moving onto the big campus. The students are taking part in a program called Gamecock Gateway and…

SC taxpayer monitoring contract to be reconsidered

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” The State Budget and Control Board is reviewing the parameters of a contract to continue credit monitoring for South Carolina taxpayers less than a month after agreeing to the proposal. The agenda of the special meeting…

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