SC House committee crafting cybersecurity bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House committee's proposal for better securing South Carolina taxpayers' personal data would create a new computer technology agency that reports to the governor.
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Jenny Sanford Donates Materials to SC College
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Jenny Sanford has donated her scrapbooks, emails and letters to the College of Charleston.
Richland County Sheriff Finalist
(WOLO) Columbia, SC-Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office, announced Richland County Sheriff’s Department of Columbia, S.C. as a finalist for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
Helping the Oklahoma Victims
Volunteers from the American Red Cross in South Carolina have been deployed to help with the logistics in helping the victims of Monday's tornado in Oklahoma.
Fort Jackson's Commanding General Suspended
The commanding general of Fort Jackson has been suspended.
SC Gov Haley: Finish work on ethics bill this year
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on legislators to get a bill strengthening the state's weak ethics laws to her desk.
Evacuation order lifted after SC truck fire
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina community is sighing with relief after a truck carrying a dangerous explosive caught fire and prompted evacuations.
Brett Parker's Story Scrutinized
Afternoon testimony continued with lengthy questioning of an investigator with the Richland County Sheriff's Department, where prosecutors sought to highlight what they claim to be inconsistencies in Brett Parker's account of events the day of the murders.
SC--Daybook
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — BC-SC--Daybook
SC State trustees consider new president's salary
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University trustees are meeting to approve the salary of the school's new president.
Oklahoma Tornado Deaths Revised Down to 24
First responders are in a race against time in the search for any survivors of a devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., while the medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from 51 to 24, including seven children.
NRC to talk safety assessment of SC nuclear plant
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal nuclear regulators are meeting with managers from Westinghouse Electric Co. to talk about safety at the company's nuclear fuel fabrication plant near Columbia.
AG Wilson seeks calls from groups targeted by IRS
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's attorney general is soliciting calls from conservative groups that believe they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.
Haley's husband home on leave from Afghanistan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is spending time with her husband during a break from his deployment to Afghanistan.
Tanker Truck Fire Forces Road Block
Some Newberry County residents are allowed back in their homes Monday night after a tanker truck fire forced a brief evacuation.
Mayoral Candidates Present Platforms
There are three men, all focused on making Columbia a better city, and their throwing in their bids as the next Mayor of Columbia to make it happen.
SC Family Shooting Update
(WOLO) Columbia, SC- A woman accused of killing her two children and shooting her husband in the head has been released from a Greenville hospital
SC: Upstate Man Shot to Death in Backyard
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ A 40-year-old man is dead after being shot several times in the backyard of an Anderson home.
Small Business Week in Columbia
This week is Small Business Week in Columbia.
Maley recommends ways to combat painkiller abuse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state inspector general says prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it.
AT&T hiring 120 people, including 70 new jobs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — AT&T is hiring 120 people across South Carolina as it expands its wired and wireless network nationwide.
SC colleges look at on-campus tobacco bans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Campus-wide bans against smokers could spread to several South Carolina universities.
Political rivals work to pass government overhaul
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage. Both Gov. Nikki Haley and her chief Democratic opponent are working to get it to her desk in the legislative session's waning weeks.
Capnerhurst's Widow Testifies
An emotional widow of Bryan Capnerhurst, Cindy, was called to the stand by prosecutors late afternoon. It is the first time we hear her account of how much debt she and her husband were in and whether he was willing to kill to settle those debts.
Medical examiner testimony key in Columbia trial
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A medical examiner in the trial of a Columbia man charged with killing his wife and his colleague in a sports gambling ring says the gun in one of the victim's hands was likely planted after he died.
