KERSHAW, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ Several prison dorms have been locked down and weekend visitation canceled after a flu outbreak at a state prison in Lancaster County. Authorities said Thursday that at least 36 prisoners and employees at Kershaw…
As the City of Columbia prepares to open its 24-hour emergency homeless shelter, those working to make sure the homeless get the help they need want to make sure suspected criminals stay out of the way.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say the driver of a car and his passenger died in a crash during a police chase after they refused to stop at a traffic checkpoint in Berkeley County.
Columbia, SC (Associated Press)- The Vice President still plans to make a stop in South Carolina, even after The White House announced he was canceling a trip to Panama.Monday, Joe Biden will visit Charleston and Savannah, Georgia.He is also expected…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ Columbia police suspect foul play in the death of a man whose body was found beside a road. Police say the man's body was found shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday. Officials have not yet identified the…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ Investigators are trying to determine what caused an apartment fire that killed a man in West Columbia. Authorities said the blaze started around 8 p.m. Thursday at the Granby Oaks Apartments and destroyed eight units…
WAGENER, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ Authorities say a woman has been shot and killed during a drug deal in Aiken County. Deputies say a woman called 911 around 9:45 p.m. Thursday to report her friend had been shot. Authorities…
The James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Walk will be held to honor children, adults and families who are living with sickle cell disease and to raise money for the James R. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ Lexington County deputies say they have charged a father and mother with homicide by child abuse after their 13-motnh-old daughter died from malnutrition and dehydration. Investigators say the child weighed just over 9…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) โ An Orangeburg school district is trying to get students who have dropped out of high school back in the classroom. School District Five's office of dropout prevention is holding a walk Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to…
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ The South Carolina Cotton Museum is working with the Lee County Chamber of Commerce to put on a Cotton Festival this weekend. The Item of Sumter reports (http://bit.ly/13TuPWX ) that Saturday's event in Bishopville…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ Volunteers are gathering to build and decorate anti-stress "Dang-It Dolls" for military servicemen and women. Organizer Carol Davis says Saturday's workshop is being held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cayce…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ The Oklahoma Supreme Court says it will consider the custody dispute over a 3-year-old Cherokee girl. Dusten Brown of Oklahoma has been fighting a South Carolina couple, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, over custody of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ Hospitals statewide are working with free- and low-cost health clinics to improve the lives of thousands of South Carolina's chronically ill residents who don't have insurance. The state's "healthy outcomes initiative" starts next month…
ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) รยขone spaceโฌone spaceโ The Calhoun County coroner says a 21-year-old woman on her way to a wedding has died in a crash that threw her and two others from a truck. The Herald of Rock Hill…