COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Increasing the time students spend reading and writing, expanding classroom libraries, and requiring more teacher training are among ideas a state panel is considering for boosting the reading skills of South Carolina students.
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) _ Rock Hill police say they arrested a mother after her 13-year-old son told officers she got him drunk. Investigators said the boy's father called police early Sunday morning and told him his mother let him drink until he got drunk.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ If unemployed workers in South Carolina can't find a job in six months, they would have to volunteer 16 hours weekly to continue getting a check under a bill up for debate by a Senate panel.
There is a boil water advisory in Columbia Monday night.
RIchland County deputies say a man accused of trying to run over one of their officers has turned himself in.
Family members of missing 18 month old Amir Jennings, pleaded for help finding him, Thursday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina schools Superintendent Mick Zais is talking at a Columbia school about his proposal for opting out of No Child Left Behind.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A wounded Army combat veteran from Fort Jackson is getting a mortgage-free home.
Less than a month after his K-9 partner, Fargo, dies in the line of duty, Richland County Master Deputy Warren Cavanagh opens up about coping with the loss.
The South Carolina State House will see the return of State Lawmakers Tuesday for the start of the 2012 Legislative session.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Despite the onset of winter, South Carolina produce is on sale at the state Farmers Market.
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives are seeking help from citizens in identifying a man they say attempted to kidnap a 9-year-old girl at about 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6 while the girl played with friends outside her residence at a mobile home park on Charleston Highway near West Columbia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Politicians are reacting with praise and criticism to President Obama's new strategy for a leaner, smaller military and the effect it might have in the Carolinas.
An early morning fire at a Midlands restaurant is deemed arson.
WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) _ A man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to killing two sisters in an Oconee County home invasion. Prosecutors said Shawn Owens pleaded guilty Friday to murder.
Richland County K-9 Deputy, Fargo, died like a true soldier in battle, according to his partner who recounts the details of the dog's final moments.
Saturday, January 7, from 11:00am to 1:00pm, at CMRTA Headquarters on Lucius Road, officials will host a public forum. Riders of Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority, CMRTA, will have a chance to respond to a reduction in services that could come as early as next month.
Columbia Police continue to search for 18 month old, Amir Jennings. Thursday, ABC Columbia News learned officials had issued 3 search warrants in the case.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say they have used cadaver dogs to search a car and home belonging to the South Carolina woman they accuse of repeatedly lying to them about where her 18-month-old son is.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is predicting that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will win her state's pivotal Southern primary.
The leaders of South Carolina's Republican-controlled Legislature say they will not use an additional $913 million in revenue to boost agencies' budgets back to pre-recession levels.
NORWAY, S.C. (AP) _ The new mayor of Norway says someone else climbed through a Town Hall window on New Year's Day to get inside, not him.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Two firms that are part of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina are providing $20,000 to provide a mortgage-free home for an Army veteran wounded in Iraq. Spokesman Billy Quarles says the firms are presenting keys to the Columbia home Monday to retired Army 1st Sgt. Peter Lara, who suffered gunshot wounds during a firefight in Iraq in 2005.
KNIGHTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Eight-year-old Fisher Cook of the Dorchester County community of Knightsville just wanted to help.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to appear on the South Carolina coast with two key supporters, U.S. Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
