COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a 38-year-old Columbia man has admitted defrauding a finance company by inflating the amount of his mother's inheritance. Prosecutors said Darial Chatman pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud in federal court and faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced next year.
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) _ At least the firefighters at one Florence fire station didn't have to go too far to answer a recent call. Authorities say a Florence firefighter left an unwatched pot on a stove which caused a blaze that damaged the station.
How does free healthcare sound? Senior citizens have the chance to attend a free health clinic here in the Midlands this week.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The medical document retrieval service The Doc Depot Inc. is expanding and adding 50 jobs in Williston.
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) — Leaders of the Third Army and the U.S. Army Central Command are hosting school officials from Sumter, who will get a tour of Shaw Air Force Base. .
After having their water service terminated and receiving un-official eviction notices last week, residents of Parkwood Mobile Home Park in West Columbia are still fighting to keep their homes.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Athletics officials at South Carolina say a clerical error submitted to the NCAA is behind the report of a 39 percent graduation rate for the football team.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five assistant U.S. attorneys in South Carolina are being recognized for their roles in obtaining convictions and recovering more than $1 million from people who falsely received federal stimulus money from the Department of Energy.
Despite a slight drop in the polls here in South Carolina, Texas Governor Rick Perry campaigns across the state Tuesday. While in Columbia he laid out his plan to get Americans back to work.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Republican Party says GOP presidential candidates will debate at Wofford College.
The state's Republican governor wants to hear what you have to say.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ The Pickens County coroner says a 21-year-old Clemson student who was swimming with friends has drowned. Coroner Kandy Kelley said that Prashanth Elangovan (praz-HAWNTH ee-LAWN-go-vawn) was swimming at Twelve Mile Recreation Area in Clemson at about 6:30 p.m. Monday when he went under and didn't resurface.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Republican Party says GOP presidential candidates will debate at Wofford College. Party Chairman Chad Connelly announced Wednesday that the debate in Spartanburg on Nov. 12 will focus on national security and foreign policy and start at 8 p.m.
GRAY COURT, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is proposing a sweeping economic plan that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security, a lower corporate tax rate and reforms aimed at keeping Medicare solvent.
Marcus Lattimore will travel to Knoxville this Saturday to support his Gamecock teammates from the sideline. ABC Columbia's Tim Hill has more information from Steve Spurrier's weekly press conference from Williams-Brice Stadium.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is making himself an official South Carolina presidential primary candidate. State Rep. Eric Bedingfield said he notarized Perry's candidate papers Monday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Medicaid agency may reinstate paying for tooth extractions in 2012-13.
Controversy surrounding the use of bath salts and synthetic marijuana prompts action by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The South Carolina State Fair has wrapped up its 12-day run in Columbia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's Republican Party said in a court filing that the state Supreme Court should dismiss a challenge to its presidential primary brought by counties in a dispute over reimbursements.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency wants to make it easier for low-income children who already qualify for health care coverage to enroll. Director Tony Keck is seeking an additional $35 million from the state in his 2012-13 budget proposal. Nearly $30 million of that would pay to add an estimated 70,000 children to Medicaid rolls by streamlining the application process.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former CBS and NBC broadcast journalist Marvin Kalb is speaking at the University of South Carolina on the role Vietnam has played in U.S. foreign policy.
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — A Cherokee County sheriff's deputy has been fired after he was arrested on domestic violence charges.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Protesters from Charleston are coming to Columbia to join fellow protesters complaining about the nation's political and economic systems.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While South Carolina's health agency is preparing a ban on synthetic stimulants like bath salts, one state lawmaker tried to outlaw them earlier this year.
