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Free Obamacare Enrollment Help this Weekend

With the deadline to enroll for health care coverage under the Affordable Health Care Act just days away, one Midlands organization is extending its hours to help South Carolinians get signed up.

Ex-camper sues Citadel over alleged abuse

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” A former camper says he was abused at a summer camp run by The Citadel. Documents filed this week in federal court accuse the military college of knowing that one of its counselors was abusing campers…

SC man wins damages for being wrongly identified

MANNING, S.C. (AP) รƒยข A Clarendon County jury has awarded $890,000 in damages to a man after members of the governing board at his condominium wrongly identified him as a registered sex offender. James E. King thinks the situation stemmed…

SC's largest insurer opening 1st store in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ South Carolina's largest insurer is opening a retail store in Columbia where people can get help signing up for health plans it's offering under the federal law. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is holding…

Military mothers support other military families

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ Sixteen military families in central South Carolina are going to have a brighter holiday thanks to a partnership between the Midlands Blue Star Mothers and Army Emergency Relief at Fort Jackson. Blue Star Mothers…

Itchgrass, a tropical noxious weed, found in SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ A headache for South Carolina farmers is lurking along a highway near Moncks Corner. Scientists have, for the first time in South Carolina, found itchgrass, a noxious tropical weed that can spread quickly and…

Democrat Rick Wade challenging Sen. Tim Scott

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ A former U.S. Commerce Department adviser and Cabinet officer under former Gov. Jim Hodges is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Tim Scott. Rick Wade announced in a…

Man dies in lake in upscale Columbia neighborhood

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ A 43-year-old man has drowned in a lake in an upscale neighborhood in suburban Columbia. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says Clyde Williams' body was found just before noon Saturday after neighbors saw a…

DHEC urges testing on World AIDS Day

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ South Carolina health officials are urging residents to get tested for HIV and AIDS. Sunday is World AIDS Day, and officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control say the day is a…

USC prez's wife has 2nd cookbook for the young

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) รƒยขone spaceโ‚ฌone spaceโ€ The wife of the University of South Carolina's president wants young people to eat better and learn to grow more of their own food. Patricia Moore-Pastides is building on her passion for Mediterranean cooking…

Argument Leads to Stabbing

Richland County Deputies say an argument over dinnerware leaves one man in the hospital and another behind bars.

Deadly Dispute

Authorities say a long time dispute may have led to a deadly shooting

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