For the fifth time in his 18 years as sheriff of Richland County, Leon Lott is being asked if he would be willing to take over the embattled Columbia Police Department. Rather than exercise his right to remain silent on the issue, he's speaking out.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Taxpayers would at least partly fund South Carolina's first-in-the-South presidential primaries under a bill backed by both major parties.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Columbia city councilman is resurrecting a proposal that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott run the city's police department.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities investigating the death of a 3-month-old girl at a Greenville home daycare say they found the owner's teenage daughter hiding in the basement with 14 children she wasn't supposed to be watching.
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — An autopsy is planned as authorities investigate the cause of a weekend fire that killed a man in Sumter County.
EASTOVER, S.C. (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting death at a Richland County nightclub.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina congressman is sponsoring an event to help military veterans find resources that can help them in their daily lives.
A Columbia city councilman proposes a massive change to law enforcement in the capital city.
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of four current and former residents of a home for seniors in Florence say the staff neglected and mistreated their family members.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are reviewing stronger protections for heirs' property — generally property handed down by blacks without a will, often since slavery.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Center for Colon Cancer Research is holding a gala in Columbia to remind people the disease is one of the most preventable and curable forms of cancer when detected early.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democrat Montrio Belton is officially launching his campaign to be South Carolina's next schools superintendent.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County deputies have charged a man with murder in a shooting outside a Columbia nightclub.
Columbia residents raise money for Cancer research in the Midlands.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Superintendent Mick Zais says South Carolina high school students who don't plan to go to college should be able to choose more practical courses than algebra II, English literature and other classes not perceived as relevant to their life beyond the classroom.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley will not support an earlier proposal to keep food stamp recipients from buying junk food, instead backing an idea requiring people in three counties to show they are working or looking for a job to get the benefits.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The campaign of South Carolina's top prosecutor is returning $200 a lobbyist donated to his 2010 campaign, as requested by the State Ethics Commission.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man and woman have been charged with murder in three shooting deaths at a home in Pelzer.
Columbia, SC (WOLO)- A 21 year old is dead and two others are in critical condition following an accident this morning.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) _ China's state news agency is reporting that the Malaysia Airlines aircraft has lost contact over Vietam.
