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DHEC to guide businesses through permit process

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of South Carolina's environmental control agency says businesses that need several permits to open or expand will soon have a personal guide through the red tape.

Man Arrested for Posing as Medical Worker

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - A Georgia man faces charges of unlawfully practicing medicine at five senior care facilities in Richland and Lexington Counties.

Casino boats in N Charleston still on hold

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Almost two years after North Charleston City Council changed ordinances to allow casino boats, the boats have yet to sail.

Beaufort Schools Violated Federal Rules

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) _ The state Department of Education says the Beaufort County School District violated federal rules for treatment of disabled students.

2 Greenville men shot to death; neighbor charged

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Greenville County officials say a second man has died following a shooting earlier this week.

Lake Shore Subdivision Victim Identified

Authorities say a woman whose body was found by a neighbor in the front yard of her Columbia home had apparently been dead for several days.

USC student charged with guns on campus

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A University of South Carolina freshman has been arrested and accused of having five handguns in his dorm room.

Dean of USC business school plans to step down

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The dean of the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business is stepping down.

New year opens at Charleston School of Law

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The president of the South Carolina Bar is the scheduled speaker at the opening convocation for the new year at the Charleston School of Law.

Helping kids to not overload backpacks

As students head back to school, one of the biggest dangers lie in your child's bookbag. Crysty Vaughan explains how you can help prevent your child from getting hurt in this edition of the Consumer Minute.

2 dead, 9 hurt in shooting near Empire State Building

A workplace dispute that erupted in gunfire left two people dead and 9 people injured near the Empire State building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

Lightning causes problems at Irmo DMV

The Irmo DMV office is running with limited services.

Police asking for help in Wheat Street assault

Columbia Police are trying to find three persons of interest after investigators say a woman and a man were assaulted on Wheat Street.

Haley: Abolish House, Senate ethics committees

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has unveiled a package of proposed ethics reforms that include abolishing legislative ethics panels and removing legislators' exemptions from open records law.

Man Charged with Murdering Woman in Her Front Yard

An arrest is made in connection to a Richland County homicide. That's after a woman ended up dead in her own front yard.

TS Isaac Strengthening in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Isaac is strengthening as it swirls in the Caribbean.

USADA to Ban Armstrong for Life, Strip Tour Titles

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart says the agency will ban Lance Armstrong from cycling for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles for doping.