3 facing $9M in Medicaid fraud charges in SC
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The former directors of a family-run South Carolina youth mentoring service have been charged with falsely billing nearly $9 million to Medicaid.
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Embezzlement charges against SC nonprofit director
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The head of a nonprofit group that fights spousal abuse on the Grand Strand has been charged with embezzling federal funds.
APNewsBreak: Groups oppose dismissing river suit
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Conservation groups in two states say the Army Corps of Engineers needs a South Carolina pollution permit now, not later, for the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel.
Court: Predator program not just for latest arrest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state's highest court says someone can be committed to South Carolina's sexually violent predator program even if their most recent arrest wasn't for something classified as a sexually violent crime.
Courtroom drama in SC primaries isn't over yet
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The courtroom drama over South Carolina's primaries is not over.
APNewsBreak: Zais asks court to block fed penalty
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's schools chief is asking a federal court to suspend a $36 million penalty against the state and review an order by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
USC students' literacy program at 2 SC libraries
MONKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Students from the University of South Carolina are bringing the school mascot Cocky and dozens of books when they visit two county libraries.
Conference focuses on slaves escaping SC south
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A conference in Florida this week focuses on the first underground railroad in which slaves from South Carolina headed south. The National Underground Railroad Conference opens in St. Augustine, Fla., on Wednesday and continues through the weekend.
Charleston tennis center being renovated
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston city officials are announcing plans to renovate one of the city's busiest tennis centers.
Gifted students studying science at Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Middle and high school students are at Clemson University this week for enrichment programs in science, engineering and architecture.
SC bill allowing ex-cons to clear record dies
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have killed a bill designed to help former convicts who have turned their lives around secure jobs.
Haley vetoes bill providing access to HPV vaccine
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed a bill allowing the state's public health agency to provide information on and access to a free vaccine that prevents a sexually transmitted, cancer-causing virus.
Authorities: 30 indicted in false NM license ring
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say 30 people have been indicted for traveling from South Carolina to New Mexico to illegally obtain driver's licenses.
SC legislators return for special session
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Legislators are back in Columbia for a special session to try to finish their work.
Mother Continues Search for Missing Son
The Mother of a Lexington Man who disappeared nearly 6 months ago says she isn't giving up the fight to find her son.
Anderson names Scripps executive new publisher
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — E.W. Scripps Co. has named the senior director for sales for all of its newspapers the new publisher for the Independent-Mail of Anderson.
Teen suffers bite while swimming off Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a teen has been taken to the hospital after suffering some kind of bite while swimming in the ocean.
Police can't warn Lancaster man, find body in home
LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — Lancaster police say they're investigating the death of a man whose body was found when officers came to his door to warn him he might be in danger.
Authorities: Missing NJ boy found safe in SC
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a missing 5-year-old central; New Jersey boy allegedly abducted by his grandfather last weekend has been found safe in South Carolina.
SC--Illegal Driver's Licenses
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Federal prosecutors say 30 people have been indicted for traveling from South Carolina to New Mexico to illegally obtain driver's licenses.
