Organization Seeks to Set Home Repairs Record
A Midlands organization is trying to beat its own record of how many homes it can repair in less than a week, and the big winners are the elderly and disabled, whose homes need some TLC.
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Shark Bites Swimmer on Grand Strand
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ A swimmer is recovering after being bitten on the foot by a shark in Myrtle Beach over the weekend. WMBF-TV reports (http://bit.ly/Kogdua) the attack happened about 7:45 p.m. Saturday near the 2nd Avenue Pier. Beach Patrol Sgt. Philip Cain said an undetermined type of shark bit 25 year-old Ryan Orellana-Maczynski.
Fire Marshal
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Gov. Nikki Haley has named a new state fire marshal to replace outgoing Adolf Zubia.
Director of National Cancer Institute speaks in SC
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The director of the National Cancer Institute is visiting South Carolina.
Girlfriend sought in Anderson stabbing death
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Police say they are looking for a 46-year-old woman after her boyfriend was stabbed to death on an Anderson sidewalk.
Missing Vietnam vet to get funeral 46 years later
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A Florence native will finally be laid to rest next month, more than 46 years after he went missing during the Vietnam War.
Traffic shift again on I-385 construction project
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Workers widening Interstate 385 south of Greenville are planning another lane shift.
4 SC Democratic incumbents vying for 2 House seats
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The once-a-decade redrawing of legislative district lines has forced four incumbent Democratic state House members to fight for two seats.
Man shot to death outside Spartanburg Waffle House
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County deputies are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in the parking lot of a Waffle House in Spartanburg.
SC man dies after canoe capsizes on NC lake
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man on a romantic weekend trip with his fiance had drowned in a lake near Hendersonville.
USC Wins Regional, Eliminates Clemson
Adam Matthews' RBI single keyed a three-run first inning, and Jordan Montgomery held Clemson to five hits in nearly seven innings as two-time defending national champion South Carolina won its 19th straight NCAA tournament game, wrapping up the Columbia Regional with a 4-3 victory Sunday.
4-story inflatable slide opening in Aiken park
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A businessman is bringing a giant inflatable water slide back to an Aiken park.
Mother of missing SC kid in solitary for jail spat
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The mother of a South Carolina toddler missing since late last year is in solitary confinement after a confrontation with a jailhouse nurse.
7th District attracting most SC primary attention
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — With no statewide races this primary season in South Carolina, most of the attention is focused on the primaries in the state's new 7th Congressional District.
South Carolina News Digest
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The news editor is Tim Rogers. The breaking news supervisor is Emery Dalesio. The Columbia bureau can be reached at 803-799-5510.
SC youths face charges in school bus jaunt, crash
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says two juveniles face charges after taking a school bus on a two-county joy ride chased by officers and then crashing into a brick wall.
SC parents fume, were locked out of graduation
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some parents and family members are fuming after being locked out of a high school graduation for coming late.
Charleston won't fight James Island this time
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — It looks like James Island can finally stay a town.
Meth lab found in remains of fire that killed 3
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the remains of a methamphetamine lab have been found in the rubble of an apartment fire that killed three people in Goose Creek.
Dantzler's hit in 12th gives SC 5-4 win vs Clemson
LB Dantzler's single to right drove in the winning run in the 12th innings as two-time defending College World Series champion South Carolina won its 18th straight NCAA tournament game with a 5-4 victory over rival Clemson on Saturday in the Columbia Regional.
