Final preparations underway for Five Points St. Patrick's Day Festival
Final preparations are underway as Five Points gets ready to turn green for St. Patrick's Day.
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Gas Prices Projected to...Decline
The price of Carbob, a key ingredient used in some fuel, has gone down consistently for the past month, and economists say that trend could make its way eastward to the Palmetto State, causing gas prices to drop.
Charter Schools
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Senate is debating a charter school bill that Superintendent Mick Zais calls his top legislative priority. The state schools chief wants to increase the number of charters statewide.
SC House Wants to Ban 'Pink Slime' in Schools
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina House wants to ban public schools from buying meat containing the common beef filler dubbed ``pink slime.'' The House approved an amendment to its budget plan barring state money from buying food for students treated with ammonia hydroxide.
Mother Accused of Killing Her Children to Enter Plea
A mother accused of suffocating her two young sons before driving them into the North Edisto River will be in court Friday.
Lancaster man pleads guilty in Rock Hill shooting
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A Lancaster man has pleaded guilty to shooting a man to death in Rock Hill last year.
Gaffney woman shot to death outside home
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Cherokee County investigators say a Gaffney woman has been shot to death outside her home.
St. Patrick's driving checkpoints on SC border
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Thousands of people are expected this weekend to walk along the river in Savannah, Ga., at the annual St. Patrick's Day celebration, and the Highway Patrol plans to set up checkpoints on the South Carolina side of the river.
Feds drop probe of SC's use of health grant
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The federal government is dropping a probe into South Carolina's use of a $1 million grant to study health care reform.
20 indicted for misuse of Social Security numbers
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted 20 Lowcountry residents on charges of misusing Social Security numbers and providing false employment information.
Goose Creek couple charged in child's asthma death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Goose Creek couple has been arrested and accused of not doing enough to prevent the asthma death of the woman's daughter.
Upper Chattooga River open to boaters on Friday
LONG CREEK, S.C. (AP) — The upper sections of the Chattooga River will be open to boaters beginning Friday.
Bojangles to sponsor Southern 500 at Darlington
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Get ready for the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
NASA to launch 5 rockets to study jet stream
ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — East Coast skywatchers may be able to watch the effects of NASA's rapid firing of five rockets early Thursday, an experiment to learn more about the jet stream's current at the edge of space.
Former SLED Chief Lloyd bills SC State $25,000
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State owes the state's former top cop around $25,000 as he helps conduct an internal investigation at the school.
Police check possible links in 2 Upstate homicides
WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — Investigators are checking evidence to see if an unsolved Oconee County homicide nearly three years ago is related to a shooting death in Greenville County.
USC talk on Civil War diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A descendant of Civil War diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut is speaking at a symposium at the University of South Carolina.
Juilliard musicians visiting Allendale school
ALLENDALE, S.C. (AP) — Musicians from one of the nation's top performing arts schools are visiting with students in South Carolina.
SC poet, 2011 National Book winner speaks at USC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina poet and National Book Award winner Nikky Finney is lecturing on the art of writing at the University of South Carolina.
Wounded vets compete in SC for Army archery team
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — More than a dozen wounded Army veterans from across the United States are competing for slots on the Army's archery team in advance of the 2012 Warrior Games.
