Rock Hill Collection Company Adding 100 Jobs
A Rock Hill collection company says it will add about 100 employees in the coming year.
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NC Killer Mistakenly Released Recaptured in Dallas
YORK, S.C. (AP) _ A convicted killer from North Carolina who was mistakenly freed from a South Carolina jail while facing drug charges has been recaptured in Texas. York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant said Friday that 31-year-old Thomas Aaron Whitlock had been arrested in Dallas.
Suicide Prevention Meeting
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Faith leaders met in West Columbia to discuss how to properly respond after someone commits suicide.
Hundreds gather to remember Tom Sponseller
Hundreds of friends and colleagues joined the family of Tom Sponseller to say goodbye, Friday.
SC State's Cooper resigning at end of month
The embattled president of South Carolina State University, George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month.
Dancing to fight hunger in Columbia
Some people are dancing to fight hunger. On Friday, Fisher Communications and an anonymous donor gave $2800 to Harvest Hope on behalf of the Columbia Classical Ballet. Additional funds came from the ballet's ticket sales from a January performance.
Marion man faces charges in 2005 killing
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A Marion man has been sent to Horry County to face charges in the 2005 shooting death of a man.
Former SC first lady fined for loose dog
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she thinks a fine of more than $1,000 is a bit much for letting her dog escape.
After 3 decades on SC death row, man might go free
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — A mentally disabled man who spent nearly 30 years on South Carolina's death row is getting a bail hearing in Greenwood because of a single strand of hair.
Spartanburg County closes park to check on coyotes
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County has closed a park in the Boiling Springs community temporarily after someone reported possible coyote activity in the area.
James Island to vote April 24 on incorporation
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Voters in James Island will vote next month on their fourth effort to create the town of James Island.
Concerns expressed about SC racing attraction
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — There's some concern in Myrtle Beach about noise from a new racing attraction.
Special needs bus wreck in Oconee hurts 2
SENECA, S.C. (AP) — Two people have been taken to a hospital after a school bus carrying special needs students turned on its die in Oconee County.
Haley picks 34-year-old attorney to lead LLR
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has chosen a 34-year-old attorney to lead South Carolina's labor and business licensing agency.
Chairman of SC House Judiciary Committee retiring
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The longtime chairman of the South Carolina Judiciary Committee says he won't seek another term.
Jobs lost in Columbia police missing exec probe
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott is making changes in his department as he reviews why it took officers 10 days to find the body of a missing lobbyist who killed himself in the parking garage of his office building and left a suicide note in his desk.
Cops: Man arrested for exposing self at car wash
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say they are trying to figure out if a man arrested without pants after grabbing a woman in a car wash is connected to a string of indecent exposure cases in an upscale Columbia neighborhood.
SC State trustees meet behind closed doors
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Trustees at South Carolina State University have met for six hours behind closed doors the day after the school's Faculty Senate issued a statement demanding the removal of the university president.
Faith leaders discussing how to respond to suicide
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Faith leaders are scheduled to meet in West Columbia to discuss how to properly respond after someone commits suicide.
After 3 decades on SC death row, man might go free
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A mentally disabled man who spent nearly 30 years on South Carolina's death row is getting a bail hearing because of a single strand of hair.
