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.
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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.
Second Fox Attack
A second fox attacks a person in as many weeks. Now the Department of Health and Environmental control is asking you to be on guard of suspicious wild animals.
SC Senate panel advances inmate sex surgery bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.
Legislature overrides Haley's veto on dredging
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators have easily overridden Gov. Nikki Haley's veto of a bill designed to boost their efforts to invalidate a permit allowing Georgia to expand its Savannah port.
Saving a loved one from suicide
Suicide is claiming lives in the United States at a rate of more than one hundred per day.
Dancing for Alzheimer's Awareness in the Midlands
For the first time on a statewide level, the South Carolina Alzheimer's Association brings together health care professionals, caregivers and others to educate themselves on tackling a disease that impacts 80,000 South Carolinians...with a little dancing in between.
Renowned Charleston eatery sued for wrongful death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A renowned Charleston restaurant has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death case.
Judge refuses to release tape in Aiken cop's death
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A judge has refused to release the video of a traffic stop that led to the shooting death of an Aiken police officer in December.
SC professors recognized for excellence
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Professors from The Citadel and the University of South Carolina Sumter are being recognized for excellence in teaching and student advising.
