180 in SC received $10K in jobless overpayments
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's unemployment agency says it has identified 180 people who fraudulently received up to $10,000 each in unearned jobless benefits.
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Prosecutor can't seek death against murder suspect
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A judge has told a Florence County prosecutor he cannot seek the death penalty against a murder suspect because mental health experts found the man is intellectually disabled.
Man dies in Berkeley County mobile home fire
PINEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Berkeley County man has died in a mobile home fire.
Another small earthquake recorded near SC coast
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Another small earthquake has been recorded on the South Carolina coast.
LendingTree agrees to pay SC counties $3 million
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — National online mortgage broker LendingTree has agreed to pay $3 million in penalties to South Carolina counties for not disclosing information that state law requires.
Search for Missing Toddler Spans Three States
Police continue to search for missing toddler, Amir Jennings.
Earthquake Near Summerville
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Another small earthquake has been recorded on the South Carolina coast.
180 in SC Received $10K in Jobless Overpayments
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's unemployment agency says it has identified 180 people who fraudulently received at least $10,000 each in unearned jobless benefits. The Department of Employment and Workforce is working with the U.S. Labor Department and the state attorney general's office to investigate and prosecute unemployment insurance fraud.
SC police: Mother won't tell them where son is
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina are on a desperate search for a missing 18-month-old boy after investigators said his mother wouldn't tell them where he is.
SC Guard chief: troops in Afghanistan make headway
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Adjutant Gen. Robert Livingston predicts a busy tempo this year for the state's Army and Air National Guard forces, based on his recent visit with units in Afghanistan.
Free Fridays Back at Riverbanks Zoo
You have a chance to get wild for free!
Winter Heating Fire Prevention
The cold weather means there is an increased risk of house fires.
Irmo Man Killed in Rock Climbing Accident
An Irmo man has died after falling 30 feet from a rock face in North Carolina.
Bachmann, Romney head to SC after Iowa
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican hopefuls for the White House are zooming to South Carolina after Iowa's caucus to court voters in the first-in-the-South GOP primary.
NC man stabbed in York County football argument
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been arrested after he was stabbed in an argument in South Carolina about a football game.
Beaufort deputy's widow questions fundraiser
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The widow of a Beaufort County sheriff's deputy killed 10 years ago is questioning plans for a fundraiser to benefit victims of domestic violence.
7 Occupy Charleston defendants reach deal.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Seven members of the Occupy Charleston protest have reached a deal with prosecutors on their arrest on trespassing charges in November.
Police: Man used fake bomb to rob Rock Hill bank
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Police in Rock Hill have arrested a man they say used a fake bomb to rob a bank.
Former SC congressman, judge joins Gingrich
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Republican Congressman John Napier has joined Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign as a campaign co-chairman in South Carolina.
Mother, son, man sentenced in SC stabbing
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A Mullins woman and her teenage son have been sentenced to prison for the 2009 robbery of a store in Aynor in which the owner was stabbed and had an eye gouged out.
