Committee recommends more money for teacher loans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Education Oversight Committee wants legislators to put more money in a teacher loan program meant to encourage students to teach in South Carolina's needy schools.
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Ex-Carolina Investors exec Sterling starts term
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The former chairman of Carolina Investors has begun serving a five-year prison sentence for securities fraud.
USC Athletics, who makes the money?
Football and Basketball are big money makers for USC Athletics.
SC museum hopes to move caboose to train station
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Hub City Railroad Museum wants to move a Southern Railways caboose to the Magnolia Street Station in hopes of attracting more railroad enthusiasts to Spartanburg.
500 SC Air Guard troops head to Afghanistan
EASTOVER, S.C. (AP) — About 500 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard are heading to Afghanistan.
Victim Identified in Night Club Shooting
We now know the name of a man shot and killed at a Columbia night club Friday night.
$2 Million Power Ball Ticket Sold in Columbia
Someone in Columbia is $2 million richer and may not even know it yet.
Charleston fights early influx of mosquitoes
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston County officials say a mild winter and a wet spring with high tides have them already working around the clock to fight mosquitoes.
SC bill doesn't touch sales tax cap on vehicles
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The poster child for outdated sales tax exemptions in South Carolina is the $300 sales tax cap on vehicles.
SC, NC offer respite for homeless female veterans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Roberta Lockwood and Judy New manage transitional programs that help homeless female military veterans get back on their feet.
Company to allow SC bar to fly US flag again
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Officials with a company that owns a bar in downtown Charleston say they're examining their decision to remove the U.S. and POW/MIA flags from outside the building.
Child custody dispute leads to fatal shooting
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man angry over a child custody dispute has shot and killed one man and wounded another in North Charleston.
Special Easter Second Sunday event in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Easter Sunday means a special Second Sunday in Charleston.
Beaufort County joins statewide litter crackdown
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Beaufort County is bringing out its cardboard cops as part of a statewide crackdown on litter.
Man found dead in his Summerville home
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a 38-year-old Summerville man has been found dead in his home and a window in his back door was broken.
SC Bill: Sales Tax Cap on Vehicles
The poster child for outdated sales tax exemptions in South Carolina is the $300 sales tax cap on vehicles.
Cops: 2 killed trying to break in Spartanburg home
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two men are dead after a man said he shot them as they tried to break into his Spartanburg County apartment.
SC man gets 35 years for kidnapping, assault in NY
WEEDSPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for kidnapping a woman he assaulted and left unconscious in an upstate New York hotel.
Man killed in parking lot after running over guard
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say security guards at a Columbia nightclub shot and killed a driver who ran over another guard after striking several parked cars.
The Masters Gives Columbia Businesses a Boost
The Masters may be played in Augusta, but Columbia businesses are feeling a boost from those attending the tournament.
