Sheriff Leon Lott Files for Re-Election
Richland County's top cop is seeking another term in office.
News
SC State University Names Acting President
South Carolina State University has named an acting president until the school can choose an interim president.
Candlelight Vigil Planned for Missing Toddler
A candlelight vigil will be held this weekend for missing Columbia toddler Amir Jennings.
Burning Cross Left at Swansea Home
Investigators are working to find out who set a cross on fire in front of a home in Swansea.
Sentencing postponed for SC mom in sons' deaths
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Sentencing has been postponed for a South Carolina mother who has pleaded guilty to killing her two young sons and putting their bodies in a car that rolled into a river.
Congressman visits SC plant seeking rate break
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tim Scott led about 150 workers at the Alcoa aluminum plant near Goose Creek in prayer asking that a solution to a new electric contact is reached.
Suspect in Gaffney shooting arrested in Greensboro
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — A man wanted in the shooting death of his girlfriend as she walked into her Gaffney home has been arrested in Greensboro, N.C.
Union woman charged with financial fraud
UNION, S.C. (AP) — An employee at the Department of Employment and Workforce office in Union has been arrested and charged with taking $10,000 from a previous employer.
Duley Pleads Guilty, Sentence Delayed
A South Carolina judge has delayed sentencing for 30-year-old Shaquan Duley, an Orangeburg woman who admitted to suffocating and strangling her two toddler sons before sending her car, children strapped inside, into a river back in August, 2010.
Pilot survives crash of WW II replica plane
CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot of a small World War II replica plane survived a crash landing in Chester County.
Cops: Fight over hospital behavior leads to death
SPARTNABURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an argument about how to behave in a hospital waiting room led a man to intentionally run down and kill his friend outside a Spartanburg hospital.
Order up: North Charleston mayor cooks for charity
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey is used to serving his constituents, and for one morning, he'll be serving them breakfast.
Joint Base Charleston plans managed burn in timber
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Natural resource officials at Joint Base Charleston are conducting a managed burn in timberlands on part of the installation.
International teachers visiting at Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Teachers from around the world are at Clemson University this semester to learn more about teaching in America.
McConnell Says He Won't Run for Senate This Year
Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell says he won't run this year to reclaim his seat in the South Carolina Senate.
Teacher resigns after showing Jackass movie clip
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — A Mount Pleasant teacher who showed his class part of the movie "Jackass 2" has resigned after earlier appealing his termination.
Bill could increase charter school numbers in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate is debating a charter school bill that Superintendent Mick Zais calls his top legislative priority.
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."
2nd judge refuses to release police dash cam video
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the second time in March, a judge has refused to release video from a police dashboard camera requested by the media.
McConnell says he won't run for Senate this year
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell says he won't run this year to reclaim his seat in the South Carolina Senate.
