Mobile Home Residents Pray for Change
Residents who live in the Parkwood Mobile home park in West Columbia could soon be without a place to call home. Residents who learned they could be evicted in less a month are literally praying for resolution.
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Human remains found wrapped in plastic under couch
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found wrapped in plastic under a couch near Spartanburg likely have been in the same place for several years.
SC, Justice Dept. discuss illegal immigration law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Justice Department have met with South Carolina's attorney general as they review the state's new illegal immigration law.
SC Teaching Fellows wins new award for innovation
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A scholarship program designed to draw South Carolina's top high school students into teaching is the first winner of a new award recognizing effective education programs.
Cops: Aunt beats nephew for using her toilet paper
UNION, S.C. (AP) — Union police say a 53-year-old woman has been arrested after she attacked her nephew because he used her toilet paper.
SC police arrest man suspected in NC kidnapping
LONGS, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint in North Carolina has been arrested after a brief standoff at an Horry County home.
SC Document Retrieval Service Adding 50 Jobs
The medical document retrieval service The Doc Depot Inc. is expanding and adding 50 jobs in Williston.
Inheritance Fraud
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a 38-year-old Columbia man has admitted defrauding a finance company by inflating the amount of his mother's inheritance. Prosecutors said Darial Chatman pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud in federal court and faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine when he is sentenced next year.
Unwatched Pot Causes Fire At Florence Fire Station
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) _ At least the firefighters at one Florence fire station didn't have to go too far to answer a recent call. Authorities say a Florence firefighter left an unwatched pot on a stove which caused a blaze that damaged the station.
Free Health Clinic for Seniors
How does free healthcare sound? Senior citizens have the chance to attend a free health clinic here in the Midlands this week.
SC document retrieval service adding 50 jobs
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The medical document retrieval service The Doc Depot Inc. is expanding and adding 50 jobs in Williston.
Deal: SC to hear appeal for deeper Savannah harbor
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal says environmental regulators in South Carolina will allow Georgia to make its case for deepening the shared river channel to Savannah's seaport before the neighboring state decides whether to finalize its rejection of a permit for the project.
Clemson announces workforce development program
NORTH CHARLESON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson President James Barker says the university is joining with technical colleges around the state to help train workers for aviation and aeronautics manufacturing.
Va. appeals court hears case of 'enemy combatant'
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for a U.S. citizen who was detained for nearly four years as an "enemy combatant" asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials.
Perry says "no doubt" Obama is an American citizen
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rick Perry now is saying that he has no doubt that President Barack Obama is an American citizen.
Lawyer asks for rehearing in Spence estate case
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for an attorney and former interim state treasurer want the South Carolina Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to allow a lawsuit against him by the widow of U.S. Rep. Floyd Spence to go forward.
Sumter School officials meet Third Army leaders
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) — Leaders of the Third Army and the U.S. Army Central Command are hosting school officials from Sumter, who will get a tour of Shaw Air Force Base. .
Officials investigate infection at SC school
HONEA PATH, S.C. (AP) — State health officials are working to combat an infection in an Anderson County school that has sent several students to the hospital.
Former Horry volunteer fire chief faces sex charge
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A former Horry County volunteer fire chief has been arrested and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Williamsburg opening $6 million county building
KINGSTREE, S.C. (AP) — Williamsburg County is opening a $6 million building in Kingstree to house various county departments.
