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Ex-inmate gets 4 years for student aid fraud

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former South Carolina inmate has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for using the identities of 23 fellow prisoners to collect thousands of dollars of student financial aid through Webster University in suburban St. Louis.

SC GOP Condemns Florida Primary Date

Florida will hold its presidential primary on Jan. 31, a decision that is expected to prompt other states to move up their primary and caucus dates. A special committee made the decision Friday, thwarting efforts by national GOP leaders to push back the nominating process.

SC State: Working on transport center problems

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State President George Cooper says the university is clearing up problems with a new transportation research center and has resolved most of the issues raised by a state audit.

Police: Woman tried to throw 4-year-old over fence

SPARANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County deputies say a woman who saw a mother try to throw her 4-year-old child over a fence after wrecking her car managed to talk the woman out of hurting her son.

Ex-SC inmate gets 4 years for student loan scheme

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 36-year-old former state prison inmate from Florence has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for using the names of 23 fellow inmates to falsely secure financial aid for online college courses.

Student Loan Fraud

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A 36-year-old former state prison inmate from Florence has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for using the names of 23 fellow inmates to falsely secure financial aid for online college courses.

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