8 NYC Kids Taken from Foster Care Found OK in PA
Eight children taken from a New York child welfare agency by their mother last week have been found in Pennsylvania, authorities say, and their parents are in custody.
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Rash Of Dryer Thefts
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Summerville police say more than a dozen clothes dryers have been stolen from apartment complexes in recent weeks.
Midlands Postal Workers Protest USPS Closings
Dozens of local postal workers picketed outside area post offices urging state lawmakers to help protect their South Carolinians' jobs and prevent post office closings.
Mother of Abandoned Infant Charged
The mother of an abandoned infant is facing charges.
Helping Expecting Mothers In Crisis
A local organization is working to help expecting mothers and to save the life of more children.
SC program on emotional learning going national
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — An after-school program that started in Charleston 15 years ago to help students develop emotionally is going national after receiving a $1 million donation from a board member.
SC Supreme Court overturns manslaughter conviction
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the voluntary manslaughter conviction of a Columbia apartment building security guard who shot and killed a man in 2004.
Hilton Head looks to SC communities on renewal
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Hilton Head Island officials have been told to take risks, use public money to encourage private investment and be patient when revitalizing old commercial areas.
Clemson, SC technical college share training money
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two federal agencies are sending $20 million to South Carolina to retrain unemployed workers for jobs in emerging industries.
More Arrests Made in Dog Fighting Bust
Two more people have been arrested in connection with a major dog fighting bust in Richland County earlier this month.
GA teen dies 3 days after being pulled from ocean
GARDEN CITY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia teen has died three days after she was pulled unconscious from the ocean near Garden City.
SC Republican panel hears tax overhaul ideas
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's House Republicans are considering ways to overhaul the state's tax system.
Man hit with high heel in argument over stripper
YORK, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a woman has been arrested after she hit her boyfriend with a high-heel shoe after he became upset because she was at a party with a male stripper.
Clemson WR McNeal to leave team, stay in school
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson wide receiver Bryce McNeal has decided not to continue football, but will stay in school.
Special election set to fill SC state House seat
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — A special election is scheduled for Berkeley County to fill a vacant seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Nonprofit for poor honoring Rep. Clyburn
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina nonprofit that advocates for the poor is honoring U.S. Rep. James Clyburn.
Pink Heals fire trucks stop in North Charleston
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Pink Heals national fire truck tour is making a stop in North Charleston.
Spartanburg man, woman charged after toddler found
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Two Spartanburg residents have been charged with cruelty after a toddler was found wandering in a city street.
Abandoned Newborn Found
Richland county sheriff's are searching for the mother of a newborn baby boy they say she gave birth to in an area apartment complex. A resident found the infant on a staircase with the umbilical cord still partially attached.
Zais will ask feds to let SC rely on own system
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's new education accountability system will look a lot like the system that has been in place for years if the U.S. Education Department lets South Carolina opt out of No Child Left Behind.
