SC deputies hosting National Night Out events
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Law officers around South Carolina are hosting National Night Out events to raise crime prevention awareness in the state's communities.
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SC highway deaths up slightly through July
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Public Safety Department says deaths on South Carolina highways are up slightly in the first seven months of 2011.
Man Arrested In String of 40 Burglaries
One man is behind bars tonight after Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, says he burglarized 40 homes throughout the Midlands.
SC man blames sticky floor mat for erratic driving
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 31-year-old South Carolina man suspected of drunken driving blames his erratic driving on a sticky floor mat.
Forestry official doesn't favor of fireworks ban
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A top official with the South Carolina Forestry Commission says he doesn't see the need for a fireworks ban, even though a fire that burned almost 1,400 acres in Horry County was caused by fireworks.
Death of SC high school football player probed
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old South Carolina high school football player who collapsed following a morning weekend practice.
Investigators in missing teen case at SC motel
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Authorities investigating the disappearance two years ago of a New York State teenager are focusing on a Georgetown County motel.
Truck driver likely asleep before fatal I-85 crash
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a wreck on Interstate 85 in Anderson County that killed two tractor-trailer drivers and a man in a pickup truck was likely caused when one of the 18-wheeler drivers fell asleep.
Loggers, SC utility at odds over submerged logs
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A couple of divers and the state owned utility Santee Cooper are at loggerheads over the ownership of old logs raised from the depths of Lake Marion.
SC man sentenced to 6 years for attacking cop
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A Rock Hill man has been sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting a police officer.
SC man gets 8 years for stealing from graves
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A Rock Hill man and woman have been sentenced for stealing vases from cemeteries.
100 women leave Yemassee for Lifetime Show
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — It will be guy's week in the small town of Yemassee near the South Carolina coast.
Civil rights lawyer, federal judge Perry dies
Matthew Perry, a civil rights lawyer who went from sitting in the courtroom balcony because he was black to having the federal courthouse in Columbia named in his honor, has died. He was 89.
Mexico reopens markets to peaches from Southern US
RIDGE SPRING, S.C. (AP) — An agreement signed this year by the U.S. and Mexican governments is allowing sweet, juicy Southern peaches to be sold in grocery stores south of the border for the first time in 17 years.
New DSS director sets tall order for improvement
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of South Carolina's social services agency wants to speed up the time it takes to find safe, permanent homes for the thousands of abused and neglected children put in the state's care.
SC store employee accused of filming in bathroom
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities accuse a Hilton Head Island convenience store employee of hiding a video camera in a toilet paper holder in the women's bathroom and filming for at least a month.
Work begins to combat erosion at SC's Harbour Town
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The owner of South Carolina's only golf course on the PGA tour is working to combat erosion that's threatening to send Harbour Town's most famous green into the ocean.
Fundraiser held for 2 boys injured in train crash
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A Spartanburg County community is raising money to help pay the medical bills of two boys severely injured when a children's train ride derailed earlier this year.
2 people arrested in death of SC man
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged two people in the death of a South Carolina man found lying face down in his driveway in June.
SC high school football player dies after practice
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a high school football player in Darlington County collapsed and died after a morning practice.
