Man gets 40 years in SC shooting of ex-cellmate
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A 25-year-old man is facing 40 years in prison after being convicted of murder in the shooting death of a friend who was his cellmate in a Florida prison.
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Man charged in Rock Hill killing 2 years ago
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Police say they have found the person who they think killed a man in the Kmart parking lot in Rock Hill nearly two years ago.
Connection between Barbados, Charleston celebrated
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A four-day celebration of the connection between Barbados and Charleston is scheduled to start with a field trip for some school children.
Beaufort base prepares for next generation jets
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — The Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort is getting ready for the nation's newest jet fighters.
SC drug buyer says Ga. drug dealer stole truck
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A Beaufort County man who bought drugs from a Savannah, Ga., drug dealer has filed a complaint that the dealer stole his pickup truck.
Haley on getting a photo ID: We'll pick you up
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Anyone who needs a ride to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get a photo ID so they can vote under South Carolina's new law can call a toll-free number to arrange a pickup.
Less than $5 million insured Irene damages in SC
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Insured damages from Hurricane Irene's brush with the South Carolina coast are expected to be less than $5 million.
Haley, DMV Offer Free Rides to Get Photo ID
Governor Nikki Haley and the SC Department of Motor Vehicles team up to provide free transportation to citizens who do not have photo identification, as would be in line with the governor's pending Photo ID Law put on hold by the federal government.
Sweet potatoes handed out at rural SC church
PINOPOLIS, S.C. (AP) — It's a sweet time for residents in the rural Berkeley County community of Pinopolis as a church has a pile of sweet potatoes free for the taking.
Service in Moorhead for man who carried cross
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A man who has carried a large cross around the country the past 11 years will be remembered in a private funeral service Wednesday in Moorhead.
University of SC sets record in research funding
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina has set a record in raising research funding in the past year.
Concern with N. Charleston police at NAACP forum
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Some residents of North Charleston say the police department uses racial profiling, harasses people and conducts unnecessary car chases.
McConnell proposes steps to help SC finances
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell is proposing a five-point plan to keep the state "fiscally fit"
Greenville getting downtown ice rink over holidays
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The city of Greenville will have an outdoor ice skating rink downtown for the coming holiday season.
$200 stolen from donation boxes at SC church
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Another sign of the troubled economy.
SC officials to provide answers on voter ID
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina attorney general's office has given election officials 2½ weeks to answer questions from the Justice Department on how the state would carry out its new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.
SC high court: Vetoes are statewide business
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's high court says legislators can no longer override a governor's veto with a handful of votes.
Guard suspended without pay in SC inmate's death
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An employee at the Richland County jail has been placed on leave without pay as deputies investigate the death of an inmate.
SC woman's $180 iPad turns out to be block of wood
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — There probably isn't an app for this.
Coast Guard picks up man 70 miles off SC coast
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A Coast Guard helicopter has transported a man from a fishing boat about 70 miles off the South Carolina coast to a hospital.
