March 10, 2010

Gift cards to South Carolina state parks?

Almost everyone sells gift cards, and the latest seller to join the list is South Carolina’s state parks.

Upstate families plan lawsuit over disabilities cuts

The suit, filed by attornies in Columbia, Spartanburg, and Charleston, claims the cuts violate the Americans With Disabilties Act, by denying those like Michelle the at-home care they deserve.


March 09, 2010

Fear of fee leads Upstate couple to fight fire on their own

Willhemeena Fuller’s house caught fire Saturday, but she didn’t dial 911 for help. Instead, her boyfriend grabbed the garden hose and ran up the stairs to the attic to put out the blaze.


March 08, 2010

Urging Lawmakers to raise tax on cigarettes

The SC Tobacco Collaborative joins doctors at the Medical University, to urge lawmakers to increase the state tax on cigarettes.


March 03, 2010

SC Depleted Uranium Likely Unfit for Utah

A report commissioned by an environmental group says several thousand tons of depleted uranium from a former nuclear weapons complex in South Carolina is likely unfit for disposal in Utah.


March 01, 2010

2 SC men sentenced to 40 months for bank fraud

Two Lowcountry used car dealers have been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after they pleaded guilty to bank fraud.

SC police arrest 2 NC men, seize 200 pounds of pot

South Carolina police have arrested two North Carolina men and seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana and two vehicles in a drug bust.


February 26, 2010

SC Senate gives final approval to overhaul jobless agency

The agency has been under fire for more than a year for mismanagment, including not doing enough to warn state lawmakers that the trust fund that pays unemployment benefits was running dry.


February 25, 2010

State Senator Robert Ford declares end to NAACP boycott of South Carolina

According to The State Paper, Ford said an upcoming religious gathering being held in Columbia, without protest from the NAACP means the boycott of the state is over.


February 24, 2010

Former SC police officer pleads to abuse charge

A former South Carolina police officer has pleaded to reduced charges after being accused of handcuffing a 9-year-old boy and hitting him with a belt.


February 23, 2010

Woman donating kidney to ex-husband at MUSC

Cindy Sellers is preparing to give the gift of life.  She is donating one of her kidneys on Wednesday at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Georgetown man kills mother with sword

Police say a 29-year-old South Carolina man killed his mother with a sword after the two argued in the home they shared.

Ex-SC officer pleads guilty to stalking and assault

A 38-year-old former police officer in South Carolina is facing sentencing after pleading guilty to stalking and assaulting his girlfriend and trying to tamper with evidence against him in the case.


February 18, 2010

SC authorities look for man giving illegal tattoos

South Carolina authorities are looking for a man who is tattooing young people in their homes without their parents’ permission.


February 16, 2010

2 women arrested in SC home with body inside

Authorities say they have charged two South Carolina women with murder after finding them inside a trailer with the body of a man trying to clean up after he was shot in the head.

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