In Brief: June 5, 2014
By Hannah Jeffrey and Kelley Kennedy | June 5, 2014News briefs for June 5, 2014.
News briefs for June 5, 2014.
The National Federation of Independent Business endorsed U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham Monday, South Carolina will no longer require the high school seniors to take exit exams in order to graduate and a $400,000-winning Palmetto Cash 5 ticket was bought at a Columbia gas station.
Man blind in one eye after dispute over beer After his neighbor refused to give him a can of beer, a Rock Hill man assaulted him, blinding him in one eye, The (Rock Hill) Herald reported. The victim, 51, reported to deputies that he and his neighbor, 43, had been drinking at a bar.
Gov. Nikki Haley starts Facebook dispute Gov. Nikki Haley accused her friend and political ally state Sen.
South Carolina gas prices have risen once again, but they are slightly cheaper than they were at Easter last year, peach growers are saying a late March freeze caused major damage to peach farms around Aiken, which may make the fruit scarce until July and Gov. Nikki Haley has gained the approval of nearly half of South Carolinians according to a poll released Wednesday.
Clemson University received a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, charging that the football program is too entangled with Christianity, The State reported.
West Columbia mayor stripped of oversight powers A 5-4 vote by the West Columbia City Council stripped Mayor Joe Owens of his power to oversee council meetings, WIS reported. Following this decision, Councilman B.J.
Strippers saying they weren’t paid according to federal standards are suing several strip clubs in South Carolina, Medicaid in South Carolina is paying Clemson University’s Social Analytics Institute $50,000 to keep tabs on social media and Bubba Watson cinched his second Masters Tournament title Sunday.
Lawmakers debate how to help students read South Carolina lawmakers are still discussing how to respond to a study showing that about 30 percent of third graders in the state struggle to read at their grade level, WIS reported. They are currently debating a measure that would hold back third graders who fail to meet certain requirements.
Gov. Nikki Haley will soon see Emma’s Law on her desk, a former Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center guard was sentenced Wednesday to serving two years in federal prison after he beat a homeless man in a cell and a former Columbia postal worker pleaded guilty to taking counterfeit bills from Secret Service agents to spend on various things, including drugs.
Police are not sure who called in a fake bomb threat that cleared the city courthouse for more than two hours Tuesday. Investigators are trying to figure out who called the threat in, city police said on Twitter. No hazards were found after the threat was reported around 10 a.m., and the scene was cleared around 12:30 p.m. The evacuation closed two blocks of Washington Street in the Vista from Park Street to Gadsden Street.
S.C. State University used millions of state dollars that were intended to aid poor families to cover its budget problems, The State reported.
Gov. Haley plans $50,000 trip to India Gov. Nikki Haley will travel to India for a trade mission in November, The State reported.
The North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex hosted 80 teams for the International Quidditch Association World Cup VII this weekend, USC Upstate faces budget cut threats once again and candidates for S.C. governor and attorney general received $336,345 in campaign contributions that were over state legal limits.
Hotelier scopes out Vista as potential build site An undisclosed hotelier is interested in building a new, 100-room hotel in the Vista, The State reported. According to an attorney representing an investment group interested in the property, the hotelier is looking at a 0.6-acre lot at Lincoln and Lady streets that fronts the city’s new Lady Street parking garage. The unidentified investment group owns other hotels in the state, and the new five-story hotel would have dedicated parking spaces in the garage.
The state Supreme Court ruled in favor of George M. Lee III regarding seat-licensing fees, State Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler objected to a bill that would make the Columbian mammoth the official state fossil of South Carolina and an observatory dome was lifted to the top of the South Carolina State Museum Wednesday.
Three men were arrested after the Friday robbery of a convenience store in West Columbia, The State reported.