In Brief: November 7, 2013
By Emily Ready | Nov. 7, 2013Police arrest a gang member after a yearlong effort, the last 300 Blockbuster stores in the country are closing, and four teens are accused of stealing pit bull puppies.
Police arrest a gang member after a yearlong effort, the last 300 Blockbuster stores in the country are closing, and four teens are accused of stealing pit bull puppies.
A candy bar thief is being sought by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and more in today’s In Brief.
Barnes and Noble on Harbison is closing, 2 sisters are arrested after a fight in a strip club bathroom, and a man is accused of attacking a group of people with a machete.
A prominent local attorney has died, South Carolina has the fifth highest violent crime rate and police say a man impersonated an officer and assaulted a woman
Columbia police identify 140 gang members for potential eviction, a USC student is sought in connection with a WVU car-flipping, and former President George W. Bush contributes $5,000 to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s campaign.
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has denied an Internet report that he has a gambling problem, The State reported.
Columbia wants to crack down on gangs using a civil injunction, five inmates have died in an Orangeburg prison within a year, and two adults were exposed to rabies in Fairfield County.
Absentee ballots are now being cast, South Carolina State Fair attendance rates are up from last year and Myrtle Beach businesses capitalize on Halloween.
A local TV host is arrested on drug charges at the SC State Fair, Sodexo donates $4.3 million to Claflin University and a Pelion man has been accused of holding a woman captive for three months
Graham campaign raises over $1.17 million U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s campaign has more money now than it has ever had, after raising $1.17 million from July to September, The State reported. According to Graham’s campaign, Graham has more than $6.9 million on hand. In the same period, U.S.
A development group wants to buy the Palmetto Compress building from the city, a Newberry woman is sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing her boyfriend, and state agencies must submit reports on state-owned buildings.
A healthy baby is born after her mother jumped from a burning building while pregnant, a Charleston developer is expected to announce a bid for lieutenant governor today and sports-related concussions have more than doubled in South Carolina since 1998.
The government shutdown is hurting Columbia’s craft beer industry, while it has inspired another man to tidy D.C. monuments while workers are furloughed.
Most furloughed employees return to Ft. Jackson About 90 percent of furloughed civilian employees at Fort Jackson returned to work this week, The State reported. Half of the 3,500 civilian workers at Columbia’s U.S.
A new Colgate-Palmolive plant will bring 300 jobs, four motorists have been killed by crashes with deer this year, and a Batesburg-Leesville town councilman goes to jail after not paying child support.
Capitol shooting suspect shot and killed, South Carolina employees furloughed after government shutdown and repeat DUI offender sentenced to 17 years in prison.