In Brief: Sept. 4, 2013
By Hannah Jeffrey | Sep. 4, 2013Lexington County will see more warnings against polluting local streams in coming months, historic Newberry news is now available online and this summer was the sixth-rainiest in city history.
Lexington County will see more warnings against polluting local streams in coming months, historic Newberry news is now available online and this summer was the sixth-rainiest in city history.
Bottlenose dolphins are dying off on the East Coast, authorities are searching for a possible second victim in connection with the Gabrielle Swainson kidnapping and murder case, and cars damaged by Hurricane Sandy are being repaired and resold in South Carolina.
Nikki Haley formally announces her bid for re-election, a Florence plastic plant requires more than 60 firefighters to combat, and four arrests are made in a suspected Chapin shoplifting ring.
A man is accused of murder after using a dead woman’s credit card, Columbia’s plan for the homeless population draws national attention and three men and a dog are rescued from the Saluda River.
An Orangeburg County teen was charged with animal cruelty after a Vine video spread online, the host of a South Carolina-based NPR program has died and South Carolina saw a rise in average ACT scores.
Today’s briefs include a record amount of scholarships, a new homeless shelter, and a plea bargain in a teen’s murder.
This week In Brief features SC GOP in hot water over an email calling the IRS “Obama’s Gestapo,” city residents suing to prevent a downtown halfway house and a conviction in a Florence shooting.
Former treasurer charged with DWI Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel was arrested for drunk driving in the Hamptons Monday, the Associated Press reported. The multimillionaire politician who resigned as treasurer six months into his term after pleading guilty to cocaine charges was arrested around 2:30 a.m.
This week’s In Brief includes Gov. Nikki Haley’s fine from the S.C. Ethics Commission, a Columbia Police Department scandal and a business owner’s worries about the city’s homeless.
This week’s in brief includes the death of two families in an Alaskan plane crash, an arrest in a Monday morning shooting death, and a child struck by a stray bullet
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Costa Pleicones will vie for the top spot on the court, facing off against current Chief Justice Jean Toal in what is usually an uncontested race, The State reported.
This week’s in brief includes moving a statue, Miss USA, and a man beaten with his own prosthetic leg.
Marcus Lattimore films a PSA, the Haley family nearly $300k in 2012 and smart phones help a one-fifth computerless state connect.
Main Street’s oldest building is becoming a bank and coffee shop, Rep. Bakari Sellers will run for lieutenant governor and concealed carry permit holders are one step closer to bringing guns to restaurants and bars.
Charlotte’s mayor will join Obama’s cabinet, a woman was arrested in the killing of a former S.C. State football player and three cast members from “Welcome to Myrtle Manor” were arrested over the weekend.
A Columbia rapper pleads guilty to sex trafficking, a suspected bank robber is arrested while waiting for a getaway cab, and four children die in a Hartsville mobile home fire.
A student was arrested and a bus driver lost her job after they fought, a Virginia man has been accused of calling a bomb threat into Lexington’s White Knoll High School and former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford engaged in debate with a poster Wednesday.