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November 07, 2009
Fort Jackson reaction: Most see shootings as isolated act
A day after a deadly rampage at an Army post in Texas, soldiers at Columbia’s Fort Jackson held a moment of silence to remember the victims, while offering mixed reactions to the shootings. Most said Friday they considered the incident at Fort Hood to be a random act unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.
November 06, 2009
Trash fouls water at historic park
Mounds of garbage are piling up in the water at historic Riverfront Park, one of Columbia’s signature green spaces - and Sam McCuen wonders why. On a recent Sunday afternoon, McCuen took his grandchildren to the panoramic park and was stunned to see a mass of beer cans, tires, plastic drink bottles, rotting logs and other refuse bobbing at the base of the dam that separates the Broad River and the old Columbia Canal.
November 05, 2009
Graham, DeMint want military detainee trials
South Carolina’s Republican U.S. senators differ on whether Guantanamo Bay detainees should be sent to the state, but say they will work together to keep the accused terrorists out of federal courts.
Boeing deal: Details to be kept quiet
Politicians and other state officials privately crafted a $450 million incentive deal to land Boeing Co. on the promise of thousands of jobs and a multibillion-dollar economic impact, but the details of that deal could be kept from public view for the next year.
SC plastic surgeon’s medical license suspended
South Carolina’s medical board has suspended the license of a plastic surgeon who it says left an operating room for hours during surgery and had sex with staffers who became his patients.
SC Air Guard wins F-16 competition in Jordan
A South Carolina Air National Guard unit is the winner of an international F-16 competition.
S.C. high court rules Sanford’s ethics probe public
South Carolina’s Supreme Court says the ethics investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford’s travel can’t be kept secret.
November 04, 2009
Preliminary report on Summerville plane crash released
We still do not the exact cause, but a preliminary report has been released by the FAA on the plane crash which killed four people last month at Summerville airport.
State limits some Medicaid patients to one pharmacy
South Carolina is now requiring some Medicaid recipients who are suspected of abusing prescription drugs to get all of their prescriptions from just one pharmacy through part of a pilot program called Pharmacy Lock-In.
Environment debated by SC gubernatorial hopefuls
Offshore oil drilling, wind and nuclear power and global warming brought together five Democrat and five Republican candidates for governor in an unusual bipartisan debate Tuesday.
November 03, 2009
Commission sends out duplicate unemployment checks, again
For the second time in the last few months, the S.C. Employment Security Commission has sent out duplicate checks.
SLED arrests fugitive wanted on several assualt charges
SLED, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and Winnsboro Department of Public Safety located and arrested Bun Mann III, a man wanted on a variety of charges including sexual assault, assault and battery, and kidnapping in Fairfield and Richland Counties.
Fears, tears, grins greet swine flu shots
With the sound of schoolmates sniffling and crying all around him, 5-year-old Santos Duran bravely sat in his mom’s lap in the band room at Forts Pond Elementary School and awaited his swine flu shot.
November 02, 2009
Another Aiken County teacher charged with sex crime
Authorities have charged a former South Carolina middle school teacher with committing sex acts with a student, the second time in a month that a teacher at the school has faced sex charges.
S.C. rejects free cell phones for low-income families program
Prepaid wireless provider TracFone is trying to bring a program called SafeLink to South Carolina that provides low-income families with free cell phones and free minutes every month. But unless something changes, the program won’t be coming to the state because TracFone and the state Public Service Commission are at odds over the details.
SCDOT Accepting applications for panel vacancy
A joint House/Senate panel is accepting notice from people interested in applying for a seat on the S.C. Department of Transportation Commission. A vacancy will soon exist in the Second, Fourth, and Sixth Congressional districts.
October 31, 2009
Inspectors: Shelter run by church must fix faults
Ben Dean says he served his country for 13 years, 5 months and 21 days. After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in June 1995, Dean admits he made a mistake. “I blame it on myself,“ he said. “I needed help when I got out of the trouble.“
October 29, 2009
Boeing’s job impact should start in just weeks
Boeing is planning to have its new 787 Dreamliner production plant running in South Carolina in 2011, but state Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor said the plant will start having an effect on the state’s job situation in a matter of weeks because Boeing plans to break ground in November.
October 28, 2009
South Carolina lawmakers announce Boeing to North Charleston
Here’s a statement from Boeing Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, on the announcement that its putting a second 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston.
SC legislators wrap up jobless pay, economic bills
South Carolina lawmamakers hope to wrap up a two-day session with bills that extend jobless benefits and roll out a welcome mat for Boeing with economic development incentives.
October 27, 2009
SC gives 1st nod to package meant to lure Boeing
South Carolina state senators have given initial approval to an economic incentive package that appears tailored to bring a massive Boeing assembly facility to Charleston. Lawmakers on Tuesday OK’d lower-interest construction bonds and incentives that include a sales tax exemption on fuel used in test flights. To qualify, a company would have to bring at least 3,800 jobs and at least $750 million in investment to the state over seven years.
Bombs discovered during SC traffic stop
The SLED bomb squad was called to the scene Tuesday morning of a U.S. Highway 301 traffic stop that resulted in discovery of what Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams described as six or seven bombs on incendiary devices.
Details of Boeing-IAM talks show big gap, as S.C. ready to sweeten deal
The Boeing board of directors met Monday in Chicago without reaching a decision on siting a second 787 production line, as efforts continued to resolve an impasse in the high-stakes talks between the Machinists union and the company.
Legislators hint at mystery deal; is it Boeing?
The General Assembly will reconvene for a two-day special session today to restore unemployment benefits lost by thousands of jobless South Carolinians. But the session also could yield a surprise by clearing the way for what lawmakers say could be a significant economic development project.
October 26, 2009
New report ranks S.C. near bottom in graduation rate
A new a report by the Southern Regional Education Board shows half of South Carolina high schools are “dropout factories” and the state ranks at or near the bottom of the nation when it comes to on-time graduation rates. But state education superintendent Dr. Jim Rex said the numbers are wrong.
October 24, 2009
Patriots Point must repay Laffey repair loan without anticipated federal cash
Patriots Point banked on $20 million in federal funding to offset the more than $9 million it borrowed from the state to save its sinking warship Laffey. Now the federal money is off the table, and the clock ticks toward time for the attraction to repay the state loan. Plus, the Laffey’s repairs could incur unanticipated costs. And Patriots Point doesn’t know where it’s going to put the ship when that work is finished.
SC Episcopalians to distance from US church
The Diocese of South Carolina has voted to distance itself from the national Episcopal Church because of church positions on same-sex unions and ordination of gays.
October 23, 2009
Health groups plead with pregnant women to get flu vaccines
Columbia Ob/Gyn Dr. James Johnson says he’s hearing from a lot of his pregnant patients that they’re worried about the safety of the new H1N1 flu vaccine and what it might do to their babies, so they’re not planning to get the vaccine. He tells them that would be a mistake.
USC dance professor selected to receive Governor’s Professor of the Year Award
dancer whose dedication and artistic achievement have been instrumental in the growth of the University of South Carolina’s dance program has been named a recipient of the Governor’s Professor of the Year Award for 2009.
Maersk to stay in Charleston
Following months of often tense negotiations, the State Ports Authority and the world’s largest container carrier announced an agreement Thursday evening to reverse the decision to sever ties at the end of next year.
