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October 21, 2009
Navy on Yorktown: Fix it or junk it
The aircraft carrier Yorktown played a heroic role in numerous battles for the Navy, from the time it was built in the 1940s until it was decommissioned in 1970. But as the longtime centerpiece of the floating maritime museum at Patriots Point, the inactive warship has been slowly losing a silent, corrosive and very costly war with nature.
October 20, 2009
H1N1 summit updates community leaders
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control held a summit Tuesday to provide community leaders with an update on the H1N1 flu.
Sanford impeachment resolution to be introduced
While legislators will be trying to help unemployed workers in a special session, one legislator says he’ll introduce a measure that would put Gov. Mark Sanford out of his job.
October 19, 2009
Supreme Court hears Sanford’s argument against ethics report release
The S.C. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday afternoon about whether the state Ethics Commission should release its investigative report on the governor’s personal and political use of state aircraft to the S.C. House of Representatives.
October 18, 2009
Search suspended for missing Air Force pilot
The U.S. Coast Guard said it suspended its search for a missing Air Force pilot off the South Carolina coast Saturday at 10 p.m.
October 17, 2009
Air Force: Missing pilot likely died instantly
Air Force officials say a missing fighter pilot likely died instantly when his fighter jet collided with another plane over the Atlantic Ocean. Authorities on Saturday night called off the search for Capt. Nicholas Giglio (jeel-EE-oh), who has been missing since the Thursday night crash.
October 15, 2009
Powerball, Mega Millions to cross-sell tickets
Powerball and Mega Millions have agreed in principle to cross-sell tickets to their big-jackpot lottery games. If the South Carolina lottery commission approves, South Carolinians would be able to buy Mega Millions tickets early next year.
Charleston bar duped by bad bogus bills
It was dark, the alcohol was flowing and dozens of Alexander Hamiltons and Andrew Jacksons were making their way into a downtown bar’s cash register Friday night. It wasn’t until the next day that a manager at the Market Street Saloon realized that someone scammed the business out of $510 by passing bogus $10 and $20 bills.
October 14, 2009
SC Board pardons relatives of Tom Joyner; executed in 1915
South Carolina’s Parole and Pardons board unanimously pardoned two great-uncles of national radio host Tom Joyner Wednesday.
SC board pardons 2 black men executed 94 years ago
Two great-uncles of syndicated radio host Tom Joyner, sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran, were unanimously pardoned Wednesday by South Carolina.
October 13, 2009
S.C. State Fair kicks off Wednesday in Columbia
The 2009 S.C. State Fair opens Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Columbia.
Historic Charleston attraction will have major repairs, upgrades
Longtime sweetgrass basket weaver Louise Jefferson has spent more than 30 years of her life at the City Market in downtown Charleston. Over the years, she’s watched the historic buildings erode with age.
October 09, 2009
Soldier at Fort Jackson dies of heatstroke
A soldier at Fort Jackson has died after collapsing during a physical fitness test.
Escaped Inmate from Columbia back in custody
Escaped inmate David Edwards, who walked away from his work assignment Thursday at the Columbia Farms poultry plant in West Columbia, has been taken back into custody.
H1N1 shipments arrive in S.C.
South Carolina sites have begun receiving some shipments of the H1N1 vaccine, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Friday.
Search underway for missing inmate
22-year-old Patrick Frazier is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs about 175 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes. He has “Jayden” tattooed on his left arm.
Charleston’s Union Pier undergoing a revival
Behind rusting walls concealed by an emergency coat of paint, Charleston’s grossly outdated cruise terminal drew a standing room-only crowd that buzzed with new energy Thursday.
October 08, 2009
Sanford’s driver ticketed after further review
Gov. Mark Sanford has found himself in another controversy.
S.C. governor’s driver pulled for speeding
When a Highway Patrol trooper told a driver Tuesday that there was no good reason for him to blaze down a busy stretch of South Carolina interstate at 85 mph, he got a surprising reply: “Tell him that.‘’
October 07, 2009
S.C. prepaid tuition program struggling
The South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program is the latest victim of the nation’s struggling economy. State officials say the program, which allows parents to pay future college tuition using today’s rates, is anywhere from $30 million to $60 million in debt.
SCDPS director comments on a traffic stop involving a member of the governor’s security detail
Mark Keel, Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following statement Wednesday in connection with a traffic stop involving a member of the governor’s security detail.
Sanford offers Letterman best wishes during controversy
Turns out David Letterman doesn’t just live on a TV show. He also lives in a glass house, where for years he’s hurled comedy zingers at misbehaving politicians, even as he brashly engaged in hanky-panky of his own.
S.C. county council OKs burn ban
A South Carolina county recovering from a huge wildfire earlier this year has approved a partial burning ban for outdoor debris.
Heating costs likely to cool off this winter
Consumers should get a break on heating costs this winter as milder weather and lower fuel costs offset what we have to pay to warm our homes, government and utility officials said Tuesday.
October 06, 2009
EOC approves student performance levels for PASS tests
The Education Oversight Committee (EOC) has given approval to “cut scores,“ defining levels of student performance levels on the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS), the assessment administered to public school students in grades three through eight.
Fatality report shows five people died on highways over weekend
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of five people being killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, Oct. 4, at midnight.
Food Lion owner bids for Bi-Lo
Food Lion hopes to gobble up most of financially troubled rival Bi-Lo in a deal that would eliminate a major competitor from the Charleston supermarket scene. Belgium-based Delhaize Group, which owns Food Lion, announced Monday it is in talks to buy stores and inventory for $425 million from the Mauldin-based supermarket chain.
SC site of bloody labor strike violence crumbles
All that remains of the abandoned South Carolina textile mill that was the site of the deadliest violence during a national labor strike 75 years ago are crumbling brick walls, creaky wood floors and whispers of the tragedy.
October 05, 2009
Former Union County Sheriff Howard Wells among 5 indicted
Former Union County Sheriff Howard Wells is one of five people who have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges ranging from public corruption to drug distribution.
October 02, 2009
Flag discovered in Iowa museum is likely Civil War-era original
In the days leading to the Civil War, a battery of Citadel cadets on Morris Island fired at the supply ship Star of the West as it approached Fort Sumter, forcing the ship to turn around.
