A coalition of sports and environmental groups wants Batesburg-Leesville to stop looking at increased sewage disposal in the Edisto River. Their demand comes as town leaders stick with the river as one option under consideration. Leaders of the Sierra Club and Palmetto Paddlers say the idea jeopardizes recreation on a river that is one of [...]
A bill introduced in the S.C. House would give police, prosecutors and sheriffs broad freedom to keep secret any and all crimes and arrests from the public, critics say. “This goes a long way in creating a secret police operation in South Carolina,” said Jay Bender, a Columbia lawyer and USC media law professor who [...]
Richland County deputies were shot at while trying to execute a search warrant on Broad River Road Thursday afternoon. Richland County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Curtis Wilson said that narcotics agents were shot at when they tried to seach an apartment in the Brook Pine apartment complex in the 7000 block of Broad River Road about [...]
The West Columbia Police Department has arrested two women for defrauding unsuspecting victims of money under the guise of subleasing the victims’ apartments. Investigators on Tuesday arrested Cynthia Louise Allen, 23, of West Columbia and Coreshia Malasia Henry, age 25, of Sumter. They were charged with obtaining goods by false pretense and have been released [...]
Attorney General Alan Wilson and several top law enforcement chiefs Wednesday unveiled a list of 10 legislative priorities they said they will work to pass by the session’s end in June. The priorities – mostly nuts-and-bolts criminal matters – address issues that have been percolating in the General Assembly for years but have so far [...]
In 2003, Salvatore Giunta graduated from basic combat training at Fort Benning, Ga. Thursday, Giunta addressed the graduating soldiers of the 193rd Infantry Brigade at Columbia’s Fort Jackson as the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. “Yesterday, you were the future of the United States Army. Today, you are [...]
Attorney General Alan Wilson and several top law enforcement chiefs Wednesday unveiled a list of 10 legislative priorities they said they will work to pass by the session’s end in June. The priorities – mostly nuts-and-bolts criminal matters – address issues that have been percolating in the General Assembly for years but have so far [...]
Some South Carolina magistrates are throwing out drunken-driving cases because the drivers were on mopeds, which are exempt from SC motor-vehicle laws. But Wednesday, a state Senate committee approved a bill that would reclassify mopeds as a motor vehicle in terms of enforcing drinking-and-driving laws only. You don’t need a driver’s license to drive a [...]
A second juvenile wanted in connection with the string of pit bull thefts from the Columbia Animal Shelter was taken into custody today. The 13-year-old male turned himself in to investigators at police headquarters, according to the Columbia Police Department. The teen and three others have been charged in connection with the investigation. Two of [...]
A Columbia man described by the US Attorney’s Office in Columbia as a member of the Folk Nation gang has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for a series of armed robberies. Alvin Owens, 24, was sentenced Feb. 9 after pleading guilty to conspiring to rob businesses that were involved in interstate commerce and [...]