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SC man charged with threatening state employees
A 66-year-old Duncan man has been charged with threatening state employees over the telephone. The State Law Enforcement Division says Russell Clark Johnson was arrested Thursday and charged with threatening the life of a public employee and unlawful use of a telephone. Investigators say Johnson on April 2 threatened to ...
Man gets 20 years in death of USC professor
A man has been sentenced to 20 years in the hit-and-run death of a University of South Carolina professor. The State newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/1ad8MNg) that William Craig Caughman was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty in the death of 36-year-old Toby Morriss. Prosecutors said Caughman was driving a ...
Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge
During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means. Simply put, storm surge is the abnormal rise of sea water. Predicting it is far more complicated and explaining it is tricky, too, as forecasters at the ...
Defense opens for SC man accused of killing 2
Prosecutors have rested their case after 10 days of testimony against a man accused of killing his wife and colleague in a sports gambling ring at his Columbia home. Attorneys for Brett Parker began presenting their witnesses Thursday in a Richland County courtroom. Lawyers called an insurance agent and financial ...
Richland County deputy arrested and fired
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says he has fired one of his deputies after he demanded a woman expose herself, then told him he would help her reduce her criminal charges. Lott said 31-year-old Tracy Stephens also was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal sexual conduct and misconduct in office. ...
Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season
Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is ...
Police: Columbia baby-sitter's abuse killed boy
A Columbia woman has been charged with homicide by child abuse after a toddler in her care died last weekend, police said Thursday. Margie Hamm, 34, was watching several children May 18 when she slammed a 2-year-old boy's head into a faucet during a bath, authorities said during a news ...
2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST? Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. ...
Conference set to settle Savannah dredging suits
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing to formally settle lawsuits challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel. A tentative settlement was reached last month and U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel is slated to hold a hearing next Wednesday in Charleston. Environmental groups and a South ...
Ex-USC student gets 7 years for setting bar fire
A judge has ordered a 22-year-old former University of South Carolina student to spend seven years in prison and get drug, alcohol and mental health counseling after he admitted burning down a Columbia bar. Theodore Podewil IV pleaded guilty Thursday to throwing a firebomb at the Salty Nut bar in ...
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