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Explosion in Lab at South Carolina State
Orangeburg, SC (WLTX) - There has been an explosion in a laboratory on the campus of South Carolina State University, public safety officials confirm.
No. 1 Kentucky routs South Carolina 86-52
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Anthony Davis had 22 points, eight rebounds and eight blocks as No. 1 Kentucky wiped away the memories of the last time the top-ranked Wildcats came to South Carolina with an 86-52 victory Saturday night.
South Carolina Mom Says She Rubbed Cocaine on Sore...
South Carolina Mom Says She Rubbed Cocaine on Sore Tooth Before Giving Birth
South Carolina gas prices continue to rise
COLUMBIA, SC - Average retail gasoline prices in South Carolina have risen 3.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.34/g Sunday.
Johnson pointed Brown towards USC job
When Grady Brown was first approached by South Carolina about becoming the Gamecocks new secondary coach and...
Davis, Kentucky overpower South Carolina 86-52
Freshman forward Anthony Davis breaks Shaquille O'Neal's SEC freshman blocking record during his 22-point performance versus South Carolina.

New subcommittee wants to make South Carolina 'fiscally' fit
Six South Carolina senators pack into Aiken Tech for a public hearing. They wanted to hear from some of you. After the federal debt ceiling crisis months ago, they don't want the same thing happening in South Carolina. They have big plans for the upcoming session in Columbia.
Waste contractor to cut jobs beginning in December
A new round of layoffs is starting next month at a former nuclear complex. According to The Aiken Standard, 18 Savannah River Remediation employees took buyouts before a Friday deadline.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley gives Aiken...
AIKEN - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley unveiled her legislative report card Wednesday night in Aiken.
Bachmann continues campaigning in South Carolina
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is continuing her campaign in South Carolina with stops in Columbia and Aiken. The Minnesota congressman is set to address the South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning.
Procedures checked in lethal match
State regulations and procedures were followed in the Aiken bout where mixed-martial arts fighter Michael Kirkham was fatally injured last year, the S.C. Athletic Commission found.Kirkham, fighting in his first professional match, cleared a pre-fight physical 90 minutes before the fight, according to a one-page report given to commission board members Friday. His blood work and eye exam documents were up to date when he entered the cage against Carlos Iraburo on June 26, 2010.The event and its...
Some SC livestock farmers eligible for drought aid
The worsening drought in South Carolina has made some livestock farmers eligible for federal disaster money.The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the weather has been so dry in 10 counties that livestock farmers can get disaster money set aside for grazing animals.Officials say farmers who want to make a claim in the Livestock Forage Disaster Program have until the end of the year.The eligible counties are those which have reached severe drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. They are...
SC killer of 4 dealt with financial woes
The man who killed his wife, ex-girlfriend and two others before committing suicide in South Carolina occasionally repaired glass at the local police department and was struggling financially before the slayings, a friend said.The sister of the suspect's ex-girlfriend, however, described him as controlling and short-tempered.Wagener police officer Michael Rushton - who was among many officers trying to capture Kenneth Myers on Saturday - told The Aiken Standard that he had known Myers for eight...
Authorities: S.C. man kills 4, then kills himself
An S.C. man suspected of killing four people, including his wife and ex-wife, killed himself Sunday after leading police on a chase back to the scene of three of the slayings, authorities said.Kenneth Myers, 46, was driving his dead ex-wife's car when deputies began chasing him early Sunday morning, Aiken County Sheriff's Capt. Charles Barranco said.Officers fired several shots at Myers as he tried to ram their cruisers before the chase ended back at the home where deputies found three people...
Authorities: Man kills 4 in SC, then kills himself
COLUMBIA - A South Carolina man suspected of killing four people, including his wife and ex-wife, killed himself Sunday after leading police on a chase back to the scene of three of the slayings, authorities said. Kenneth Myers, 46, was driving his dead ex-wife's car when deputies began chasing him early Sunday morning, Aiken County Sheriff's Capt. Charles Barranco said.
Heat again threatens SC Midlands, coast
Another day of dangerous heat in much of South Carolina.The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued heat advisories for 28 of South Carolina's 46 counties. The warning is in effect from noon until 8 p.m.Forecasters say the dangerous conditions will be in effect on the east side of a line stretching from Darlington to Aiken counties.The heat index is expected to range from 105 to 110.
Drought status worsens in some areas
The state Drought Response Committee on Friday upgraded the drought status to moderate in 26 counties, including most of the Lowcountry and the Pee Dee.The major impact of the below-average rainfall in those counties has been on agriculture, not on drinking water supplies. The change is status doesn’t prompt water use restrictions.Moderate status is the second step in a four-step measure of drought severity. The rest of the state, including Richland, Lexington and Kershaw counties, remains...
North triumphs in AAAA/A softball
AIKEN -- The North AAAA/A softball squad, led by J.L. Mann High School's Leslie Jury, an Alabama commitment and the star of Mann's state championship season, defeated the South AAAA/A squad 4-1 Wednesday night.
Scientist to study train-spill effects
With the help of a nearly $3 million federal grant, a South Carolina researcher is beginning to study the long-term health effects of a deadly train wreck and chemical spill in Aiken County in 2005.
Coastal Carolina coach Gilmore honored for 900th...
When former Coastal Carolina athletic director Andy Hendrick was charged with hiring a new baseball coach back in the mid 1990s, he says he talked to a few national candidates about the position.But all the while, he had a sense that the best choice was the up-and-comer on the other side of the state, and as he recalls, he wasn't the only one who thought that then-USC Aiken coach Gary Gilmore was the man for the job."He was already very, very high on the radar. He made his interest known,"...
Federal grant given to study S.C. train wreck
With the help of a nearly $3 million federal grant, a South Carolina researcher is beginning to study the long-term health effects of a deadly train wreck and chemical spill in Aiken County in 2005.University of South Carolina researcher Erik Svendsen said Friday the grant from the National Institute of Health will help him and his team study the long-term effects specifically of millworkers injured in the Graniteville crash.Svendsen's project, which is called the Graniteville Recovery and...
A club ahead of its time
Jane Covington has seen a lot of history in almost 90 years. Made a good bit of history, too; recognized as the “First Lady of South Carolina Golf,” the longtime Orangeburg resident was a co-founder of the Women’s S.C. Golf Association in 1948, won five S.C. Women’s Amateurs and five Carolinas Women’s Amateurs, and is in both the S.C. and Carolinas Golf Halls of Fame.It’s hard to stump the octogenarian about many things involving women’s golf. But she laughed...
Suspect wanted in Aiken to turn self in
A man wanted by the Aiken Public Safety Department on a criminal domestic violence charge had already made arrangements Friday to surrender to authorities on Monday, his lawyer said.
Lawyer: Man wanted in Aiken plans to surrender
A man accused of choking and biting his girlfriend is wanted by Aiken police and thought to be staying in the Lowcountry.
Carolina Forest shuts down Aiken in boys soccer
The first 60 minutes of Thursday's second-round playoff game between Carolina Forest and Aiken were gritty, scoreless and full of midfield jostling and acrobatic saves from both goalies.But then, in a two-minute flurry that erupted a nervous home crowd into a crescendo of noisy cheering, Carolina Forest scored twice, deflated the visiting Aiken squad and moved with ease into the third round of the Class AAAA boys soccer playoffs.The 3-0 win was essentially put away with the back-to-back goals,...
Raising questions of faith: Local minister, imam...
The Rev. Jonathan Van Deventer was an associate minister at First Presbyterian Church in Aiken when the hijacked airliners plunged into the Twin Towers, Pentagon and an open field near Shanksville, Pa., on that bright Tuesday morning.
South Carolina governor recounts 100 days
AIKEN --- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's first 100 days as governor have been all about taking care of business.
SC Gov Haley hits the road to discuss 1st 100 days
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is hitting the road to talk about her first 100 days in office.The Republican governor has stops planned in Orangeburg and Aiken on Monday.Haley was inaugurated in January and has seen some success and faced criticism.
New technology = smarter rivers: Wireless sensor...
AIKEN -- Clemson University ecologist Gene Eidson hopes soon to be able to monitor from his computer screen water conditions at any point along the Savannah River as it meanders hundreds of miles from Upstate South Carolina to Jasper County.
SC water company seeks 80 percent rate increase
South Carolina regulators say a water and sewer service provider is seeking approval for an 80 percent rate increase.The Office of Regulatory Staff said Wednesday that Carolina Water Service Inc. wants to raise rates from an average of $36 a month for full-service water customers to more than $65. Typical full-service sewer customers would see a smaller increase of about $5 a month to $44.Carolina Water Service has more than 7,600 water and 11,000 sewer customers in Aiken, Beaufort, Georgetown,...
Man gets 40 years in Pickens mobile home shooting
An Aiken County man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man in his mobile home in Pickens.The Greenville News reports that it took a jury less than an hour Wednesday to find 21-year-old Christopher Murray guilty of murder in the death of 21-year-old James GibsonMurray was arrested in January 2010 after Gibson was found dead in his home with a gunshot to the chest.Investigators say Murray told someone he was going to get Gibson and then admitted that he shot him.Murray did not...

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