By The Associated Press
Published: January 14,2011
ATLANTA (AP) – States that crack down on illegal immigrants should also help farmers who need seasonal labor, the nation’s largest farm lobbying group said Jan. 11. And if Congress doesn’t overhaul immigration, farmers will assist the federal government in helping states create programs that give growers access to enough legal labor, under a policy [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: January 14,2011
FORT MILL (AP) – The magistrate’s office in Fort Mill has been closed by mold. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that York County public works director David Harmon says an environmental company is taking samples in the building. Harmon says officials found mold in the ceiling in the foyer outside the courtroom. Harmon says [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: January 14,2011
COLUMBIA (AP) – South Carolina law would require legislators to take a roll call on most of their votes under a proposal fast-tracked by House lawmakers in their first week back in Columbia. The House bypassed the committee process to approve the measure 104-0 Thursday, and allowed it to head to the Senate after an [...]
By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: November 1,2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — School officials who barred a South Carolina student from wearing shirts with the Confederate battle flag on campus failed to demonstrate that her clothes would be disruptive, the former pupil’s lawyer told a federal appeals court. Kirk D. Lyons urged a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals [...]
By S.C. Lawyers Weekly staff
Published: November 1,2010
CHARLESTON (AP) — Sprinklers in the loading dock of a Charleston furniture store would have contained a fire that killed nine firefighters more than three years ago, a new federal study concluded Thursday. The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology also found the large open display space and large quantities of flammable furniture [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: October 25,2010
COLUMBIA (AP) – U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and health care providers will be talking up plans to repeal and replace the new national health care law. Graham and physicians were slated to hold a news conference in Columbia Friday and present their “Citizens Prescription to Repeal and Replace Obamacare.” The federal legislation backed by President [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: October 25,2010
BISHOPVILLE (AP) – The former public works director in Lee County has been indicted on an embezzlement charge. U.S. Attorney William Nettles says 39-year-old John Muldrow is accused of taking more than $5,000 of county property for his personal use. Multiple media outlets reported that Muldrow is accused of taking the property between January and [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: October 25,2010
COLUMBIA (AP) – A Columbia Parks and Recreation Department employee is facing charges for allegedly taking kickbacks from contractors working on city projects. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 34-year-old Damon McDuffie was indicted Thursday on two counts of solicitation and receipt of illegal payments from contractors. Prosecutors say McDuffie took kickbacks from contractors from October [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: October 25,2010
GREENVILLE (AP) – A former Clemson University official has been indicted on charges of taking a computer and documents when he left the school. Multiple media outlets reported Chalmers Eugene Troutman III has been indicted by the Greenville County grand jury on charges of grand larceny and computer crime. Troutman had been the executive secretary [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: October 25,2010
COLUMBIA (AP) – A group of women who support Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual harassment against then-U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas met again in Columbia. The 19th annual “We Believe Anita Hill” party took place Thursday. The gathering began in 1992, a year after Hill testified during Thomas’ confirmation hearings. The women say [...]
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