South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

BEAUFORT (AP) A South Carolina man has been sentenced to prison in the 2016 shooting death of his girlfriend. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports 45-year-old Jamie Jermaine Robinson was convicted July 19 of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 47-year-old ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is stepping up efforts to sell a state-owned utility that was the minority partner in the abandonment of the construction of two nuclear reactors last year. News outlets reported McMaster has appointed himself ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A former police chief of one of South Carolina’s largest cities faces a drug charge after authorities found a fugitive in his home. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says deputies found methamphetamine in former Columbia Police Chief Randy ...

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  When it comes to addressing the annoying and pervasive presence of potholes, South Carolina apparently prefers a reactive approach—instead of actually fixing the potholes, the state would rather pay for the damage that the pavement pockmarks cause to vehicles. ...

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Primary elections for probate judge positions were held June 12. The South Carolina Bar recently published a list of the candidates who will be on the November 6 ballot. Many are running unopposed, but Republican Judge Kenneth Fulp Jr. will ...

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Beginning Aug. 1, worker’s compensation filing fees in South Carolina will increase to $50. The General Assembly authorized the $25 increase as part of their 2018-2019 budget in an effort to fund the development of the IT Legacy Modernization Project, ...

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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is one of 26 state attorneys general urging the Senate to confirm the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The group sent a letter of support to Senate leaders July 13. ...

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MYRTLE BEACH (AP) It appears questions about jurisdiction delayed a police response to a shooting death in South Carolina last week. News outlets reported 42-year-old Mark Verhasselt was found dead in the parking lot of a condominium complex near Myrtle ...

Tagged with: Horry County Jurisdiction Myrtle Beach police response

ORANGEBURG (AP) The last of three men who escaped from a county jail in South Carolina in May has been captured. Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says 20-year-old Curtis Green was taken into custody by his deputies around 6:30 a.m. ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) Federal regulators have given the first of several levels of approval to a Virginia-based power company’s proposed merger with an embattled South Carolina utility after the failure of a multibillion-dollar nuclear project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July ...

Tagged with: Dominion Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Merger SCANA Corp.