A South Carolina administrative judge’s ruling has potential to change how liquor license laws in the state are currently enforced. When Judge Deborah Durden ruled April 4 to deny the Five Points Roost, formerly known as the Pour House, a ...

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For those Columbians who enjoy booze for breakfast, at least one lawmaker is looking to make a memory of middle-of-the-night mimosas in The Metro. While the law dictates that most bars shut off their taps at 2 a.m., several have ...

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It took a ruling from the state Supreme Court to make it happen, but Aiken is set to get a Total Wine & More store. See, the problem was that South Carolina law prohibits any holder of a liquor license ...

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GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Despite opposition from pastors and church members, a referendum on allowing Sunday alcohol sales in stores and restaurants in Gaffney will go before the voters this fall. Local media outlets report that dozens of opponents turned ...

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The fact that news is unsurprising does not necessarily make it any more pleasant. Such was the case with the result of a study published recently by the American Society of Addiction Medicine which found that more than 20 percent ...

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Orangeburg County is moving to closing bars earlier in an effort to prevent violence at nightspots. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg  reports that the county council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A coroner says an 18-year-old University of South Carolina student found dead in an off-campus home had four times the legal limit of alcohol in his body. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Charles Terreni Jr. had ...

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SPARTANBURG (AP) — Voters in a number of South Carolina communities have agreed to allow diners to have a drink on Sunday. Media outlets report that referendums to allow alcohol sales in bars and restaurants were approved Tuesday in Spartanburg ...

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SPARTANBURG (AP) — Spartanburg County Council has given tentative approval to allow voters to decide if bars and restaurants can serve alcohol on Sundays. The ordinance endorsed Tuesday will require two more votes before voters get to decide on the ...

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People with concealed weapon permits in could soon be able to carry their guns into South Carolina businesses that serve alcohol.

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