COLUMBIA (AP) — The director of the Richland County Department of Social Services is resigning, as the agency has been under fire for the deaths of two children. The agency confirmed Thursday night that Elizabeth Stroup is stepping down after ...

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The S.C. Department of Corrections has asked a trial judge to go back and change a ruling which chastised the agency for its pervasive mistreatment of mentally ill inmates in the state’s prison system.   The department’s motion requests that ...

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Lawmakers are expected to take up a bill this session aimed at giving South Carolina residents ammunition against websites that publish arrest mug shots and then demand hundreds of dollars to remove the embarrassing photos. The bill is part of ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A Richland County deputy charged with assault after putting a woman in handcuffs at a Columbia restaurant has now been fired. Sheriff Leon Lott decided to terminate 49-year-old Paul Derrick’s employment after meeting last week with prosecutors ...

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A man charged with kidnapping a Richland County teen is appealing his 17-year prison sentence on a federal ammunition charge.

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A Richland County jail officer is charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend, then setting her body on fire.

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Among Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott’s vast array of law enforcement skills, the most impressive has to be his unfaltering ability to nab a headline. The man flat knows how to get his name in the press and pinging around ...

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A state judge has signed off on a settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit involving a man killed last year when a Richland County sheriff's cruiser hit his sports utility vehicle.

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A University of South Carolina professor is dropping his lawsuit in Richland County against a panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley in order to join a similar lawsuit at the state Supreme Court.

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C-Sculptures, LLC, #1 v. Brown. Even though an unlicensed contractor may not enforce a construction contract, there is no S.C. law regarding a contractor's right to enforce a contract for . . .

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