Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.C. Manufacturer Recalls 67,000 Car Seats for Safety Reasons
Mar 6 2008 // Some 67,000 child car seats manufactured by South Carolina-based Combi USA Inc., are being recalled because federal tests show the seats might separate from their bases in front-end collisions, the company said. In a...
S.C. Drivers Face Penalties for not Switching Lanes to Avoid Emergency
Mar 6 2008 // South Carolina Drivers who don’t slow down and switch lanes on a four-lane highway to avoid law enforcement or emergency workers on the roadside could get four points on their license under legislation approved...
S.C.-Based Rosenfeld Einstein Adds Whaley as Account Manager
Mar 6 2008 // South Carolina’s Rosenfeld Einstein, announced the addition of Dani Whaley as an Account Manager in the firm’s Employee Benefits Group. Whaley joins the firm with more than 15 years of professional experience...
S.C. House Toughens Drunk Driving Bill; Gov. Sanford Urges Senate Follow
Mar 5 2008 // The South Carolina Congress amended key penalties in a bill aimed at toughening the state’s drunk driving laws, which Gov. Mark Sanford called for in his state of the state address as part of his “First 30 Days...
S. C. Insurance Department Announces 4th Round of Safe Home Grants
Mar 4 2008 // Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance and chairman of the advisory committee for the South Carolina Building Codes Council, announced the fourth round of awards for the S.C. Safe Home...
S.C. Couple Seeks to Hold Insurance Co., TV Station Liable for Slander
Mar 4 2008 // A couple that has won multiple lawsuits over a smear campaign by a former television station news director has sued the former owner of the station looking to collect a judgment won against the company’s former...
S.C. Firefighters Say Hydrants are Being Vandalized in Columbia
Feb 28 2008 // Columbia, S.C. firefighters say at least a dozen Richland County hydrants have been vandalized by thieves seeking brass, leaving them not working. Deputy Chief Aubrey Jenkins says the thieves are taking the operating nuts...
S.C. Gov. Sanford, Workers’ Comp Panel Payment Spat Reaches Court
Feb 24 2008 // A struggle between South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and a commission that determines how much money injured workers receive is now in federal court. A restraining order blocking the state Workers’ Compensation...
Business Moves
Feb 24 2008 // Higginbotham & Associates, ATMD Higginbotham & Associates announced a partnership with Allred-Thompson-Mason-Daugherty (ATMD) in an effort to broaden its Texas presence. ATMD is a general lines insurance agency...
S.C. Senate Approves Tougher Penalties for Drunken Driving
Feb 22 2008 // The fines and prison time that repeat drunken drivers face would hinge on how much alcohol they have in their bodies under a measure that received key approval Wednesday in the South Carolina Senate. Senators also decided...
Workers’ Comp: S.C. Gov. Stretches the Limits of Authority
Feb 20 2008 // As South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s drive to give his successors more power gains little traction among state legislators, he’s taking the quest to where some of his predecessors have gone before: the third...
S.C. Church Fire Causes $300,000 Damage, Arson Ruled Out
Feb 20 2008 // Sumter County, S.C. fire officials are investigating the origin of a church fire that caused about $300,000 in damages and destroyed the sanctuary. No foul play is suspected. Sumter Fire Captain Brian Horton said the fire...
S.C. Gov. to State Senate: Stop Toying with Drunk Driving Law
Feb 15 2008 // In a written statement Tuesday, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford reacted to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s refusal to strip harmful amendments from the DUI bill: “We knew going in that some on this Senate...
Former Workers: S.C. Poultry Company’s Safety Record a Charade
Feb 15 2008 // The House of Raeford boasts that its plant in Greenville, S.C., has gone more than 7 million hours without having a worker miss an entire shift because of injury. But the North Carolina-based company has met that mark by...
S.C. Blaze Destroy Homes, Prompts Evacuation of Dozens
Feb 14 2008 // A blaze that destroyed several homes in South Carolina and led to the evacuation of 60 others started as a trash fire that was initially doused by two fire agencies, but reignited a day later into a wind-whipped 240-acre...
People Flee as Fires in Rain-Starved Carolinas, Va. Burn Homes
Feb 12 2008 // Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday. Twelve small structures, including at least...
Dispute between S.C. Gov., Workers’ Comp Panel in Court this Month
Feb 8 2008 // A struggle between South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s office and a commission that determines how much money injured workers receive is in federal court this month. A restraining order blocking the state...
South Carolina Warehouse Fire Ruled Accidental
Jan 25 2008 // Sumter, S.C., fire officials say a spark from a torch being used to dismantle equipment at a warehouse led to the fire that destroyed the 30,000-square-foot building. Sumter Fire Department investigators said Wednesday the...
Warehouse Fire One of Biggest in Memory, Says Sumter, S.C. Official
Jan 23 2008 // Sumter, S.C. Fire Capt. Brian Horton says one of the biggest fires he can remember has engulfed a former furniture warehouse near downtown. Authorities say it took nearly three hours to get the blaze under control Monday...
S.C. Company Wants Neighbors to Help Pay for Pollution Cleanup
Jan 21 2008 // A South Carolina company being sued by neighbors for polluting groundwater around its plant in Myrtle Beach is asking a court to force those neighbors to help pay for testing and cleanup of contamination. AVX Corp. says in...
