Articles by Jeffrey Collins

New South Carolina Law Requires Ignition Locks in More DUI Cases

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as signed into law a bill requiring more people convicted of driving under the influence to install a device that won’t let their vehicles start if the drivers have been drinking. The governor enacted what …

Road Deaths Rose in South Carolina for Second Year

More people died on South Carolina roads in 2012 than the previous year, the second year in a row the state saw a year-over-year increase. The state Highway Patrol’s preliminary reports show 833 deaths on South Carolina highways and roads …

Email Inbox Not Private, Says South Carolina Court

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover because the messages remained in his inbox. In their …

Chemical Firm Cited in Deadly South Carolina Ammonia Leak

A chemical company committed seven serious violations and was fined more than $23,000 after a ruptured hose caused an ammonia leak that killed a passing motorist in July, South Carolina workplace safety officials announced. Southampton, Pa.-based Tanner Industries didn’t have …

South Carolina Still Looking for Lessons from Myrtle Beach Wildfire

The fire chief in one of South Carolina’s busiest tourist spots said he won’t alter his agency’s practices even though his crews failed to extinguish a small blaze that mushroomed into the worst wildfire in state history. Chief Garry Alderman, …

South Carolina Court Awards $10 Million to Man Cut by Health Insurer

The South Carolina Supreme Court this week upheld a multimillion verdict against an insurer the justices said revoked a man’s health policy after he tested positive for HIV based solely on a nurse writing down the wrong year for the …

Tropical Storm Hanna Landfalls in Carolinas, Ike Threatens Florida

Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early on Sept. 6 at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna’s center came on land …