Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Recycling Plant Fire in South Carolina Creates Environmental Hazard
May 1 2008 // State environmental officials say runoff from the thousands of gallons of water sprayed on a fire at a South Carolina recycling plant may have killed hundreds of fish. The facility where plastic bottles and cardboard are...
South Carolina House Approves Bill Calling for Fire-Safe Cigarettes
May 1 2008 // Tobacco companies would have to ensure cigarettes meet fire safety standards under legislation that has won key approval in the South Carolina House. Such cigarettes use slow-burning paper and go out when they aren’t...
South Carolina Gov. Names Public Safety Director
Apr 25 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford nominated State Law Enforcement Division Chief of Staff Mark Keel to become the director of the state Department of Public Safety. Prior to becoming chief of staff, Keel, 50, was captain in...
Report: South Carolina Officials Label York Mill Fire as Suspicious
Apr 23 2008 // Officials say they now think the fire that destroyed a more than 100-year-old cotton mill in York, South Carolina is suspicious. The Herald of Rock Hill reports that York Fire Chief Domenic Manera said authorities...
South Carolina Gov. Signs Impaired Driving Bill into Law
Apr 22 2008 // South Carolina Gov.Mark Sanford signed a new law last week to toughen the state’s penalties for driving under the influence and to remove enforcement loopholes. The bill significantly strengthens the state’s...
State-Federal Showdown Over Real ID License Averted … For Now
Apr 21 2008 // The clash between the states and the federal government over nationwide rules to make driver’s licenses more secure has ended — for now. A truce, of sorts, between the 50 states and the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Invasive Weed Adds Fuel to Fire Risk in Parched Southeast
Apr 21 2008 // An invasive weed that already has infested more than 1 million acres nationwide continues to spread across the parched Southeast, and experts say the region’s drought makes the highly flammable intruder more...
S.C. Textile Firm, Railroad Settle in Train Wreck
Apr 21 2008 // A South Carolina textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 settled a lawsuit with a railroad company, ending a trial that began a month ago, an attorney for the firm said. Avondale...
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
Wild Dunes Fined $18,000 for Littering South Carolina Coast with Sandbags
Apr 16 2008 // South Carolina officials and property owners along the eroding beach at Wild Dunes have agreed to a fine of $18,000 for the thousands of sandbags that ended up littering the state’s coast and marshes after storms...
South Carolina Workers’ Comp Exclusivity Doesn’t Bar Invasion of Privacy
Apr 16 2008 // A South Carolina workers’ compensation exclusivity statute did not bar an employee from filing claims for invasion of privacy and false imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital, according to a U.S. District Court...
South Carolina Attorney Declines Consideration for Workers’ Comp Board
Apr 15 2008 // Columbia, S.C. attorney, Samuel Painter, withdrew his name from consideration for a term on the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission. Painter faced repeated questions earlier this week about his involvement...
Widow of Firefighter Killed in South Carolina Store Fire Sues Businesses
Apr 14 2008 // The widow of one of the Charleston, S.C. firefighters killed in last year’s Sofa Super Store blaze has sued the store, several furniture makers and other businesses, saying they were negligent in her husband’s...
Invasive Weed Adds Fuel to Fire Risk in Drought-Parched Southeast
Apr 14 2008 // An invasive weed that already has infested more than 1 million acres nationwide continues to spread across the parched Southeast, and experts say the region’s drought makes the highly flammable intruder more...
State-Federal Showdown over Real ID National License Averted
Apr 11 2008 // The clash between the states and the federal government over nationwide rules to make driver’s licenses more secure has ended — for now. A truce, of sorts, between the 50 states and the U.S. Department of Homeland...
South Carolina-based First Financial Unit Buys Somers-Pardue
Apr 11 2008 // Banker and insurance broker First Financial Holdings Inc. of Charleston, S.C., said Thursday its subsidiary First Southeast Insurance Services Inc. bought The Somers-Pardue Agency Inc. for $18.8 million Under the...
Attorney: South Carolina Textile Firm, Railroad Settle in Train Wreck Lawsuit
Apr 8 2008 // A South Carolina textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 settled a lawsuit with a railroad company, ending a trial that began a month ago, an attorney for the firm said...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Nominees Put Law Before Governor’s Orders
Apr 7 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s nominees to the Workers’ Compensation Commission say they would follow what the law requires and not bow to executive orders issued by a governor. The Senate Judiciary...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Update: Train Exec Didn’t Promise to Keep Mill Open after South Carolina Crash
Apr 4 2008 // The former chief executive of railroad owner Norfolk Southern says he never promised that his company would pay to keep a South Carolina textile mill open after it had been damaged by a 2005 toxic chemical spill. A Norfolk...
