Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Settlement Reached in South Carolina Blaze that Killed 9 Firefighters
Jan 14 2008 // The owners of a Charleston furniture store that burned down and killed nine firefighters agreed to pay $13,110 in fines but they admitted no wrongdoing, state regulators announced last week. The Sofa Super Store was...
S.C. Dog Food Maker to Pay $3.1 Million Settlement after Pet Deaths
Jan 7 2008 // A South Carolina company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said last week. The pet food, which contained a mold called...
Fire Heavily Damages South Carolina Church
Jan 4 2008 // A fast-moving fire destroyed the sanctuary of a Spartanburg County, S.C. church, bringing down its steeple. The employees and construction crew inside escaped without injury when the Abner Creek Baptist Church caught fire...
CarInsurance.com Adds Insurance Carriers for 2008
Jan 3 2008 // CarInsurance.com, which sells auto insurance over the Internet, has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering. In November and December 2007, the firm expanded and now offers Encompass Insurance...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Southeast
Dec 31 2007 // High heat, changing winds put reputations on the line. 1. Florida’s gamble “It’s all about rates,” maintained Sam Miller, of the industry’s Florida Insurance Council. Florida lawmakers in...
S.C. Sofa Store Fire
Dec 23 2007 // In June, fire swept through a Sofa Super Store furniture warehouse in Charleston, S.C., collapsing the building’s roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in the nation’s single worst loss of...
S.C. Insurance Department Proposes Captive Company Standards
Dec 19 2007 // S.C. Department of Insurance Director Scott Richardson has proposed a Bulletin establishing clear standards for captive management companies in South Carolina including specific requirements for character, reputation,...
