Latest South Carolina Headlines
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Supreme Court Lets Stand $124M Penalty Against Risperdal Drugmaker
Jan 11 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s appeal of a $124 million penalty imposed by South Carolina after a jury found the drugmaker had improperly marketed the...
South Carolina Prescription Drug Database Mandate to Take Effect April 1
Jan 7 2016 // Most doctors in South Carolina will soon be required to consult a statewide database of patients’ medical history as a way to combat the state’s rampant prescription painkiller problem. The changes will direct...
Hoverboard Explodes, Causes Small Fire Inside South Carolina Home
Jan 3 2016 // Authorities say a hoverboard exploded inside a South Carolina home, causing a small fire but no injuries. The Mauldin Fire Department tells local news outlets one of the popular toys exploded inside a home Dec. 29. Fire...
Lawsuits Filed Against South Carolina Homeowner Who Killed Intruder
Dec 31 2015 // Two lawsuits have been filed by the mother of a man who was fatally shot by an Anderson, South Carolina, homeowner who said someone was trying to break into his house. The Anderson Independent-Mail reports Jo Pickens,...
South Carolina Lawmaker Plans to Seek Additional Aid for Farmers
Dec 28 2015 // The state House’s budget leader says he wants to reassure South Carolina farmers devastated by October’s flooding disaster that the Legislature will help them out. Lawmakers must help farmers survive direct...
South Carolina City Had Wettest Year on Record in 2015
Dec 22 2015 // It’s been a good year for ducks in Charleston as the National Weather Service reports that 2015 has been the wettest year on record. The Weather Service says that the record was set about 1:30 a.m. on Friday when the...
South Carolina Insurers to Weather at Least $181M in Claims from October Storm
Dec 21 2015 // The mega-storm that devastated South Carolina in early October is estimated to have cost more than $1.4 billion with insurers paying around $181 million of those losses in claims, so far. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley...
Worker Killed at Colgate-Palmolive Plant in South Carolina
Dec 16 2015 // Authorities say a 51-year-old worker has been killed after a pressurized hose broke loose at the Colgate-Palmolive plant in Greenwood, S.C. Greenwood County Coroner Sonny Cox told media outlets that Billy Alexander of...
South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Getting 800 Surveillance Cameras
Dec 14 2015 // Officials say a plan to install more than 800 surveillance cameras in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is on track to be completed by the end of the month. The Sun-News of Myrtle Beach reports the city is spending more than $2 million...
Disaster Loans Available to Agricultural Entities in South Carolina
Dec 14 2015 // The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Dec. 8 that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most...
South Carolina Governor Denies Farmer Request to Seek Storm Loss Aid
Dec 9 2015 // Farmers packed the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday to beg Gov. Nikki Haley to ask Congress for money to offset their estimated $376 million in losses from last month’s historic flooding. But the Republican...
South Carolina Insurers to Weather At Least $181M in Claims from October Storm
Dec 8 2015 // A pickup truck rests against the side of Gills Creek near a bridge in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday. (AP...
South Carolina Lawmaker Proposes Sorority, Fraternity Information Database
Dec 8 2015 // A South Carolina lawmaker is proposing that the state set up an online database where violations, arrests and investigations linked to fraternity and sorority activities at the state’s public colleges can be...
South Carolina Establishes New Precedent for Legal Malpractice Cases
Dec 7 2015 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a decade old precedent-setting decision in which it dismissed a legal malpractice case based on the expiration of the statute of limitations and in doing so adopted a new rule...
South Carolina Flood Aid Deadline Extended
Dec 1 2015 // South Carolina residents who suffered damage in October’s massive floods will have an extra month to request federal help. Gov. Nikki Haley’s office announced in a statement Monday that the deadline to apply...
South Carolina Governor Requests Crop Insurance Payments be Expedited
Nov 25 2015 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture to speed up crop insurance payments to farmers who lost their harvests because of last month’s historic flooding. Haley asked Secretary Thomas...
South Carolina’s Agricultural Flood Loss Estimate Reaches $587M
Nov 22 2015 // The farms and playground area for picking pumpkins are swamped in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. South Carolina is still struggling with floodwaters due to a slow moving storm system. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) South...
South Carolina Lakefront Property Owners Without a Lake After Floods
Nov 20 2015 // South Carolina homeowners living around lakes where dams failed in the historic flooding face uncertainty about when their properties will be waterfront again. The State newspaper reported that rebuilding dams will cost...
Gov. Haley Establishes South Carolina Flood Relief Fund
Nov 17 2015 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called on people across the nation Monday to contribute to the One SC relief fund to rebuild homes following last month’s historic flooding, saying it can do what the government...
Flood Warnings in Effect for Rising South Carolina Coastal Rivers
Nov 17 2015 // Forecasters are warning of rising river levels near the South Carolina coast. The National Weather Service said a flood warning is still in effect for the Santee River near Jamestown in Berkeley County. At 6 p.m. Sunday...
