Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Obama Product Safety Chief Tenenbaum Returns to South Carolina
Dec 6 2013 // After four years in Washington as the nation’s products safety czar, Inez Tenenbaum is coming home to the Columbia area, her life changed in ways large and small. “Now I’m always giving advice unsolicited...
South Carolina’s Greenville Eyes Driver Cellphone Ban
Dec 5 2013 // Greenville, South Carolina is considering a ban on any use of a cellphone in a driver’s hand. The city has created a task force to look at driving safety. Mayor Pro Tem David Sudduth said Monday they determined just...
Insurance Lab in South Carolina Aims to Alter ‘Cycle of Destruction’
Dec 2 2013 // The insurance industry hopes a 21,000-square-foot lab in rural South Carolina can help revolutionize the way homes are built and stem the cost of Mother Nature’s disasters. Officials at the Insurance Institute for...
South Carolina City’s Special Court to Deal with Abandoned Properties
Oct 24 2013 // Florence is taking steps to deal with abandoned and run-down buildings and revitalize neighborhoods by starting a city livability court. The Morning News reported that the court approved by the City Council last week will...
South Carolina Eyes Raising Penalties to Improve Construction Zone Safety
Oct 18 2013 // A bill proposed by two state senators would increase fines and jail time for driving violations in construction zones in South Carolina. “It’s common sense to take these extra steps for safety,” Sen. Paul...
Feds Vow More Oversight at South Carolina Nuclear Plant
Sep 25 2013 // Federal officials announced they are going to be doing more oversight at a South Carolina nuclear power plant that has tallied a number of incidents in recent years. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is going to keep a...
South Carolina’s Shealy Used to Being Lone Woman
Sep 23 2013 // Katrina Frye Shealy was the only woman in her insurance agency for years. It turns out that that was useful experience for her political career. Today Shealy is the sole woman in the South Carolina...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Shealy is Sole Woman in South Carolina Senate
Sep 11 2013 // Katrina Frye Shealy was the only woman in her insurance agency for years. It turns out that that was useful experience for her political career. Today Shealy is the sole woman in the South Carolina Senate. Sen. Katrina...
Premium Increases Under Obamacare Not as High as Expected: Study
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
South Carolina Court Upholds Exclusions Blocking Contractor Suit Against Subcontractor
Aug 22 2013 // South Carolina’s high court has found that a general contractor cannot sue a subcontractor for faulty workmanship in instances where the subcontractor is in essence doing work on the contractor’s behalf. The...
Electronics Firm AVX Appeals South Carolina $750K Pollution Verdict
Aug 20 2013 // Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. is appealing a $750,000 verdict in a pollution lawsuit. A state jury awarded the damages earlier this month to a Myrtle Beach developer who sued AVX saying groundwater pollution by the...
S.C. Researchers Unveil New Hurricane Model; Program to Offer Landfall Probability
Aug 7 2013 // As hurricane season approaches its peak, researchers at South Carolina’s Coastal Carolina University unveiled a new hurricane model program named after a massive Category 4 storm that smashed into South Carolina a...
South Carolina Governor Celebrates Police Dog Liability Law
Aug 2 2013 // Gov. Nikki Haley traveled Upstate Thursday for a signing ceremony for a new South Carolina law giving police K-9 units some protection in court. Haley visited Taylors for a ceremonial bill signing. She first signed the...
South Carolina Man Must Pay $75K for Defamation for Forwarding Email
Aug 1 2013 // A North Charleston man has been ordered to pay $75,000 to best-selling author Fern Michaels for defamation. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that Craig Dilley must pay for forwarding a defamatory email to a...
Lightning Strike Knocks Out DUI Records in South Carolina
Jul 25 2013 // Hearings in drunken driving cases are being postponed as the State Law Enforcement Division works to restore a computer server containing 22 years’ worth of evidence. SLED spokesman Thom Berry said the database of...
South Carolina Limits Police Liability for Dog Bites
Jul 22 2013 // A new South Carolina law provides police K-9 units some protection in court. Until last month, the state’s strict liability statute for dog bites meant criminal suspects could almost certainly collect a settlement if...
Regions Insurance Opens First South Carolina Office; Norris to Head
Jul 15 2013 // Regions Insurance has established an office in Columbia, S.C. and hired insurance executive Frank Norris to lead the office, its first in South Carolina. Norris and his team join Regions Insurance from Frank B. Norris and...
South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns ‘Tony Soprano’ Verdicts
Jul 9 2013 // South Carolina’s high court has overturned $11 million in verdicts against a Charleston attorney accused of defaming businessmen by comparing them to television mobster Tony Soprano. The Post and Courier of...
S.C. Sheriff’s Office Settles Lawsuit; Insurance Reserve Fund to Cover Costs
Jun 21 2013 // The York County sheriff’s office in South Carolina has reached a settlement with the family of a pedestrian struck and killed by a deputy’s patrol car. The Herald of Rock Hill reported the sheriff’s...
South Carolina Woman Sues Bail Firm, Alleges Tracking Device Failed
Jun 14 2013 // A woman says a North Charleston, S.C. bonding company failed to monitor a 25-year-old man who sexually assaulted her while wearing one of the firm’s tracking devices. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that...
