A cross between a truck and a boat built by a small South Carolina company is designed to help respond in a new world of increasingly wet disasters brought on by global warming. The Amphibious Responder, depending on configuration, can …
The first medical office in the nation to earn the Fortified for Safer Business designation is opening in Florence, S.C. The Pee Dee Nephrology building has earned the designation from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. A news …
Millions of Social Security numbers and business records from tax returns as far back as 1998 were hacked in South Carolina and experts said Wednesday it may be the largest cyber-attack against a state tax department in the nation’s history. …
A South Carolina school bus driver has been fired after a drunken driving charge. Richland School District 1 officials said Tuesday that 61-year-old Margaret Means was no longer a district employee. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says Means was ending …
This week is Earthquake Awareness Week in South Carolina. The state Emergency Management Division has several events planned to remind residents that earthquakes are as much of a hazard as hurricanes, floods and tornadoes in South Carolina. It also will …
Federal regulators say the danger of flooding at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station in South Carolina is higher than previously thought. The Charlotte Observer reported the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has notified the Charlotte-based utility about the risks. The report says …
A second man has pleaded guilty in connection with an insurance scheme that cost a mentally disabled man his left hand. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 58-year-old David Player pleaded guilty in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday to mail fraud. Last …
A trial for the second of three South Carolina water pollution lawsuits against electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. began in Horry County. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports the trial, started yesterday, involves David and Steve Nance’s claims that contamination …
Police in North Carolina and South Carolina are trying to show that traffic safety has no borders. South Carolina troopers are joining their counterparts in North Carolina on Tuesday night for a state line checkpoint on U.S. Highway 321 north …
Fire departments in the Charleston, S.C., area are lending each other a helping hand. Five fire departments in the area on Monday sign a new agreement under which they will automatically provide assistance during emergencies. The departments include Charleston and …