Agencies award $6 million for substance abuse research
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:23:39 -0700
WASHINGTON, DC The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award $6 million in grants for research examining the link between substance abuse and military deployments and combat-related trauma.
N.C. Meteorologists Answer Questions About Tropics
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:48 -0700
NBC-17 Chief Meteorologist Wes Hohenstein and WNCT Meteorologist David Sawyer answered your questions during a web chat Wednesday evening. Scroll down to read the transcript. 7:16 Admin_AlexMG: Tonight's Chat Session will begin at 7:30pm Wednesday September 1, 2010 7:16 Admin_AlexMG Edit Delete Entry Save Cancel 7:18 Rob Fowler, WCBD: Greetings from WCBD in Charleston, SC Wednesday September 1 ...
10 Great Cities for Raising Families
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:42:53 -0700
Consider these towns for their healthy economies, strong schools, low crime rates, abundance of parks and more.
Man gets 10 years in fraud
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:19:50 -0700
While serving time in a federal prison in Bennettsville, Thomas J. Dalton organized a scheme that tried to fleece $1.43 million from the government by filing more than 160 fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service, authorities said. U.S. District Judge Terry L. Wooten sente...
Sports briefs: U.S. Soccer keeps Bradley
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:03:13 -0700
U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati and Bradley will address the extension today. Bradley is 38-20-8 in four years, including a victory last year over top-ranked Spain that earned the Americans a spot in the Confederations Cup final, their first at a major FIFA tournament. The United States also won its ...
Midlands Woman Loses $3,000 to Online Car Scam
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:10:59 -0700
Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Some scammers posing as a popular internet shopping page cost a Midlands woman thousands of dollars after she was taken by a fake advertisement for a car.
Sorrow in South Carolina
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:48:24 -0700
COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) - Sorrow, shock and sadness filled the sanctuary of St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C., where a combined funeral was held recently for two-year-old Devean Duley and his 18-month-old brother Ja'Van. Alarm and anger gripped the...
Inmates Earn Degrees to Be Prison Missionaries
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:00:30 -0700
Fourteen South Carolina prison inmates now have Associate of Arts degrees from Columbia International University and are heading to medium and maximum security prisons across the state to work as missionaries.
Innovative Federal Partnership To Study Combat Related Substance Use And Abuse
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:34:42 -0700
Eleven research institutions in 11 states will receive more than $6 million in federal funding from fiscal year 2010 to support research on substance abuse and associated problems among U.S. military personnel, veterans, and their families. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to award ...
In brief Wire reports
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:08:31 -0700
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says the next step for Interstate 73 in South Carolina is an interchange in Dillon County.
Two agencies, two cultures
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:23:17 -0700
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott's management style is of much curiosity to Columbias police officers as City Council debates whether to hand him the management of the Columbia Police Department.
CPD: New semester brings upswing in thefts around USC
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:31:15 -0700
The Columbia Police Department wants you to report any suspicious activity in your area. Officers have put out an alert for people who live around the University of South Carolina. They've seen an increase in thefts, but it's not something they're all that surprised about.
Charges dropped against Chapin man who shot teen at party
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:16:04 -0700
A South Carolina prosecutor has dropped a murder charge against a man who shot and killed a teenager during a brawl outside a Chapin home in 2008.
Today's Sports on TV, Radio & Area Prep Schedule
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:07:00 -0700
Baseball MLB: Detroit at TWINS 7 p.m. FSN
Trucker's widow: Penalties too soft
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:22:07 -0700
Two men who assisted the man who gunned down Schoharie County truck driver Jason Rivenburg in South Carolina have been sentenced to 30 days behind bars and five years' probation, a punishment the victim's widow deemed too light Wednesday. Rivenburg was shot as he cleaned the dashboard of his tractor-trailer on a rural road in St. Matthews S.C. He was in an abandoned gas station, where he had ...
Milestones, all areas
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:55:25 -0700
COMMUNITY THE CITY OF COLUMBIA has received the platinum level award in the American Heart
Briefs: BlueCross BlueShield accepted into early retirement coverage
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:24:59 -0700
Columbia-based BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina was among four S.C. employers that have been accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program which provides interim health coverage for people 55 and older, federal officials said.
SC Suspends Certifications for 2 Deputies on Beating Video
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:04:52 -0700
The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy has suspended the law enforcement certifications for two former Kershaw County deputies seen on a surveillance video of a suspect being beaten.
State suspends Kershaw Co. deputy's law enforcement certification
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:40:05 -0700
The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy has suspended Kershaw County deputy Oddie Tribble, Jr.'s law enforcement credentials. The suspension went into effect Wednesday after Kershaw County Sheriff Stephen McCaskill filed Tribble's separation with the academy.
Lawmaker wants to expand safe haven law
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:56:58 -0700
COLUMBIA Two weeks after a South Carolina mother confessed to killing her two toddlers, a legislator wants the states safe haven law to include older children. State Rep. Chip Limehouse said Tuesday he will push for a law allowing parents to safely abandon children up to 5 years old without punishment.