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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators spent less than two hours Tuesday deciding how to spend more than $2 billion in federal money coming to the state.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a judge needs to decide whether the state attorney general had the right to give $75 million of a $600 million settlement with the federal government over nuclear material storage to private attorneys who helped broker the d
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man accused of killing five people over the course of six months in 2016 and 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with three of those deaths.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A motorcyclist who was shot and killed by a deputy in South Carolina who thought he had a gun after a long chase turned out to be unarmed, authorities said.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A traffic stop Saturday ended in a deadly shootout with police in South Carolina.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A fatal shooting occurred as federal marshals tried to execute an arrest warrant at a South Carolina hotel, authorities said.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators are getting ready to debate more than $2 billion in federal money coming to the state.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Two young sisters died early Sunday morning in a house fire in South Carolina’s Aiken County.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A child’s body has been found after a fire was put out in a burning home in Aiken, authorities said.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is set to get three new state parks as part of a settlement with a utility over unpaid taxes on parts bought to build two nuclear power plants that were never finished.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) —

Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man who spent nearly five years in jail and had two trials end with deadlocked juries.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants to invest most of a $525 million settlement from the federal government over plutonium storage at a former nuclear weapons plant into the counties surrounding the plant.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A mother in South Carolina is suing a national childcare company after a day care worker was caught on camera grabbing a toddler by the arm and swinging him into classroom furniture, leading to head injuries.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Officials at one South Carolina county jail said their investment in a new full body scanner paid off immediately.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Four people were killed and one injured in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide in Aiken, authorities said Friday.
CHESNEE, S.C. (AP) — A $25,000 reward is being offered to help solve a June homicide in South Carolina.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — At least two children in South Carolina have died of COVID-19 this month as schools report thousands of cases among students and staff.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Workers at a county jail in South Carolina had to call state officials for help Sunday after one unruly inmate triggered a large disturbance, authorities said.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A mosquito-borne illness with a high fatality rate for horses has been detected in nearly a dozen horses across South Carolina, according to environmental control officials.
Anna Jennett turns heads every time she walks into a room.

Jennett, who recently moved back to her hometown of Aiken, has an affinity for dressing in creative styles and riots of colors.
The Aiken Technical College Foundation is asking visitors to put their “glad rags” on for this year’s 1920s-themed Giving Gala.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina neighborhood says they’re ready to pull the reins on the abundance of deer running wild in their development.
Summer is in full swing and with it has come an extensive heat wave, bringing hot and humid temperatures to Aiken County and throughout the east coast of the U.S.
It takes a village to raise a child – or, in some cases, a successful young woman.

Camp Be Your Best aspires to do just that.
This information has been gathered from public information available at qpublic.schneidercorp.com.

According to qPublic, these are the top seven single-family homes sold in Aiken County for July 1 - July 11.
Members of USC Aiken’s women’s vocal ensemble started their summer break performing all over Italy.

Vox Femina, which means “feminine voice” in Latin, is a small group of performers from the university’s women’s vocal ensemble, according to a news release from USCA.
May is designated as Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, and Children’s Place of Aiken is using this time to increase awareness of children’s mental health in Aiken County.
Local fans of equestrian sports had something to cheer about Saturday at Bruce’s Field when Daniel Geitner of Aiken won the $25,000 Aiken Charity Grand Prix.
What do balloon animals, sing-along songs and trains have in common?

It’s all a part of the Train Day celebration held every year in downtown Aiken at the Aiken Railroad Depot.
Like mother, like daughter.

Today, Anita Wideman and her daughter, Kristen Wideman, share more than DNA and the same last name: they are graduates and alumni of USC Aiken both with Bachelor of Science degrees in exercise and sports science.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety is investigating a shooting incident early Tuesday morning on the 600 block of Aldrich Street in Aiken, which left one individual hospitalized.