Orangeburg News

A church-affiliated retirement community in Orangeburg is seeking approval to serve beer and wine after its bid to serve liquor was rejected by state officials.

An 18-yearold Florence man is charged with felony driving under the influence after a woman was killed in a two-car collision in Florence.

Four years ago when Cross County Connections started, you could only come to a bus stop and pay for your ticket.

Their son, Austin Shperry Johnson, graduated from Edisto High School this year. He plans to study graphic design at the Art Institute in Charleston.

Graduation is a happy time for everyone, but Timmerson and Alice Johnson say they have more reason to rejoice than most folks.

Graduation is a happy time for everyone, but Timmerson and Alice Johnson say they have more reason to rejoice than most folks.

Louise Walker Trotter Puckett 91, of Greenwood, SC went to her heavenly rest Thursday June 13, 2012 at Hospice Care of Piedmont in Greenwood, SC.

The line of potentially severe weather is expected to hit the Upstate around 2 p.m. and the Midlands around 5 p.m., with thunderstorms, high winds and heavy rain, according to Mark Malsick, severe weather liaison at the state climate office.

House Bill 3774, which received a key vote in the Senate on Wednesday, says government approvals for storm water management, wastewater disposal and other functions can be expensive and difficult to obtain.

South Carolina's last free-standing lieutenant governor's race might get more attention than usual in 2014 with some marquee names vying for the state's No.

Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, called on the Republican governor to reveal any knowledge of a ransom related to the cyber-breach at the Department of Revenue.

State senators have postponed action on an effort to automatically renew construction permits that lapsed because economic conditions delayed the projects.

The National Weather Service now says a tornado that touched down in Orangeburg and Dorchester County traveled farther than previously thought.

An Orangeburg man has been arrested and charged with voyeurism after an employee of a daycare business being run out of his home discovered a camera hidden in a bathroom.

Authorities say a homeowner who shot and killed a man who broke into his home in Orangeburg will not he charged.

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports that 59-year-old John Dickinson hit the back of a school bus that had stopped on Friday afternoon to let children off at a bus stop in Santee.

Sumter Police is asking for the community's assistance in locating a Sumter man believed to be involved in a shooting incident that took place Thursday night.

But the board proved to be as inept as those who botched the election, conducting a careless, sloppy search that has cast even more negative light on the elections office.

Senators have advanced a bill allowing seventh- through 12th-graders to take more courses through South Carolina’s virtual education program.

According to Irmo Police, the driver was traveling on Dutch Fork Road in a Nissan Altima when his tire blew out in front of the Irmo Wal-Mart. The car then ran off the right side of the road and hit a guardrail.