Waterloo News

Authorities were searching Monday for a Laurens man and have arrested a Clinton man in the robbery of a Waterloo convenience store that led to a hunt involving bloodhounds and a helicopter.

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint launched a bid for a second term Monday with no GOP primary opponent, $2.8 million in hand and a growing national profile.

Troopers are looking for a pick-up truck involved in a Sept. 5 hit and run and believe it may be in the Newberry area.

Soft-spoken, slight of physical stature and not even the senior senator in his own state, Jim DeMint wouldn't seem like the most likely choice to fill the role of one-man Obama wrecking crew.

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to go on a local radio show, The Weekend Countdown on 620 AM, and talk about how South Carolina's politicans and elected representatives are reflecting upon us in the national media.

The Democratic National Committee is running more ads to criticize U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint only a few days after the South Carolina lawmaker claimed victory in knocking them off the air.

The Democratic National Committee is running more ads to criticize U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint only a few days after the South Carolina lawmaker claimed victory in knocking them off the air.

HERE WE go again. Yet another S.C. Republican politician is grandstanding on an all-important issue in an effort to gain clout by opposing President Obama.

WASHINGTON -- South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint's lawyer is contacting television stations about a Democratic ad criticizing him on health care.

Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says it's time to "put the brakes on" President Barack Obama, saying he is advocating too much government spending and a ballooning federal deficit.

President Obama has been calling out his opponents in the fight over health care, and he quoted South Carolina's own Senator Jim DeMint.

President Barack Obama pushed back hard against critics of his health care overhaul plan Monday, vowing to fight "the politics of the moment" and press for passage of legislation by the end of the year.