Новости за 24.06.2016

In an effort to stop the spread of West Nile, the public is being asked to safely retrieve "freshly dead" birds and transport them to the closest local health department office.

FOLLY BEACH — Fourth of July fireworks have been washed out on "The Edge of America."

COLUMBIA — A website to assist flood-affected farmers who are applying for grants was launched Friday by the S.C. Department of Agriculture.

Three years ago, Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish and others arranged the first recording session for a new public TV series that would be called "Live at the Charleston Music Hall."

The death of Irish musician Steve Carroll leaves a big void in the pub circuit, and in the community, Carroll’s friends and colleagues said.

As a freshman at Tennessee, Micah Bohon was stressing out about making a Volunteers relay team that would compete at the NCAA swimming championships.

The Citadel is seeking applicants for a prestigious, fully funded teaching scholarship open to college graduates or professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Parole has been denied for a man convicted in a York County killing 27 years ago although the victim’s son has forgiven the man.

Ashley Ridge High School has announced the promotion of assistant coach Brian Givens to the position of head coach, replacing the school’s only head coach in its eight-year history.

CLEMSON — It’s going to take some time, but Syracuse is in position to give top teams a scare under new head coach Dino Babers.

COLUMBIA — Sunday marks a year since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision upheld the right for same-sex couples in South Carolina and across the nation to marry.

West Ashley High School sprinter Darrell Singleton has been named the Gatorade boys track and field athlete of the year for South Carolina, capping off an incredible senior year on the track.

A break-in at a Ravenel bank was reported Friday morning.

COLUMBIA — He may not have been drafted Thursday night, but it didn’t take long for South Carolina’s Michael Carrera to latch on with an NBA team.

It was one of Charleston's bigger drug busts: a network of present and former College of Charleston students and other twenty-somethings accused of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars of cocaine, pills and other narcotics into downtown's white-hot party scene.

COLUMBIA — Students at major South Carolina public colleges will pay an extra $330 to $1,400 next year after another round of tuition hikes.

The University of South Carolina proposed raising tuition next year by 3.25 percent on Friday, the fifth straight year with a similar annual hike at the state’s flagship college.

Attorneys for the prosecution and defense in the federal trial of the 22-year-old man accused in the slayings of nine people at Emanuel AME Church disagree on how to select a jury.

Nine days of events marking the one-year anniversary of the Emanuel AME Church shootings will end with a grand finale concert featuring emcee Ann Caldwell, dancer Sarah Taylor, the Ebenezer AME Church Might Male Choir, gospel singers Desmond Pringle and Mario Desaussure, Lowcountry Voices led by Nathan Nelson and the Mother Emanuel Mass Choir.

A North Charleston man is in jail after police said he got a 13-year-old pregnant.

COLUMBIA — A look at South Carolina’s 2016 football opponents continues with Missouri, where the black and gold uniforms are about the only things that remain the same. The Tigers will come to Columbia with a new head coach, and suddenly rebuilding after a plummet from the top of the SEC East.

Two armed robberies were reported early Friday in North Charleston.

Three inmates used part of a desk to pry open a window to escape from the jail in St. George early Friday morning, according to Dorchester County Sheriff L.C. Knight.

Three inmates escaped from the Dorchester County jail in St. George early Friday.

A Mount Pleasant man was arrested Thursday night after a woman said she saw him peering into a bedroom window.