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POLITICS

Worth a shot: SC-NC legislators to play basketball game

A dozen S.C. lawmakers are heading to Raleigh on Tuesday to play some of their North Carolina counterparts in a basketball game.
FROM THE MILITARY

For student vet, sign-on bonus and no student loans ‘looked pretty good’

Columbia native Joe Bastedo went from preparing pizzas in his hometown to clearing roadside bombs in the unforgiving conditions of Afghanistan.
SC MILITARY NEWS

F-35B completes first vertical takeoff

An F-35B fighter jet test aircraft completed its first vertical takeoff earlier this month in Maryland, according to a news release from manufacturers Lockheed Martin.
CRIME

SC Death Row three-time killer’s death being investigated

Kenneth Justus, a convicted three-time killer whose crimes symbolized to many a reason for the death penalty, has died on South Carolina’s Death Row while awaiting execution.
SC NATIONAL GUARD

Richland Sheriff’s Department finalist for Defense Department award

The Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the agency to employers for exceptional support of employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.
POLITICS

SC House panel proposes new computer agency

A South Carolina House committee proposed Tuesday creating a separate Cabinet-level agency to oversee information technology in response to a massive computer data breach at the S.C. Department of Revenue last year.
LOCAL NEWS

Bill would force SC schools to be more careful with athletes’ concussions

A high school athlete who suffers a concussion will have to get approval from a physician before returning to sports activities, according to a bill being considered by the state Senate.
POLITICS

SC political briefs, May 22

Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she and her two children were very happy to have S.C. first gentleman Michael Haley home on a two-week leave from his year-long state National Guard deployment in Afghanistan.
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE

Traveling Vietnam memorial arrives in Sumter

Sumter residents and visitors are invited to watch the escort procession for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall on Wednesday as it arrives in Sumter.
STATE

SC Senate defeats private school choice proposal

South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget.