All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 29 2016 // Federal regulators say they’ve found there was a “substantial potential” for an accident that could have injured workers at the Westinghouse nuclear fuel plant near Columbia.Media outlets report the...
Sep 29 2016 // College students will be working to gauge the impact of climate change along the South Carolina coast, one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation.The Sun News reports that Coastal Carolina University has received a...
Sep 26 2016 // Experts are warning about the dangers of opioid and heroin abuse in South Carolina, pointing out that almost as many people die from overdoses of such drugs as are killed in accidents each year on the state’s...
Sep 21 2016 // Orchid Underwriters, a specialty underwriter of excess & surplus insurance focusing on coastal properties, is expanding its commercial lines products into North Carolina and South Carolina. This is in addition to the...
Sep 21 2016 // A main gas line is expected to restart Wednesday with a temporary bypass after a leak and spill in Alabama led to surging fuel prices and some gas shortages across the South, a company official said Tuesday.The roughly...
Sep 20 2016 // Nearly 1,250 farmers in South Carolina will get more than $35 million in aid for their losses during last October’s massive floods.The Department of Agriculture said in a news release Thursday that 88 farmers will...
Sep 15 2016 // Tropical Storm Julia weakened into a depression and is expected to meander off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina for the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.Julia is located about 60...
Sep 14 2016 // A jury has awarded a South Carolina woman more than $4.6 million after she was stuck by a hypodermic needle picked up in a Target parking lot.The Independent-Mail of Anderson reported Carla Denise Garrison’s award...
Sep 13 2016 // Atlas Insurance Management (Atlas), a Charlotte, N.C.-based captive insurance management firm, has received approval from the South Carolina Department of Insurance to act as an insurance manager for captive business in...
Sep 7 2016 // No more beer pong for fraternities and sororities at the College of Charleston, at least for now.The South Carolina college announced this week it is suspending alcohol at all functions for Greek organizations after a...
Sep 2 2016 // South Carolina isn’t required to reimburse private property owners for damage by law officers doing their jobs, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.The 3-2 ruling involves the takeover of a Spartanburg...
Aug 24 2016 // Thousands of people in South Carolina still need home repairs, while the state has submitted a plan for using almost $100 million in federal housing aid almost a year after historic rains inundated the state. The state is...
Aug 19 2016 // A federal grand jury has indicted 22 people from a so-called Irish traveler community in western South Carolina for racketeering, alleging various violations ranging from food-stamp and tax fraud to money laundering and...
Aug 18 2016 // Versions of global catastrophe risk management firm RMS’ North Atlantic Hurricane Models have been approved by South Carolina’s Department of Insurance for the purpose of residential rate filings. Approval for...
Aug 11 2016 // A former South Carolina police officer’s conversations with an insurance carrier after he was charged in the death of an unarmed black motorist have been sealed by a federal judge.The order issued by U.S. District...
Aug 10 2016 // Authorities say two thieves stole about $20,000 in guns from a store in Sumter, S.C., in a well-planned heist that took less than four minutes.Sumter County Sheriff’s spokesman Ken Bell told media outlets that the...
Jul 28 2016 // A federal lawsuit over a South Carolina restaurant’s policy of charging workers to cover the cost of broken glasses and dishes is headed to trial.The Post and Courier of Charleston reports jury selection is set next...
Jul 25 2016 // When extension agent Charles Davis visits farms, he gets one question over and over again – when will South Carolina farmers start getting aid for crops damaged in last year’s floods?Finally, Davis and his...
Jul 25 2016 // New requirements regarding the implementation of changes in workers’ compensation loss costs have been passed by the South Carolina Legislature, and the insurance department is reminding insurers to ensure they...
Jul 21 2016 // New requirements regarding the implementation of changes in workers’ compensation loss costs have been passed by the South Carolina Legislature, and the insurance department is reminding insurers to ensure they...