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S.C. State president fired

S.C. State University president George Cooper was fired Tuesday by the school's Board of Trustees. The board voted 7-4 in favor of dismissing Cooper, S.C. State's 10th president and its second in...

S.C. Senate overrides cigarette tax hike

The S.C. Senate overrode Gov. Mark Sanford's veto of the cigarette tax hike by a vote of 33-13 Thursday. The vote raises the state's cigarette tax from seven cents a pack, the nation'...

S.C. governor vetoes cigarette tax hike

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford fulfilled his promise Tuesday to veto a bill that would have increased the nation's lowest cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack, and called for legislators not to override it. Sanford was joined...

Columbia police chief Carter fired

Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter was fired Monday, amid criticism from city council over his handling of the April 21 car accident involving Mayor-elect Steve Benjamin. In an e-mail this morning, City Manager Steve...

Number of adult smokers in S.C. drop, report shows

A recent federal study ranks South Carolina 34th in the nation for the number of adult smokers, an improvement from being ranked 39th in 2006. More than 683,000 people, 20 percent of the state's adult population ages...

Steve Benjamin elected as Columbia's new mayor

Steve Benjamin was chosen in a runoff election as Columbia's first black mayor Tuesday, finally concluding a pivotal and historic race to succeed 20-year incumbent Bob Coble. The mayor-elect defeated City Councilman Kirkman Finlay III with...

(UPDATED 8:17 p.m.) Results from Columbia mayoral, District 4 runoff elections

Here are the latest preliminary results from the Columbia mayoral and City Council District 4 runoff elections, with 75 of 78 precincts (94 percent) and 99 percent of absentee ballots in: MAYORAL RUNOFF: STEVE BENJAMIN 10,784 ...

(UPDATED 7:46 p.m.) Results from Columbia mayor runoff, City Council District 4 elections

Here are the latest preliminary results from the Columbia mayoral runoff and City Council District 4 elections. MAYORAL RUNOFF (with five precincts and all absentee ballots in): STEVE BENJAMIN 1,425 KIRKMAN FINLAY 1,261 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 (absentee...

Results from Columbia mayoral runoff, City Council District 4 elections

Here are the latest preliminary results from the Columbia mayoral runoff and City Council District 4 elections. Below are the absentee ballot results. MAYORAL RUNOFF STEVE BENJAMIN 978 votes KIRKMAN FINLAY III 718 votes CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 TONY MIZZELL...

Myrtle Beach councilman wants S.C. to remove Confederate flag

A Myrtle Beach city councilman may ask South Carolina lawmakers to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds in Columbia. Councilman Phil Render had planned to bring up the flag issue during a City Council workshop meeting Tuesday...

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