Rabid bobcat bite prompts treatment in Horry County
An unnamed Horry County resident is receiving rabies treatment after a cut finger incident in the Nichols community. The bobcat died and tested rabid. A second rabid bobcat was found nearby last week. Rabies is fatal and exposure requires immediate medical care.
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Horry County
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Nichols
Health
Sue Ferguson
Department
Bureau of Environmental Health
Education commission names new leader in South Carolina
Dr Layton McCurdy, distinguished MUSC professor and former dean, was named chairman of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education by Gov Mark Sanford. He attended his first meeting last week, succeeding Dalton B Floyd Jr who led the body since 1996.
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Columbia
Medical University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Layton McCurdy
Commission On Higher Education
Mark Sanford
McCurdy
MUSC
Dalton B. Floyd Jr
House approves environmental bill for grand jury powers
The House advanced a bill to empower a state grand jury to investigate certain environmental crimes. South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster said the measure would provide the AG's office with improved methods for investigations.
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House
Senate
Dan Tripp
R-Mauldin
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
State Attorney General
DHEC
Board approves stopgap funding for McEntire ANG Station
The State Budget and Control Board approved a stopgap $79,881 for payroll and operations at McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover. Adjutant General Stan Spears warned continued underfunding could push the base toward national closure, amid four years of tight state budgets.
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State Budget and Control Board
McEntire Air National Guard
Eastover
Stan Spears
Spears
Budget and Control Board
National Guard
South Carolina
Air National Guard
Senate approves amendment banning same sex marriage
The South Carolina Senate approved a constitutional amendment to ban recognition of same sex marriages by a 37 to 1 vote. Senator Robert Ford opposed, saying the ban targets the gay community, while others urged upholding long standing policy and law.
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Columbia
Robert Ford
Charleston
Ford
Jake Knotts
West Columbia
Larry Martin
R-Pickens
Martin
Darrell Jackson
D-Hopkins
Jackson
Judge keeps 30 year sentence in Zoloft defense case
South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Danny Pieper refused to reduce 15 year old Christopher Pittman’s 30 year murder sentence. Pittman, 12 at the time of the 2001 shotgun slayings of his grandparents, was convicted Feb. 15 and argued the antidepressant Zoloft negated his intent. The defense sought time served and probation until age 21.
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Christopher Pittman
Zoloft
Circuit Court
Danny Pieper
Pittman
Joe Pittman
Joy Pittman
Pieper
U.S. Supreme Court
South Carolina Supreme Court
Andy Vickery
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