SC unemployment dips to 6.8 percent as leisure jobs rise
South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent in March led by a 6,500 gain in leisure and hospitality positions. The state added 16,100 jobs while counties show varied rates led by Marion at 13.0 percent and Beaufort at 4.7 percent.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Employment Security Commission
Michigan
Mississippi
Aiken County
Beaufort County
Greenville County
Marion County
Marlboro
Union
McCormick
Williamsburg
South Carolina Eyes Stricter Domestic Violence Rules
Debate over penalties highlights proposed bills and public protection gaps. Lawmakers note harsher penalties for threatening public officials versus spouses, with advocates arguing real-world risk to teachers police and healthcare workers. The House Judiciary Committee recently killed a domestic violence bill.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House Judiciary Committee
John Graham Altman
Charleston
Jim Harrison
South Carolina health report notes progress and new challenges
The 80 page state health and environment report shows mixed progress with successes and ongoing issues. It cites planning for an influenza pandemic, flu vaccine shortages last fall, and rapid growth threatening health and environment. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading death cause, stroke among black males higher than white men, and HIV AIDS cases rising with about 880 new diagnoses yearly.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental Control
C. Earl Hunter
South Carolina Medical Association
Hilton Head Island
Chlorine leak prompts evacuations at Hilton Head facility
About 20 homes in Hilton Head Island were evacuated and an office complex was cleared after a chlorine cylinder at a public service plant began leaking. No injuries reported. Local hazmat team responded as residents of the 9000 person community faced precautionary move.
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Hilton Head Island
Hilton Head Plantation
Peter Kristian
Kristian
Officer Charged With Misconduct At Lieber Prison
RIDGEVILLE AP A 21 year old state Corrections Department officer Tyrus Terrell Roberts of Walterboro was arrested on Thursday on charges of officer misconduct and sexual misconduct with an inmate at Lieber Correctional Institution. Authorities say he had sexual relations with an inmate at the maximum security prison. NORTH CHARLESTON AP Charleston County authorities identified Robert Montfort 67 of North Charleston found dead in Noisette Creek earlier this week. Officials say Montfort drowned with no foul play suspected. He was last seen Saturday night at a bar in Noisette Creek.
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Ridgeville
State Corrections Department
Tyrus Terrell Roberts
Walterboro
Lieber Correctional Institution
Roberts
North Charleston
Charleston
Robert Montfort
Noisette
Montfort
Spencer Pryor
Lamar man convicted of raping 12 year old girl
COLUMBIA AP A Pee Dee man Larry William Smith 31 of Lamar was convicted by a Darlington County jury of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He received 12 years in prison plus three years on each misdemeanor, to run concurrently.
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Columbia
Pee Dee
Henry McMaster
Larry William Smith
Lamar
Darlington County
John Milling
Smith
Man sentenced to 20 years for fatal DUI crash
In York an inmate receives a 20 year term after pleading guilty to drunk driving that killed three people. Enrique Quintana 32 of Lancaster crossed the center line on State Highway 5 on Sept 27 and collided with a car carrying four construction workers. Quintana's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.
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York
Enrique Quintana
Lancaster
Quintana
Body found in Clarendon County junkyard grave
A suspect was arrested after a body was found in a shallow grave in an eastern Clarendon County junkyard off State Highway 261 about ten miles east of Manning. The unidentified victim was located shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday as authorities awaited autopsy results to confirm identity.
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