State studies privatization of South Carolina school bus fleet
A new eight member committee including state business and nonprofit leaders will study privatizing South Carolina's 5 600 bus fleet and report to the Legislature in January. Transportation officials say funding limits hinder replacements, with 375 buses needed yearly. Some counties already use private operators while the state retains ownership.
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Don Tudor
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Tudor
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Beaufort
Charleston
Scott Richardson
Education Department
Jim Foster
North Myrtle Beach Halts English Tests for Lifeguards
A judge ordered North Myrtle Beach to stop requiring foreign recruited lifeguards to pass an oral English test as part of a revised contract with North Strand Beach Service Inc. The court paused civil fines while the discrimination suit proceeds, leaving 15 of 21 guards unable to demonstrate conversational English. The guards will stay on duty through Labor Day.
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North Myrtle Beach
North Strand Beach Service Inc
U.S
Anastasia Malaj
Latvia
Russia
North Strand
Recruits flee Parris Island Marsh Rescue
Four recruits from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island fled around midnight and hid for more than 17 hours in the marsh before a nearby drill instructor and officials found them near Battery Creek. They were checked at Naval Hospital Beaufort and returned to the depot.
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Parris Island
Marine Corps
Port Royal
Ken White
Battery Creek
Naval Hospital
Beaufort
Chad Love
Love
White
Investors face $1.2 million tab to inform creditors
Carolina Investors creditors will be mailed a 32 page settlement document and ads in 25 papers to inform about a possible $42 million settlement. About 8,000 investors may receive roughly 17 cents per dollar, with objections due by Sept. 27 and a court hearing to follow.
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Anderson
Carolina
South Carolina
Upstate
G. Ross Anderson
Ralph C. McCullough
McCullough
Don Bobo
Bobo
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