Jobless rate rises for third month in South Carolina
South Carolina unemployment rose to 5.9 percent in November as nonfarm jobs edged up 700. The state had the fourth-worst rate nationwide while Aiken fell 0.2 points. 127,000 unemployed statewide. Construction and leisure hospitality declined, offsetting gains in retail education and government.
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South Carolina
State Employment Security Commission
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Man convicted of murder in West Ashley killings
A Charleston jury found Jabez Joseph Batiste guilty of murder for a January 4 drug deal shooting in a McDonald’s parking lot in West Ashley. He received a 40 year prison term for the deaths of 20 year olds Kareem Shakoor and Channing Walker, who were each shot multiple times.
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West Ashley
Jabez Joseph Batiste
McDonald’s
Batiste
Kareem Shakoor
Channing Walker
Officers cleared in porn investigation at South Carolina prison
Two South Carolina prison managers who viewed pornography on state issued computers were cleared of criminal wrongdoing by Attorney General Henry McMaster. One employee was fired and the other retired, a Prison spokesman said.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Henry McMaster
Prisonis
McMaster
Department of Corrections
Chester County Sets Rules for Sexually Oriented Signs
In Chester County, new planning commission guidelines ban flashing lights photographs silhouettes and drawings on sex oriented business signs. No existing such establishments operate there but investors recently approached officials with ideas, directing the council to review the ordinance.
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Rock Hill
Chester County
Mack Paul
Paul
Planning Department
Chester County Council
Mother and son face stabbing charges in Charleston slaying
Charleston AP report says 17-year-old Christopher Spriggs is charged with murder in the Dec. 8 stabbing death of 30-year-old Kinda Bost outside a Charleston hotel. Two Summerville men, Steven Tumage and Tyler Kent, are also charged with murder. Spriggs’ mother Shelly Greene and Jessica Gyu lai charged as accessories. Spriggs and Greene were arrested at a rest stop near Owatonna, Minnesota.
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South Carolina
Christopher Spriggs
Kinda Bost
Bost
Summerville
Steven Tumage
Tyler Kent
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