Candidates seek seats on Public Service Commission
South Carolina lawmakers will elect seven Public Service Commission members in a rare early Senate vote. Candidates face a written test and scrutiny as electricity deregulation and telecom competition reshape utility regulation. Incumbents pause for three open seats amid House Senate process disputes and a pending July start.
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Public Service Commission
Columbia
South Carolina
General Assembly
Frank Stone
Carolina Plaza
PSC
Commission
Senate
House
Don Holland
Camden
Board
Seminoles to visit Charleston after 160 years
About 120 Seminole Indians travel from Florida to Charleston to commemorate Osceola and the Second Seminole War era, visit Fort Moultrie, display Osceola portraits, and mark his grave while avoiding repatriation of his head. The event blends memory of captivity with survival and cultural heritage.
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Charleston
Florida
Patricia Wickman
Wickman
Osceola
Fort Marion
St. Augustine
Fla
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Rick Hatcher
Fort Sumter National Monument
New ‘Theatre
New York
George Catlin
Gibbes Art Museum
Frederick Weedon
Weedon
Good old days myth of education challenged by data
The piece argues nostalgia for past schooling masks real gains. Data show more students stay in school, higher college trajectories, and falling dropouts in South Carolina. A Clemson study links better education to higher incomes, while computer literacy rises as classrooms adopt technology.
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United States
Soviet Union
Gerald Bracey
Bracey
American Heritage Magazine
South Carolina
Clemson University
Clemson
Curt Simon
University of South Carolina
Craig Kridel
Golden age with faster pace for South Carolina students
Leroy Greene of Columbia notes children today advance quickly, with three kids including a high schooler. He contrasts present skill progress with 1970 and suggests today's era may be seen as a later golden age.
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Columbia
Leroy Greene
Bill in Legislature tackles reform for criminal sentences
In Columbia officials push a bill to reduce disparities in South Carolina sentencing. Rep. Jim Harrison argues current practice is a “fraud” as similar crimes yield different outcomes. The plan proposes mandatory guidance with an 85 percent minimum term for those jailed 20 years or more, using a point system to set sentences while leaving judges some discretion.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Jim Harrison
Jasper County
Charleston County
Harrison
George Dueworth
10Th Circuit
House
Criminal Law
Ashley Harwell Beach
Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Beach
Tommy Whiteside
Commission
Columbia Defense
Jack Swerling
Eagles return to Lake Thurmond in growing numbers
Biologists tally 11 bald eagles during annual census at Lake Thurmond, more than previous year and any lake survey. Four nests counted, two in Georgia and two in South Carolina. Officials credit recovery since 1980, aided by Endangered Species Act protections and public education. statewide nests rise to 31 last year.
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Clarks Hill
Lake Thurmond
David Brady
Army Corps of Engineers
Brady
Chronicle of
Augusta
Allen Dean
South Carolina
Georgia
Ozier
Man and ferret reunited in Orangeburg County
Lonnie Roebuck searched for his missing ferret Monster Brat from Michigan to Santee, then Florida, after the pet vanished on January 2. An Orangeburg County SPCA shelter worker located the ferret about 35 miles from its origin, and Roebuck rushed seven hours to reclaim him, greeting the reunion with tears and a hug.
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Man
Ferret
Orangeburg County
Orangeburg
Lonnie Roebuck
Santee
Satellite Beach
Fla
Michigan
Roebuck
Florida
SPCA
Ben Boensch
South Carolina
Boensch
Mr. Roebuck
Daddy
Monster Brat
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Tim Wilkes
Dwinnsboro
Ft. Moultrie
U.S
Vpcated Press
Eagles
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