Expanded concealed weapons bill sidetracked in Senate
The South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee debated a liberalized concealed weapons bill amid partisan tension. Republicans fear procedural delays as minority rules enable blocking tactics, delaying debate on the measure that would ease residency, park and church carry rules and permit holders with church consent.
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Columbia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reconstruction
Verne Smith
Greer
Raven
Darrell Jackson
D-Hopkins
Ments
Aunions
Nowers
Jake Knotts
West Columbia
Knotts
Mately
Minority Report
Andre Bauer
R-Chapin
Jackson
Maggie Glover
D-Florence
Glover
Robert Ford
Charleston
Ford
Man charged in Charleston shooting rampage
A 19 year old, Marko Drayton, is charged with two counts of murder and other crimes for a January downtown Charleston shooting that killed Officer Dennis LaPage and MUSC worker Anthony Pirraglia. He allegedly attempted an escape from Columbia Care Center while under guard.
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Charleston
Columbia
Marko Drayton
Keith Novak
Charleston County
Drayton
Columbia Care Center
Dennis LaPage
Medical University of South Carolina
Anthony Pirraglia
MUSC
Copper smelter fined 700000 for toxic spill in Columbia
Gaston Copper Recycling, once employing over 900, agreed to pay a 700000 penalty after a 1995 spill sent a liquid mix of lead arsenic and other hazardous materials onto the floor for months. The site cleanup continues with EPA and state officials, aiming for completion in 2004.
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Lexington County
Gaston Copper Recycling
Gaston Copper
Environmental Protection Agency
Fedral
EPA
Santee boy dies after self inflicted shotgun wound
A 12 year old boy, Tyrell Gilmore, died when he found a loaded shotgun near an abandoned vehicle at his home while searching for a puppy. A girl present said a loud blast followed. Authorities call it an apparent accident, pending forensic results.
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Tyrell Gilmore
Gilmore
Williams
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