State's Family Court overburdened prompts reform push
Chief Justice Jean Toal told a Senate subcommittee the South Carolina family court system is overloaded and too time consuming. She said judges may need to double to reasonably process divorces and child support cases, with mediation and special officers proposed to ease DSS caseload.
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Weathers Seeks GOP Nomination For Ag Commissioner
Columbia The bid for state Agriculture Commissioner advances with Hugh Weathers as the only Republican candidate so far. Governor Sanford appointed Weathers after former officeholder Charles Sharpe pleaded guilty to taking 10000 dollars to shield a cockfighting operation and received a two year sentence.
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Man fatally stabs woman with box cutter in Hardeeville
Jasper County coroner confirms 25 year old Jessye Merida Lopez died after a man slashed her throat with a box cutter before wounding himself. Police found 31 year old Jose Luis Pinto Lopez bleeding from his neck in a van at U S 17 and State 46. He remained in intensive care in Savannah. The suspect told an officer he had killed his wife.
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Mental health staff head to Mississippi to relieve hurricane relief
More than two dozen workers from South Carolina depart to assist Mississippi facilities housing disabled patients in Long Beach. Ed Spencer notes the team will provide direct care including feeding and bathing to nearly 100 patients across two campuses as Mississippi appeals for help through FEMA. Pamela Baker recalls the campus spared despite regional devastation.
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