South Carolina Readies for Health Care Exchange Signups
Uninsured residents may sign up Tuesday through the federal marketplace as South Carolina, a non‑participant in the state exchange, ramps up help via Medicaid and 2 1 1 call centers. Insurers Blue Cross Blue Shield Consumers Choice and Coventry will offer 52 plans statewide with eight catastrophic options.
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York man refused new trial in seven life sentence robberies
Phillip Watts Jr., 25, will not receive a new trial after a judge denied the request. Police say Watts confessed to and later recanted about shooting four people during York County robberies. He claimed mental problems and argued his first lawyer should have pushed mental testing before trial. Watts had been released on probation weeks earlier after prior violent offenses.
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Orangeburg Woman Charged in 2012 Fatal DUI Crash
An Orangeburg woman, 52 year old Nancy Hughes, faces felony driving under the influence involving death after a head on collision Dec. 13 west of Orangeburg killed 77 year old Walter Jones. Hughes tested positive for marijuana Adderall and Xanax and her bond was set at 25000.
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Gambling machines seized in two South Carolina cities
Authorities seized gambling machines from two sites in South Carolina. In Columbia a dozen machines, two ledgers and over $2,500 in cash were taken. Herman Creech, 64, was charged with gambling and keeping a gaming house, while three inside were cited for playing. In Myrtle Beach a laundromat yielded two machines. owner Dennis McGrath, 64, charged with operating a gaming house and about $900 was seized. No attorneys listed for the charged.
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Herman Creech
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