#SCStateHouse: No Budget Deal
Earlier this week, we wrote a detailed recap on the status of annual budget battle in South Carolina. For those of you new to the...
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SC Budget Battle Looms
by FITSNews
Battle over debt could result in a bitter budget fight ......
SC Attorney General Alan Wilson Announcing Gang Indictments
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South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson will announce the indictment of eight gang members this week at a press event including law enforcement officers from...
Fire At Lee Correctional Institution
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Lee Correctional Institution – the site of a deadly brawl earlier this month – experienced a minor fire on Tuesday evening. Fortunately, the incident was...
SC Prison Attack: Inside The Deadly Lee Correctional Slaughterhouse
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Cell phones. Drugs. Tobacco. “Green Dot Cards.” These are the “coins of the realm” within South Carolina’s increasingly violent prison system – which was the...
Seven Dead At Lee Correctional Institution
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A wave of bloody violence swept through Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina on Sunday evening and early Monday morning – killing seven inmates and wounding...
New Federal Charges In Heidi Todd Case
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Ex-con facing three new charges in connection with high-profile kidnapping ......
SC Gubernatorial Candidates Back Constitutional Reform Effort
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A week ago this news site reported on efforts by freshman South Carolina lawmakers to fundamentally reform state government by rewriting the state’s antiquated 1895...
Here’s a Death Penalty Idea: Hang Child Rapists
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"Some people - by virtue of their specific criminal acts - have forfeited the right to live."...
Charleston Police: Charges Filed In Heidi Todd Case
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Two weeks ago we reported that multiple charges were forthcoming in the case of Heidi Todd, the curly-headed four-year-old girl who was kidnapped from her...