South Carolina Businesses Pay Millions To Settle PPP Fraud Claims
Federal prosecutors say five companies falsely claimed eligibility for COVID-era relief loans......
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Charleston Day Legal Drama Rolls On
by Will Folks
Where did the school's dubiously obtained Covid-19 stimulus money go?...
Lowcountry School Board Member Accused by Feds of Selling Influence
by Jenn Wood
Federal prosecutors say trustee used public office to influence school contract dispute while also misusing pandemic loan funds......
South Carolina Probation Agency Flip-Flops on Sex Offender’s Status
by Dylan Nolan
The state is now seeking jail time for a convicted offender who violated multiple terms of his probation just weeks after entering into a plea...
Palmetto Past & Present: Before Biden, Another President Flew Commercial
by Mark Powell
And this one was an incumbent......
No Jail Time Recommended for Probation-Violating Lowcountry Sex Offender
by Dylan Nolan
"Even when the justice system sets clear consequences for child exploitation, those consequences are not enforced."...
Palmetto Past & Present: Remembering the Big Snow of ’73
by Mark Powell
"Winter’s Wrath ’26 has nothing on the Blizzard of ’73..."...
Palmetto Past & Present: Heroism, Human Shields And The Immortal 600
by Mark Powell
"It's easy to romanticize the Civil War as a chivalrous affair, the final swords and roses struggle of a bygone age. The reality was anything...
Palmetto Past & Present: South Carolina’s Rosa Parks
by Mark Powell
The story of Sarah Mae Flemming......
Palmetto Past & Present: Happy (Early) Thanksgiving
by Mark Powell
Early South Carolina settlers didn't wait til' November to give thanks......