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Georgetown debuts South Carolina's first solar-paneled EV station built by local students
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WPDE) — A training program to develop South Carolina’s workforce in the solar industry has graduated its first class. Georgetown is now the only location in the state to have a solar-paneled electric vehicle charging station, and the students were paid to build it!. It took...
Three injured in four vehicle wreck – Highway 153
Three people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a four vehicle wreck on Highway 153. Powdersville and Three and Twenty firefighters had to extricate one patient from one of the vehicles. Medshore and two QRV’s also responded. Highway 153 northbound was closed for more than an hour as troopers investigated the wreck. (Photo by David Rogers)
Road reopens following crash involving multiple vehicles in Powdersville
POWDERSVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Powdersville Fire Department said crews responded Tuesday night following a crash involving four vehicles. Officials said the crash happened along Highway 153 near Old Pendleton Road. According to officials, Highway 153 temporarily shut down due to the crash, but later reopened. Officials didn’t release...
Potbelly Franchisee Adds Halal Guys, Plus More Multi-Unit News
The Halal Guys signed a five-unit agreement to mark its entry into South Carolina. Shak Patel, a multi-unit Potbelly franchisee, plans to develop Halal Guys locations in Fort Mill, Rock Hill and Columbia, South Carolina. With business partners Vrund Patel and Robert Parks, the trio formed The Carolina Guys to expand the gyro- and chicken-focused concept. Founded in 1990, The Halal Guys has more than 100 locations.
Midlands Technical College becomes first Gable Grant recipient from South Carolina
The Lowe’s Foundation awarded the Midlands Technical College Foundation $1 million making it part of a select group of community and technical colleges receiving Gable Grants today. Since awarding its first grants one year ago, the foundation has expanded skilled trades career pathways through its growing network of 35 community colleges and nonprofits in rural and urban communities across 27 states.
6 people sentenced for illegally running guns from South Carolina to N.J.
Six South Carolina men have been issued prison sentences after conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including nine handguns in New Jersey, U.S. District Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Tuesday. Kendell McFadden, 31, of Florence, South Carolina was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for his role in a two...
This South Carolina Beach Has Deadly Lightning Potential
One South Carolina beach is getting press for the wrong reasons: being one of the most dangerous in the U.S. for deadly lightning strikes. There’s nothing quite as lovely as heading to a beautiful South Carolina beach in the summertime, but sometimes, the beach can be a dangerous spot.
Death row inmate in South Carolina resentenced to life in prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades on South Carolina’s death row for killing two people has been granted life in prison without parole two years after a federal court overturned his original sentence, news outlets report. A Lexington County judge signed off on the deal for Quincy Allen on Monday. In 2002, […]
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