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In Brief: August 22, 2013

An Orangeburg County teen was charged with animal cruelty after a Vine video spread online, the host of a South Carolina-based NPR program has died and South Carolina saw a rise in average ACT scores.


In Brief: July 24, 2013

Former treasurer charged with DWI Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel was arrested for drunk driving in the Hamptons Monday, the Associated Press reported. The multimillionaire politician who resigned as treasurer six months into his term after pleading guilty to cocaine charges was arrested around 2:30 a.m.


In Brief: July 17, 2013

This week’s In Brief includes Gov. Nikki Haley’s fine from the S.C. Ethics Commission, a Columbia Police Department scandal and a business owner’s worries about the city’s homeless.


5 students competing for state crown

Forty-nine regional beauty queens have begun competition to become the next Miss South Carolina, and five USC students are among their ranks. Representing the Upstate, Pee Dee, Lowcountry and even Five Points, these women — ranging from second year to law students — are hoping to take home the crown.