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No winners in Saturday’s Powerball drawing

(Undated)  –  The winning numbers for the Powerball Lottery are: More »

State Museum debunks pirate myths

(Columbia, SC)  –  Forget what you see in the movies about pirates.  A new exhibit at the State Museum in Columbia will show you pirates didn’t make someone walk a plank, and they didn’t say “arrrr.”  The historically accurate “Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers” will show you how pirates go back centuries and their crimes continue today.  Museum curator Fritz Hamer says some swashbucklers were women and many, including Blackbeard, had a link to South Carolina.  The exhibit runs through September 19th.

Adoption bill fast-tracked through SC Senate

Legislation to make adoptions faster and more efficient moved quickly and quietly through the state Senate last week. More »

Voices from the Statehouse, week ending March 19 (Audio)

William Christopher looks at this past week in the South Carolina legislature, where almost all of the action came from the House budget debate. More »

House stopped attempt to remove sales tax cap (Audio)

In upcoming weeks the South Carolina Senate will consider the budget plan passed by the House last week. Leaders of both chambers will eventually work out their differences for a compromise proposal. More »

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