Former State Rep. Ralph Norman will be the Republican nominee for the 5th Congressional District in the upcoming special election on June 20th. After all provisional votes and the recount was completed, Norman ended up with 17,823 votes compared with Rep. Tommy Pope’s 17,602. After the election Tuesday night, Norman held a 203 vote advantage, […]
In filings with the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, Mulvaney admitted he had neglected to pay $15,000 in payroll taxes for a babysitter he hired to work in his home. Mulvaney said in the questionnaire that he later paid the amount after discovering the shortfall. The news was first reported by the New York Times. Senate […]
Gov. Nikki Haley’s Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is slated to get underway today at 10am. The hearing comes a week after the committee’s contentious questioning of Rex Tillerson, Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. Various media reports say that she has made efforts to head off any opposition. After […]
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At around 11:40 a.m. A 17-year-old Northwestern High School student was charged with possession of marijuana Wednesday afternoon when he was found smoking the drug on campus. A Rock Hill police officer was then notified by a Northwestern assistant principal about a student smoking marijuana on the back breezeway. The officer spoke with the student, […]
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf is stepping down effectively immediately. Mr. Stumpf will be replaced by President and Chief Operating Officer Timothy J. Sloan, who was widely expected to succeed Mr. Stumpf when he retired in the future. The bank has been under fire for more than a month after agreeing in early September to […]
Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Nine members of the congregation were slain by a self-avowed white supremacist in June 2015. In a response that stunned many, church members told accused killer Dylann Roof that they forgave them. Thornton Township, Ill., supervisor Frank Zuccarelli and other politicians, including U.S. […]
