Thursday, May 23 2013 1:48 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:48:35 GMT
The man who firebombed the Salty Nut Cafe in early 2012 has pleaded guilty.Theodore Podewil appeared in a Richland County courtroom Thursday to enter the plea.He was arrested about a month after the JanuaryMore >>
The man who firebombed the Salty Nut Cafe in early 2012 has pleaded guilty.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:03 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:03:09 GMT
A friend of Tammy Jo Parker testified Wednesday that he was intimate with the 44-year-old while she was married to Brett Parker. The revelation comes just days after Brett Parker admitted he had a girlfriendMore >>
A friend of Tammy Jo Parker testified Wednesday that he was intimate with the 44-year-old while she was married to double-murder suspect Brett Parker.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:55 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:55:08 GMT
(RNN) - Dozens of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big MacMore >>
More than a dozen of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:33 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:33:55 GMT
SOUTH CAROLINA LAW REQUIRES ALL LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES PROVIDE OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE PUBLIC BUSINESS IS HANDLED IN AN OPEN, PUBLICMore >>
A WIS investigation into allegations that the Fairfield County administrator had disseminated pornography from his tax payer-funded computer has ended with a $29,395 Freedom of Information Act charge.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:50 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:50:18 GMT
A former South Carolina hospital worker who refused a required flu shot is entitled to receive unemployment benefits thanks to a state appeals court.More >>
A former South Carolina hospital worker who refused a required flu shot is entitled to receive unemployment benefits thanks to a state appeals court.More >>
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, SC (WIS) -
A
Batesburg-Leesville mother who embezzled thousands of
dollars from a local parent-teacher organization she headed up will spend two years in prison after admitting to the crime.
34-year-old Tonya Timmerman learned her fate during a court appearance Wednesday afternoon.
According to assistant solicitor Robert Elam, a circuit judge sentenced Timmerman to ten years in prison. She'll spend a total of two years behind bars and then be on probation for five years, Elam said.
While on probation she cannot
hold a position where she is to handle public or charitable funds. Elam said Timmerman brought $14,000 with her to court and was ordered to pay back an
additional 9,000 dollars.
For
more than a year, Timmerman, the president of the Batesburg-Leesville parent-teacher organization,
spent thousands of dollars from two school PTO accounts, one of which was supposed to benefit a little boy who was battling leukemia.
Some
of that money was supposed to go to Tammy Boldt's son Ryan, who's
fighting leukemia. "Very shocking," said Boldt in August 2011. "Disbelief. Just
unbelievable."
In
May of 2011, PTO members say they found out the money was disappearing when a
fundraising company called the school looking for payment.
Investigators said Timmerman used some of money to pay for personal expenses.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:03 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:03:09 GMT
A friend of Tammy Jo Parker testified Wednesday that he was intimate with the 44-year-old while she was married to Brett Parker. The revelation comes just days after Brett Parker admitted he had a girlfriendMore >>
A friend of Tammy Jo Parker testified Wednesday that he was intimate with the 44-year-old while she was married to double-murder suspect Brett Parker.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 12:16 AM EDT2013-05-24 04:16:57 GMT
Time gives way to new realities but it hasn't dampened Sarah Hackett's spirit. She recalled her excitement about bringing a new life into the world in December of 2010."We were expecting our first childMore >>
Time gives way to new realities but it hasn't dampened Sarah Hackett's spirit. She recalled her excitement about bringing a new life into the world in December of 2010.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:32 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:32:46 GMT
One person was taken to the hospital Thursday night after a house fire in Columbia. The Columbia Fire Department was called to the home on Haverford Circle off Monticello Road just before 11 p.m.No additionalMore >>
One person was taken to the hospital Thursday night after a house fire in Columbia.More >>
The South Carolina Senate has approved a budget amendment that allows for hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of road and bridge construction.More >>
The South Carolina Senate has approved a budget amendment that allows for hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of road and bridge construction.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 01:40:36 GMT
A Columbia woman has been arrested after a child in her care died over the weekend.Margie Hamm, 34, was arrested and charged with homicide by child abuse, according to the Columbia Police Department.PoliceMore >>
A Columbia woman has been arrested after a child in her care died over the weekend.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:04 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:04:07 GMT
Defense attorneys for Brett Parker started presenting their case in his double murder trial Thursday.Attorney Dave Fedor told the jury prosecutors have shown "not one scintilla" if evidence that ParkerMore >>
Defense attorneys for Brett Parker started presenting their case in his double murder trial Thursday.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:00 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:00:38 GMT
An accounting firm's report into a high school's athletic booster club confirms what WIS uncovered in its investigation. A report released this week showed that two checks were indeed signed by an unauthorizedMore >>
An accounting firm's report into a high school's athletic booster club confirms what WIS uncovered in its investigation.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:45 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:45:48 GMT
No one enjoys long wait times and scheduling struggles that can come with going to the doctor's office. But now legislators and doctors are supporting a new high-tech alternative to the office visit.Dr.More >>
No one enjoys long wait times and scheduling struggles that can come with going to the doctor's office. But now legislators and doctors are supporting a new high-tech alternative to the office visit.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:18 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:18:58 GMT
People in Camden are complaining about a traveling zoo exhibit that stopped at a city shopping center. They say the exotic animals' cages are too small, and the wild animals shouldn't be in cages at all.More >>
People in Camden are complaining about a traveling zoo exhibit that stopped at a city shopping center.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:02 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:02:04 GMT
The Honor Flight program started as a way to get World War II veterans to Washington but as the years passed, the focus shifted to Korea. It was an ideological war, stuck between the glory of World WarMore >>
The Honor Flight program started as a way to get World War II veterans to Washington but as the years passed, the focus shifted to Korea.More >>
Tonya Timmerman
