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 8:43 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:43:20 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 >>
SOUTH CAROLINA (WMBF) – Pollution is a red flag when choosing where you should live, but South Carolina isn't usually one of those places you'd think of as "toxic."
A study recently released by the Natural Resource Defense Council has named South Carolina as number 13 out of the top 20 states for exposing residents to toxic air pollution.
The analysis shows that pollution from coal-fired power plants emitted 9.3 million pounds of harmful chemicals in this state in 2010.
"Toxic pollution is already being reduced as a result of EPA's health-protecting standards," said John Walke, NRDC's clean air director. "Thanks to the agency's latest safeguards, millions of children and their families in the states hardest hit by toxic air pollution from power plants will be able to breathe easier.''
South Carolina was not the only southern state to make the "Toxic 20." Those states are listed below:
1. Kentucky
2. Ohio
3. Pennsylvania
4. Indiana
5. West Virginia
6. Florida
7. Michigan
8. North Carolina
9. Georgia
10. Texas
11. Tennessee
12. Virginia
13. South Carolina
14. Alabama
15. Missouri
16. Illinois
17. Mississippi
18. Wisconsin
19. Maryland
20. Delaware
Since this list was compiled in 2009, improvements were made by each state, but 18 of the 20 on that list returned to make the list again in 2010.
The NRDC's data shows South Carolina ranked 29th among all states in industrial mercury air pollution from power plants with nearly 570 pounds emitted in 2010, accounting for 32 percent of state mercury air pollution and one percent of U.S. electric sector mercury pollution.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:43 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:43:20 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 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 >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:53 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:53:47 GMT
A new program being offered at the University of South Carolina is giving families a way to get fit together.DHEC numbers show almost one in every three South Carolina high school students are overweightMore >>
A new program being offered at the University of South Carolina is giving families a way to get fit together.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:35 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:35:23 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 >>
The Springdale Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in identifying individuals they say assaulted a man at Circle K, and then robbed a woman in the parking lot of Days Inn.More >>
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he's gotten calls from two conservative groups that feel they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.More >>
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he's gotten calls from two conservative groups that feel they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:59 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:59:09 GMT
A Richland County deputy is out of a job and in trouble with the law after allegedly forcing a woman to expose herself and touch herself inappropriately in exchange for help with criminal charges.RichlandMore >>
A former Richland County deputy is out of a job and in trouble with the law after allegedly forcing a woman to expose herself and touch herself inappropriately in exchange for help with criminal charges.More >>
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 >>
A Columbia truck driver thought he was doing well when he beat the 1 in 55 odds to win $12 on Powerball. He bettered that a week later overcoming odds of 1 in 600,000 to win $200,000 on a scratch-off.More >>
