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SC: Sanford relents on ethics report

By Staff and Wire Reports

Gov. Mark Sanford agreed Thursday to remove the last hurdle to a long-delayed House of Representatives impeachment investigation of his travel and campaign expenses.

SC: Candidate for governor raises Confederate flag issue

By Gina Smith

The Confederate flag must be removed from the State House grounds if South Carolina is to attract jobs, according to one Democrat running for governor. Thursday, Mullins McLeod, a Charleston attorney, released a plan to create jobs and reopened an old S.C. wound about whether it's appropriate to fly the flag on Capitol grounds.

SC: Ethics panel votes to charge Sanford

By John O'Connor

Gov. Mark Sanford agreed Thursday to remove the last hurdle to a long-delayed House of Representatives impeachment investigation of his travel and campaign expenses.

SC: Harrell promised copy of Gov. Sanford ethics investigation report

By Tim Smith

Some lawmakers want to see more detail about ethics charges facing Gov. Mark Sanford before making up their minds, while others say they are disturbed by the State Ethics Commission's finding that the governor violated state ethics laws in his travels and campaign expenses.

SC: Role of black colleges in higher education touted

By Wayne Washington

The presidents of six colleges and universities in South Carolina met Thursday morning with the chief executive officer of a private foundation that has given at least $2 million to a pair of historically black colleges and universities in this state.

AL: US survey -- Southern counties most obese

By Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press

ATLANTA -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia, with two Alabama counties -- Greene and Dallas -- having adult obesity rates that are among the highest in the nation.

WA: S.C. senator -- We 'threw everything at Boeing'

By Michelle Esteban

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- South Carolina Sen. Paul Campbell, R-Goose Creek, said the tough competition from Washington state made South Carolina work even harder for the bid.

SC: 'Superload' could be big draw on Upstate roads

By Paul Alongi

A load longer and heavier than a jumbo jet will today begin a slow trek across Greenville County, clogging some of the area's busiest roads and leaving in its wake an economic impact expected to reach the tens of thousands of dollars.

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