SUMTER NATIVE LEAVES SHOW AFTER 13 YEARS
The hottest thing to come from Sumter in, well, probably ever, is leaving her job as the host of NBC’s Access Hollywood.
Radar Online reports that Nancy O’Dell is leaving the show two years before her contract' [...]
POLICY PROHIBITS PEOPLE FROM LOCKING WEAPONS IN VEHICLE
An opinion from South Carolina’s attorney general is forcing the Georgetown County School District to rethink an illegal policy that bans concealed weapons on school property.
Henry McMaster told the district that the policy, [...]
STATE LOSES 1,500 JOBS, LABOR FORCE INCREASED BY 2,000
South Carolina’s unemployment rate hit an all-time high in November as 12.3 percent of Palmetto State workers were without a job.
The State Employment Security Commission (ESC) reported on Friday that the number of unemployed increased last month to 266,330. [...]
MICROBLOGGING WEBSITE TEMPORARILY POINTED TO ‘IRANIAN CYBER ARMY’
‘Tis the season for website hacking.
Earlier this month, Bill Connor, a candidate for South Carolina lieutenant governor, said his website was hacked by terrorists. Then, yesterday, Sen. Jim DeMint was' [...]
SENATOR: ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ‘RIGHT CANDIDATE’ FOR SC GOV.
The last Republican nominee for president is asking South Carolina voters to support his pick to be the next Republican nominee for governor in South Carolina.
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sent an email to South Carolina residents on Thursday [...]
REPUBLICAN EVENT TO BE HELD JAN. 28 IN CHARLESTON
The South Carolina Republican Party has recruited the host of of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” talk show to serve as the moderator for an upcoming Republican gubernatorial debate.
SCGOP Chairman Karen Floyd announced on Thursday that Joe Scarborough would moderate [...]
SENATOR VOTED WITH PART 91 PERCENT OF TIME
The same Washington Post data that revealed Congressman Gresham Barrett has skipped out on more votes than any U.S. House member this year also brought to light another interesting fact: Sen. Lindsey Graham is [...]
SENATOR’S HOME PAGE BRINGS UP ‘PROMOTIONS’
It looks like lieutenant governor candidate Bill Connor isn’t the only political candidate in South Carolina to find himself on the receiving end of an early Christmas present courtesy of internet hackers.
The state’s junior U.S. Senator, Jim DeMint, has apparently had his [...]
CONGRESSMAN HAS MISSED STAGGERING 35% OF VOTES, MOST OF ANY U.S. HOUSE MEMBER
The people of South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District pay Congressman Gresham Barrett a cozy $174,000 per year, plus some pretty cushy benefits. But they may [...]
3 SC QUOTES AMONG YALE’S 10 MOST MEMORABLE OF 2009
The state of South Carolina was well represented in Yale University’s compilation of the year’s most memorable quotes.
Congressman Joe Wilson took the fourth spot on the annual list for yelling “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a [...]
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTES 18-6 AGAINST MEASURE TO REMOVE GOV.
The effort to remove Gov. Mark Sanford from office came to an end on Wednesday, as the South Carolina House judiciary committee killed a measure to impeach the embattled governor.
But a formal censure of the governor was unanimously approved [...]
PRESIDENT CHOSE ILLINOIS PRISON TO HOUSE 1/3 OF GITMO DETAINEES
The tireless work of South Carolina’s senior U.S. Senator appears to have kept suspected terrorists from being housed in South Carolina.
After heavy lobbying by Sen. Lindsey Graham, President Barack Obama agreed not to send nearly one-third of the [...]
FED CHAIR EARNS MAGAZINE’S ANNUAL TITLE
Say what you will about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, but the controversial macro-economist has been named TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2009.
Bernanke, who was raised in Dillon and got his first job at South of the Border, [...]
DCCC SPOT ATTACKS CONGRESSMAN FOR OPPOSING OBAMA FINANCIAL OVERHAUL
Democrats are using their top Hill committee in an attempt to level the financial playing field against Congressman Joe Wilson in what will undoubtedly be the most expensive U.S. House race of 2010.
In a new 60-second radio spot, the Democratic Congressional Campaign [...]
NATIONAL MEDIA PRESSES 14-TERM CONGRESSMAN ON RE-ELECTION
If Congressman John Spratt is thinking about running for an unfathomable 15th term, then he sure isn’t talking about it.
Multiple media sources have speculated over whether the 67-year-old Democrat will seek re-election next year, but none have had any success getting [...]
BELOVED MINISTER DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM PNEUMONIA
Just two days after a fall at his California home left him hospitalized, Evangelist Oral Roberts has died. He was 91.
According to a spokesman, Roberts died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, Calif. He had survived tuberculosis at age [...]
MUCH-ANTICIPATED JET MAKES MAIDEN VOYAGE
It was a flight that was more than two years and hundreds of millions of dollars in the making: on Tuesday, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner was officially “wheels up” for the first time.
The mid-sized twin-engine passenger jet [...]
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALLOWS JURISTS TO JOIN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE
A South Carolina judicial panel has offered one of the first decisions in the country regarding use of the social networking site Facebook by judges.
The State Advisory Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct [...]
BOARD AGREES TO TRIM SPENDING BY 5%
The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has slashed a quarter of a billion dollars from the state budget.
The 5 percent across-the-board cuts will save the state $245 million from the overall $5 billion [...]
ILLINOIS PRISON TO GET NEARLY 1/3 OF INMATES, SC COULD STILL GET REST
Nearly one-third of the suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay military prison facility in Cuba will soon be on their way to Illinois.
White House officials said on Tuesday that 35 and 90 detainees [...]
WACH FOX ANCHOR MAKES TONIGHT SHOW FOR GAMECOCK REFERENCE
One of my favorite news anchors in South Carolina made national headlines Monday night by way of an unexpected appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien.
Ashleigh Messervy, who hosts WACH Fox’s “Good Day” morning show, was featured on a new segment [...]
LEGISLATION GIVES POWER TO LT. GOV. DURING ABSENCE OF GOV.
When Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared for five days in June to visit his Argentinian mistress, he left South Carolina in a state of utter confusion.
State law provides for the transfer of power if a governor is dead, declared [...]
BOARD GRANTS NEW DEALS TO USC’S TOP 2 COACHES
Christmas came 11 days early for the University of South Carolina’s top two coaches, as the school’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday agreed to give contract extensions to head football coach Steve Spurrier and head basketball coach Darrin Horn.
Spurrier [...]
OMNIBUS BILL CREATES 12% SPENDING INCREASE
U.S. Senate Democrats railroaded through trillion dollar omnibus appropriations bill on Sunday that conservatives are calling little more than a continuation of the federal government’s binge spending.
One Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, called the bill “a disaster.”
“At a time when most Americans are [...]
CHANGES ARE GOOD FIRST STEP, STATE NEEDS MORE REFORMS
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles announced last week that, beginning next year, handicapped placards and license tags will look a little different.
The placards will feature a photo of the individual to whom it was issued. The [...]
DIVORCE FINAL HEARING SET FOR FEB. 26
After 20 years of marriage, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife Jenny may be officially divorced in just over two months.
A final hearing date has been set for Feb. 26 after First Lady Jenny [...]
WOLFORD OFFERED JOB AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
The man who oversaw the University of South Carolina’s offensive line this season is likely on his way to Ohio.
USC offensive line coach Eric Wolford has reportedly been offered the head coaching job at Youngstown State — a post he is expect [...]
DISGRACED GOVERNOR PULLING ONLY 3% IN FAILBLOG.ORG POLL
Gov. Mark Sanford’s five day disappearance and admission to an affair with a woman from Argentina has resulted in a divorce, a near impeachment, and a rock-bottom approval rating. And now, it may earn him the FAILBlog.org “Top [...]
FMR. LAWMAKERS ACCUSED OF AFFAIR TIE KNOT
A pair of former South Carolina lawmakers who both lost their seats after persistent rumors of an extramarital affair have reportedly gotten hitched.
The Charleston Post and Courier reported that former State Sen. [...]
REPUBLICAN PARTY DEDICATES HEADQUARTERS TO ROGER MILLIKEN
Less than three months after setting a goal of becoming debt free, the South Carolina Republican Party has declared its mission accomplished.
SCGOP Chairman Karen Floyd on Friday said that the party had met the fundraising goal for the [...]
GRAHAM LEGISLATION FRAMEWORK ANGERS ANTI-OFFSHORE DRILLING ADVOCATES
A bipartisan energy bill currently being crafted by South Carolina’s senior U.S. Senator has some environmentalists up in arms.
At least two left wing environmentalist groups expressed their anger Thursday with Sen. [...]
SANFORD ASKS FOR PRIVACY, PRAYERS IN DEALING WITH FORMAL SPLIT FROM WIFE
Only hours after his wife said she was filing for divorce, Gov. Mark Sanford is speaking out.
The embattled governor asked for privacy and prayers in dealing with his formal [...]
MUCH-ANTICIPATED DREAMLINER TO CONDUCT MAIDEN VOYAGE IN WASHINGTON STATE
The world’s largest aircraft manufacturer says its highly-anticipated 787 Dreamliner will take flight next week.
Boeing announced on Friday that, after more than two years of delays, the Dreamliner is ready [...]
JENNY SANFORD TO LEAVE CHEATING HUSBAND
After a tumultuous year of trying to reconcile marital difficulties with her cheating husband, South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford has filed for divorce.
Mrs. Sanford made the announcement on Friday that she would be leaving Gov. Mark Sanford, who made a [...]
SANFORD URGES SC DELEGATION TO OPPOSE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE
For the first time in the health care debate, Congressional Democrats appear to be willing to pass insurance reform legislation that doesn’t include a so-called “public option.”
On Thursday, lawmakers said they had reached a tentative deal to [...]
DEMOCRAT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 4 STATES GET EARLY VOTES, OTHERS GET MORE DELGATES
After the messy leapfrogging between states that marred the last presidential primaries, Republican and Democrat officials are taking preventative measures to see that 2012 goes much smoother.
While Republicans are still negotiating their calendar, Democrats appear to [...]
ATTORNEY GENERAL VIEWED FAVORABLY BY 2-TO-1 RATIO
For the second time in a week, polling shows Republican State Attorney General Henry McMaster leading the race to become South Carolina’s next governor.
Public Policy Polling (PPP) released numbers on the governor’s race Thursday that gave McMaster a sizable advantage [...]
PUNK ROCKER AGREES TO DEAL FOR UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT
Punk rocker Travis Barker, formerly of the band Blink-182, has settled a lawsuit against multiple companies he said were at fault for a September 2008 South Carolina plane wreck that [...]
FIRST LADY DISHES ON UPCOMING BOOK, HUSBAND’S AFFAIR
South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford was named one of the 10 most fascinating people of 2009 by ABC’s Barbara Walters during an hour-long special on Wednesday night.
In her first national television interview, Mrs. Sanford told Walters that she was not asked to [...]
GOVERNOR THANKS PANEL, VOWS TO ‘FINISH STRONG’
Gov. Mark Sanford on Wednesday expressed his appreciation for a South Carolina House judiciary subcommittee that voted against a bill to impeach him.
The ad hoc committee voted six-to-one against recommending passage of the [...]
6 OF 7 MEMBERS GIVE UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, VOTE TO CENSURE GOVERNOR
A South Carolina House judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday voted six to one against a bill to impeach disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford.
The seven-member panel agreed that Sanford abused his power as governor in scheduling a 2008 trip to [...]
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ‘CLINKING GLASSES WITH MANHATTAN LIBERALS’
Ever since the buzz — and fundraising — surrounding Congressman Joe Wilson’s “you lie” outburst ground to halt, his Democrat challenger has all but disappeared.
Rob Miller had used Wilson’s nationally-televised shout out [...]
SECTOR REPRESENTS LARGEST INDUSTRY CLUSTER IN STATE
One of South Carolina’s oldest job sectors is also one of its most important, according to a report released on Wednesday by the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA).
The SCMA study found that the manufacturing industry still has a major impact on [...]
HIGHLY-BILLED REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE TO GRADUATE, TRANSFER
Once billed as one of the nation’s top prospects, Clemson quarterback Willy Korn has spent all of his time with the Tigers in a backup role. But that won’t be the case next season.
Korn [...]
CAI LOOKS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WASTEFUL SPENDING ON BOTTLED WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Amid an international recession and increased environmental awareness, a nonprofit group is looking to crack down on a hazardous waste of taxpayer funds: Bottled water.
A report released Wednesday by Corporate Accountability International (CAI) found that [...]
GET SC STATUS QUO UPDATES ON TWITTER
The South Carolina lobbyist and political consultant known for his extremely dirty campaign tactics and destroying the Republican Party, is bringing his status quo cronyism to Twitter.
Warren Tompkins has created an account on the microblogging service and posted [...]
CONGRESSMAN TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION CALLING FOR CREATION OF OVERSIGHT COMMISSION
South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson on Wednesday will join with two other U.S. representatives in calling for an audit of the federal government’s stimulus spending.
Wilson and Reps. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), and Mark Souder (R-Ind.) will introduce legislation to [...]
SENATOR WORKING TO PROHIBIT PUBLICLY-FUNDED ABORTIONS
Sen. Lindsey Graham is championing a measure to prohibit publicly-funded abortions in the Senate’s proposed trillion-dollar health care bill.
Graham said Tuesday he will vote in support of the amendment to the Democrat health care bill by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Orrin [...]
ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES CLIP WITH FMR. PRESIDENT
As Republicans running for governor in South Carolina channel the conservative ideals of Ronald Reagan, Attorney General Henry McMaster has released a video that proudly displays his ties to the former president.
“To give you some idea of how [...]
FIRST LADY WAS NEVER ASKED TO BE AT PRESS CONFERENCE
During the most infamous press conference in South Carolina history, when Gov. Mark Sanford revealed his extramarital affair with a woman from Argentina, the first lady was conspicuously absent.
Many other politicians — including Louisiana Sen. David Vitter and [...]
REPORT COMES ON HEELS OF HISTORIC BOEING ANNOUNCEMENT
The only organization dedicated exclusively to the interests of South Carolina manufacturers will release an economic impact study regarding the state’s production industry on Wednesday.
The South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) study, which was prepared by Miley, Gallo & Associates, LLC, [...]
MARK FAVA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RUN AGAINST BROWN
The crowded race for South Carolina’s first Congressional district got a little more crowded Monday as former Mt. Pleasant Town Council member and Naval Reserve Officer Mark Fava announced his intention to seek the seat as a Republican.
“Our country faces [...]
INCREASED SPENDING HAS LED TO DECREASED RESULTS, REPORT SAYS
There’s a whole lot of a bad news and not much good news for state schools, according to a review of South Carolina education policy by a Columbia-based think tank.
The South Carolina Policy Council on Monday released its annual [...]
CLEMSON RUNNING BACK NOT INVITED TO NEW YORK
The season-long campaign to get senior running back C.J. Spiller a Heisman Trophy came to a disappointing end for Clemson fans Monday as the Tiger star was not among the five finalists for [...]
SUBCOMMITTEE SAYS GOVERNOR ‘ABUSED POWER’ IN SCHEDULING 2008 TRIP TO ARGENTINA, DROPS 4 MORE CHARGES
Mark Sanford abused his power as governor in scheduling a 2008 trip to Argentina, a South Carolina House judiciary subcommittee determined on Monday.
The seven-member panel [...]
SPACESHIPTWO TO BEGIN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS IN 2011
If you have an extra $200,000 laying around and don’t mind heights, you could soon get the opportunity to travel into space.
Virgin Galactic on Monday will unveil SpaceShipTwo (SS2) — a commercial rocket [...]
LONGEST-SERVING STATE TREASURER DEAD AT 85
South Carolina’s longest-serving state treasurer has died at age 85.
Grady Patterson served as state treasurer for 40 years before losing re-election to Thomas Ravenel in 2006.
Longtime advisor Trav Robertson told The Palmetto Scoop that Patterson’s rise from a farm boy in Calhoun [...]
AMERICA REMEMBERS 68TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAPANESE ATTACK
When President Franklin Roosevelt went before Congress on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941 to request a declaration of war against Japan, the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Japan had bombed the United States and killed thousands in a surprise attack [...]
USC TO FACE UCONN IN PAPJOHNS.COM BOWL, CLEMSON GETS KENTUCKY IN MUSIC CITY BOWL
The University of South Carolina already knew they were headed to the PapaJohns.com Bowl next month, but now they have an opponent. And arch-rival Clemson, who came within five points of winning the ACC [...]
FMR. MYTLE BEACH MAYOR IDENTIFIED AS ANONYMOUS COMMENTER IN LIBEL SUIT
Less than a month ago, former Myrtle Beach Mayor Mark McBride lost his battle to oust the man who defeated him in 2005. And now he’s suffered another defeat in his attempt to wage an anonymous attack [...]
YELLOW JACKETS COME BACK TO BEAT TIGERS, 39-34
Clemson came withing five points of a BCS bowl berth Saturday, but didn’t have enough to overpower No. 10 Georgia Tech in the ACC championship game.
A 15-yard touchdown with 1:20 left in the game gave Georgia Tech a [...]
REX DEMOCRAT FRONTRUNNER IN RASMUSSEN SURVEY, 49% AGAINST SANFORD IMPEACHMENT
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is best positioned to win the race to become the next governor, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Saturday, while nearly half of the state [...]
HOLIDAY SEASON OFFERS NO SIGN OF UNITY AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION
It’s been a painful, six-month whirlwind for South Carolina’s first family.
In June, Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared for five days and, when he returned, he admitted to an ongoing affair with a woman from Argentina. And ever since, both [...]
DESIGNATED DRIVER WILL BRING YOU, YOUR CAR HOME FOR SMALL FEE
It’s 2 a.m. and you just heard “last call” at your favorite bar. You’ve had a few too many drinks and it’s definitely not a good idea for you to drive home.
Often, that situation leads to a bad decision like [...]
AMERICANS PAIRED WITH ENGLAND, SLOVENIA, ALGERIA
The United States men’s soccer team won a major victory in the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Friday — and they didn’t even have to step on the soccer pitch to do it.
SENATOR: ‘I’M ABLE TO WIN DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT VOTES TO SUPPORT A 90% CONSERVATIVE’
South Carolina’s senior U.S. Senator is defending his record against critics who are angered by his efforts to find bipartisan solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the country.
This week, Sen. Lindsey Graham [...]
GOVERNOR WILL NOT IMPLEMENT UNFUNDED, FEDERALLY-MANDATED PROGRAM
Gov. Mark Sanford renewed his fight against the unfunded, federally-mandated REAL ID program in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week.
Sanford said on Friday that he penned the letter to update the federal government on South Carolina’s progress [...]
SENATOR WILL OPPOSE FED CHAIR’S CONFIRMATION UNLESS FED IS AUDITED
South Carolina’s junior U.S. Senator will oppose the nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke unless Congress votes to audit nation’s the central banking system.
Sen. Jim DeMint announced his intent to block Bernanke [...]
SOLAR PANELS EXPECTED TO SAVE MONEY FOR OVERCROWDED FACILITY
It’s not every day that officials find a way to save money while housing inmates in prison. And it’s certainly not every day that they do so in an eco-friendly manner.
But both of those things are happening right here [...]
SAUNDERS TWEETS DISAPPOINTMENT OVER NOT GOING TO MUSIC CITY BOWL
When it was announced on Wednesday that the University of South Carolina was a lock for the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. on Jan. 2, some in Gamecock County were happy that [...]
IMPEACHMENT PANEL DISMISSES ALL BUT 8 COMPLAINTS AGAINST GOVERNOR
A South Carolina House judiciary panel dismissed most of the ethics charges against Gov. Mark Sanford, all pertaining to allegations that the governor illegally used taxpayer funds to upgrade to business class flights and that he improperly reimbursed himself [...]
MAN UPDATES RELATIONSHIP STATUS, TWITTER ACCOUNT AT ALTAR
As I wrote Wednesday, the social networking website Facebook is truly taking over the world. The website now boasts more than 350 million users and is the second most visited site on the Internet.
But a [...]
JUSTICES ORDER DOCUMENTS BE MADE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY
For the second time in as many months, the South Carolina Supreme Court has issued a ruling regarding access to an ethics investigation of Gov. Mark Sanford.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it used [...]
SC’S SENIOR SENATOR PLAYING KEY ROLE IN WAR AGAINST TERROISM
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday night that he planned to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to bolster the United States’ eight-year-long effort to defeat terrorism abroad.
This second, [...]
WEBSITE CLIMBS TO NO. 2, HITS 350 MILLION USERS
The social networking website Facebook is now the second most visited website in the world, according to web information company Alexa.
Facebook recently knocked Yahoo out of the second spot and trails only behind Google, [...]
GOLFER LINKED TO 3 POSSIBLE MISTRESSES
In the most startling revelation since South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told the world he had left the state unattended for five days to visit his mistress in Argentina, the world’s top athlete has admitted to [...]
USC LIKELY HEADED TO PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL ON JAN. 2
The news was all but confirmed Wednesday: the University of South Carolina will be going to the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. on Jan. 2.
That decision is somewhat disappointing [...]
HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE LOOKS INTO SANFORD’S USE OF STATE AIRCRAFT
A seven member South Carolina House judiciary panel looking held the second of at least four hearings into an impeachment resolution against disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday.
The hearing examined Sanford’s possible misuse of state aircraft, as described [...]
LAUREN CAITLIN UPTON TO AGAIN PUT MAP SKILLS TO TEST ON NATIONAL TV
The woman who made the title of Miss Teen South Carolina infamous after botching a question about maps will ironically be on a show [...]
USC PRESIDENT, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO RECOMMEND CONTRACT CONTINUE THROUGH 2013
South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier’s crushing defeat of arch-rival Clemson on Saturday was more than enough to save his job, it was enough to extend it.
USC president Harris Pastides and athletic [...]
AL GORE TO RECEIVE LEGACY AWARD IN APRIL
Former vice president turned global warming activist Al Gore will be coming to Charleston next year when the South Carolina Aquarium celebrates its 10-year anniversary at its Environmental Stewardship Awards.
Gore will be honored with the Legacy Award at the April [...]
LT. GOV. CANDIDATE SAYS SITE WAS ATTACKED FROM MIDDLE EAST, CONNECTED TO MILITARY SERVICE
A candidate for South Carolina lieutenant governor said Tuesday that his campaign website had been hacked, possibly by Islamic terrorists.
Bill Connor, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves who served in Afghanistan, said [...]
NATIONAL, STATE LEADERS CELEBRATE ENERGY EFFICIENT PROJECT
National and state leaders gathered in Aiken Monday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the largest energy efficiency project in American history — a new power station at the Savannah River Site.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and members of Congress from [...]
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WOULD COST $21,465
It will cost you a whole lot less to sing the “12 Days of Christmas” this holiday season than it will to buy all of the items in the song.
Philadelphia’s PNC Bank Monday released the “[...]
REPORT TALLIES CONGRESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES
James Clyburn spent $265.00 on donuts. Gresham Barrett bought $243.78 worth of bottled water. And John Spratt blew through $7,791.40 in office supplies.
These are just a few of the $1.85 million worth of expenditures paid for with taxpayer money during the third quarter [...]
SC AG: STATE COULD BECOME TERRORIST TARGET
South Carolina’s top law enforcement official made a trip to the Naval Brig in North Charleston Monday to see first hand the facility that could house suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba [...]
REANIMATED PRESIDENT OFFERS ‘NEW FACE’ FOR REPUBLICANS
There is no arguing that things have gotten pretty bad for the Republican Party. Not only is the GOP in the minority, but across the country, party faithful are actually working to shrink the party by purging moderates and independents.
Things have gotten so bad [...]
STATE PARTY TO GET NEW TOP STAFFER
The South Carolina Republican Party has a new top staffer, The Palmetto Scoop has learned.
SCGOP Chairman Karen Floyd has named parliamentarian Todd Kincannon the party’s new executive director. Kincannon, a Simpsonville native who practices law in Columbia, has served as parliamentarian [...]
RETAILERS LOOK TO EXTEND ‘BLACK FRIDAY’ SALES TO INTERNET
If “Black Friday” wasn’t enough to stimulate your inner-Capitalist, then you’re in luck because Monday is “Cyber Monday” — the online equivalent of the year’s best shopping deals.
A conglomeration of retailers and, well, [...]
SENATOR SAYS CONGRESS SHOULD CUT WASTEFUL SPENDING TO HELP FUND WAR EFFORT
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham took some of his Congressional colleagues to task for using the War in Afghanistan to deflect away from out-of-control spending at home.
TOWN OF SALLEY CELEBRATES PIG INTESTINES FOR 44TH YEAR
Nearly 25,000 people turned out to the tiny town of Salley on Saturday to celebrate, of all things, pig intestines.
The 44th Annual Chitlin’ Strut featured a parade, beauty pageant, talent show, tractor show,' [...]
GAMECOCKS BEAT TIGERS TO HALT SERIES DOMINANCE
It was the game that football fans across South Carolina had been waiting for all season: the Palmetto Bowl. And for the University of South Carolina faithful, it didn’t disappoint, as the Gamecocks routed No. 18 Clemson, [...]
SCORNED FIRST LADY CONTINUES TO RAISE PROFILE
Jenny Sanford has spent the majority of her time as South Carolina First Lady in her husband Mark’s shadow — at least publicly, anyway. But that all changed when the governor disappeared for five days and admitted to an affair with [...]
TROOPERS TO GIVE OUT COUPONS FOR GOOD DRIVING BEHAVIOR
The next time you get pulled over, it could earn you some free Chick-fil-A food — that is, if you live in the Lowcountry and are wearing your seat belt.
Police in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties are teaming up [...]
SC2 MOVES FROM SMART CAR TO OLD RED VAN
Another day, another new ride for South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer.
First, the man known across the Palmetto State as “SC2″ tooled around town in a sleek Jeep Wagoneer woody. Then Bauer traded up for [...]
A TIME TO GIVE THANKS, REMEMBER HOLIDAY’S ORIGINS
As Americans take time today to gather with friends and family to give thanks, I want to express my gratitude to the thousands of individuals who visit The Palmetto Scoop every day and keep this the best place for news and political [...]
ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD FEATURED 3 ANCHORS, UNFORTUNATE HEADLINE
A pair of executives at an Alabama television station have been suspended after what can only be described as an “epic billboard fail” by in Mobile, Ala. television station WPMI.
The electronic billboard had a photo of three anchors pictured next to [...]
N. CHARLESTON EVENT ALREADY SOLD OUT
FOX News Channell hosts Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck will be coming to South Carolina in January when their ‘Bold & Fresh’ tour makes a stop in North Charleston. But if you don’t already have tickets, you’re [...]
