Tuesday, May 21, 2013
People across the country are wondering what they can do to help.
After a devatasting tornado struck the town of Moore, OK, on Monday, many Midlands residents are asking what they can do to help. First, you can text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10, according to this NBC report. You can also text STORM to 80888 to donate $10 to the Salvation Army relief efforts. The Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief is taking donations online and via phone. Donate through their website here or call (405) 942-3800 to make a tax-deductible donation, USA Today reports. Stay with Patch for more local ways to help the victims. Patch asks: Will you be making a donation to the Oklahoma tornado victims? Also, if you know of any fundraisers being organized in the area, comment with details on this story.
A man was assaulted and kidnapped at a Broad River Road business Monday night.
Richland County deputies are looking for two men who assaulted another man, tied him up and forced him to tell them where computers were stored. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday at a business at 3005 Broad River Road, which is near St. Andrews Road, said Curtis Wilson, spokesperson for the Richland County Sheriff's Department. The men took three laptops and some tablets, Wilson said. They also took some of the victim's personal items. The two men will be charged with burglary, kidnapping and aggravated assalut, Wilson said. Anyone with information about the incident should call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
The following mug shots were provided to Patch by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
These mug shots do not indicate a conviction. The following people were arrested on May 20 in Lexington County. See more mug shots from the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Follow day 9 of the trial here.
Brett Parker, an Irmo man on trial for double murder, owed $175,000 to a former Midlands bookie, according to testimony in day eight of the trial. Lanny Ray Gunter, a man in serving time in federal prison after pleading guilty to a gambling charge, testified that Brett Parker owed him $175,00, according to WIS. Parker was paying off the debt by $5,000 or $10,000 a month. Family and friends of Bryan Capnerhurst, who was found shot dead along with Brett Parker's wife in the Parkers' Ascot Estates home in April 2012, also testified Monday, according to The State. They all said Capnerhurst never owned a gun or talked about guns. Brett Parker's attorneys say Capnerhurst shot Tammy Parker, and Brett Parker then acted in self-defense when he …
Links to new job listings posted in the past 24 hours.
Here are 25 more job listings that were posted on Career Builder on May 20, 2013. They are all within just a few miles of Columbia. Who else is hiring in the Midlands? Click here to find out.
Annual event for those who made the ultimate sacrifice
The seven soldiers who died in combat from South Carolina were honored in Columbia on Monday at the Fallen Soldiers Ceremony. The annual event, held at the Palmetto Club in Columbia, recognizes those South Carolina service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in the past year. The seven South Carolina soldiers who lost their lives: Families of those who died were presented a framed certificate from both Houses of the General Assembly, the South Carolina Palmetto State Hero Commendation, and a South Carolina State Flag. The event was hosted by Sen. Katrina Shealy (R – Lexington) and attended by numerous state officials including State Adjutant General Robert Livingston, State Attorney General Alan Wilson and State Superintendent of …
Junior Daniel Ott will intern at Harvard University's cancer research center for the summer.
A Lexington-Richland School District Five Biomedical Science student has received a highly competitive internship at Harvard University for the summer in the school’s cancer research center. Daniel Ott will participate in the Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) program at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. He is a junior at Dutch Fork High School and studies Biomedical Science at the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center). “Daniel’s internship epitomizes the result of the collaboration between Dutch Fork and the Center’s Biomedical Science program,” said Julie Krusen, a Biomedical Science teacher at The Center. “We’re excited about this opportunity for Daniel and look forward to his work in the future.” …
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Gov. Haley's husband Michael was deployed in January.
Governor Nikki Haley's husband Michael has returned home for two weeks of leave from his deployment in Afghanistan, the governor's office said on Monday. The First Gentleman was deployed on January 10 for a tour of 11 months and his leave was granted by his commanding officers. Two weeks is a customary amount of time for leave for a soldier in Haley's position. As a result of her husband's return, the governor cleared her public schedule for the week, including a scheduled speech in Mount Pleasant on Monday morning.
Latest controversy has legislators split.
Last week the state airplane became a source of controversy yet again. Democrats accused Gov. Nikki Haley of misusing the state plane and the governor's staff provided documentation that she had not. The Democrats countered by saying that even if the governor had not violated the letter of the law, she had violated it in spirit. The state senate then spent much of an afternoon debating whether or not the Budget Control Board should look into simply selling the planes. As has been noted before, just about any part of the state can be reached in a few hours by car and the state could always charter a plane when it was absolutely necessary. Selling the two planes the state owns would probably net the state a significant windfall. The two …
The following mug shots were provided to Patch by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
These mug shots do not indicate a conviction. The following people were arrested on May 19 in Lexington County. See more mug shots from the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
Victoria Worthington
3:56 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I agree! Why was BC never investigated? His coworkers testified about how hardworking BC was yet also testified that he conducted gambling at work. When he went to Parker house he had called in sick that day to conduct more illegal business. Great use of taxpayer dollars. more ›