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9:43 am on Tuesday January 8, 2013
Rural town's voters are first to cast voter ID regulated ballots
Located between Walterboro and Orangeburg, one doesn't hear of Branchville or its 430 registered voters very often, but they're in the news today as South Carolina's first citizens to cast ballot under new voter ID rules.
1:17 pm on Thursday January 7, 2010
After multiple run ins, Orangeburg man gets 10 years for meat theft
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The Times and Democrat reports that Mark Zachary, 51, has landed a 10 year sentence after jurors found him guilty of shoplifting an expensive cut of meat.
2:34 pm on Tuesday May 12, 2009
Orangeburg catches heat for North Charleston development request
Image by 20090512-orange.jpg Highlighting is ours: When mayors break out words like "whipping boy," you know someone's not happy. Go read the whole letter at The Charleston Regional Business Journal.As if the debate over more rail access at the new...
3:17 pm on Saturday May 9, 2009
Thomas Ivey executed for 1993 Orangeburg double murder
Thomas Treshawn Ivey, 34, was executed by South Carolina at 6:15 p.m. Friday, May 8.
IveryRead more stories on this subject in our execution topic page.He had be sentenced to die for the 1993 double murder of Orangeburg's Sgt. Tommy Harrison and...
7:52 pm on Thursday January 29, 2009
Massive pot greenhouse uncovered in Orangeburg
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A raid in Orangeburg County uncovered a greenhouse capable of producing "thousands of pounds of marijuana each year."
The facility was uncovered thanks to a tip from Virginia police. One 24-...
1:49 pm on Monday December 29, 2008
Photo find: Charleston C-17 training exercise
Image by U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katie Gieratz C-17s out of Charleston fly as part of a 13-aircraft formation training exercise. Go view the high-res image. [gmap markers=blue::33.606041495726636,-81.07738494873047 |zoom=7 |center=33....
9:36 am on Wednesday December 17, 2008
55 pounds of pot seized; two Orangeburg men charged
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Two Orangeburg men have been arrested and face charges in trafficking marijuana after 55 pounds of pot was seized from their truck.
Here's a bit from The State's good write...
2:34 pm on Sunday September 14, 2008
Cleveland Sellers: Figure in Orangeburg Massacre, new leader of Voorhees
South Carolina-native Cleveland Sellers, Jr. was the only person jailed for the fatal events at the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre where three students were killed by police. But 40 years later, Sellers has become the president of Voorhees College in...
11:35 am on Wednesday August 20, 2008
Orangeburg girl hid in closet, called 911 during break-in
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An Orangeburg girl is safe after she dove in her closet and called 911 while four men...
2:39 pm on Friday July 11, 2008
No more Mondays?
Image by flickr user revolutionarygirlImage by 20080711cubicle.jpg Imagine, you could have to come to this cubicle one less day a week.
Rep. Jerry Govan, D-Orangeburg, says high energy prices have reached the point when we need to start considering...
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