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ANDERSON, S.C. (WSPA) – From the smell to the unsightly view and constant noise, living near a landfill can be a raw deal. What’s worse, is finding out an expanding landfill is taking in out-of-state trash from as far away as New York. In this Consumer Investigation, 7NEWS learned for one county in particular, that violates a written agreement, and dozens of irate homeowners nearby have filed a lawsuit against the landfill. ... The landfill used to be owned by Anderson County but in the 90s it was sold to private owners, changed hands a few times and has grown...

WMBF reports the FBI is investigating a bomb threat called into a Myrtle Beach restaurant hosting a drag queen brunch.The Myrtle Beach Police Department said officers responded to the Mr. Fish location on the 6400 block of North Kings Highway on Sunday after reports of the threat. “Right now a lot of people are angry,” said a performer, who did not want to be identified and was at the event. “As much as I want to be strong about it and not let hate win, it kind of wants me to rethink a little bit. I’ve been doing this for...

No named tropical cyclones since early July through late August, 2022. Nothing of concern down the visible pipeline. But La Niña still strong. What gives?

After two bouts of COVID, the Biden’s are heading to the “Low Country” for their much needed R & R. How long they will be at Kiawah Island, SC has not been disclosed.

Pelosi, the speaker of the US House, labels the Supreme Court an "extremist" body that punishes the American people.

One person died after an estimated 11-foot alligator pulled them into a retention pond Friday at the Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club near Burgess, officials said. Horry County Police spokeswoman Mikayla Moskov confirmed that HCPD's Environmental Services and Criminal Investigations divisions are investigating the death. Moskov said Horry County Fire Rescue responded around 11:45 a.m. to the area of Excalaber Court, and "upon arrival, units determined that an alligator had taken hold of a neighbor and retreated into a nearby retention pond." The victim was recovered from the pond, Moskov said. She added that a South Carolina Department of...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 23 that New York’s proper cause requirement for concealed carry permit issuance is unconstitutional. New York State Rifle and Pistol Association [NYSRPA] v. Bruen centered on denials for permits under New York’s concealed carry permitting law. The NYSRPA filed suit claiming that one of its members was eligible for a permit but was denied because of New York’s requirement that concealed carry applicants prove why they need to carry a gun. The case ultimately dealt with the scope of the Second Amendment — whether the right to keep and bear arms applies only...

Fourteen Senate Republicans bucked the National Rifle Association and other Second Amendment advocates on Tuesday to advance bipartisan gun control and school safety legislation. In a 64-34 vote, the Senate voted to begin debate on an ambitious rewrite of the nation’s firearm laws. Although only a simple majority was needed to take the measure up, 14 Republicans led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted in favor.

@LindseyGrahamSC I stand ready to vote on ALL the proposals mentioned by President Biden tonight and encourage the Democratic Leader to bring them forward for votes. (1/2) @LindseyGrahamSC I also stand ready to work across the aisle to find common ground - something that was absent from President Biden’s address to the nation. (2/2)

House Democrats are undercutting bipartisan legislation to bolster security for Supreme Court justices as heated protests erupt outside their homes. The Senate passed an emergency, bipartisan bill to beef up security for the justices and the Supreme Court building, sending it to the House on Monday night. Democrats in the House, however, don't appear to be eager to get the bill passed into law. Leadership members said on Wednesday they haven't even read the legislation, which is a single page, and they are now considering a new bill with an added provision that extends the security to the Court's 40-odd...

Whoever leaked the alleged draft of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has committed the “original sin for judicial ethics,” said Jonathan Turley, criminal defense attorney and Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University. Politico published an alleged draft on Monday of the Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The case revolves around Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban and is the most significant challenge in decades to the Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which declared abortion to be protected by the U.S. Constitution. The...

A boater who rescued a man in distress — twice — and then fatally shot him in South Carolina will not be charged because he was acting in self-defence, according to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. The boater was on a pontoon vessel with his wife on Lake Keowee last week when the couple spotted a man and a woman in distress in the water. The man and woman had fallen from a jet ski and did not have life jackets, a news release from the sheriff’s office explained. Morgan and the woman may have been arguing before they ended...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Yet more earthquakes have struck near South Carolina's capital city, the ninth and tenth in a series of rumblings that have caused geologists to wonder how long the convulsions might last, or if they could possibly portend future, more serious seismic activity. Early Wednesday, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Elgin, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Columbia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was measured at a depth of 0.5 kilometers, officials said. About 7 hours later, another earthquake hit the area, this one with a magnitude of 1.5, according to officials. That area, a...

Daniel Rickenmann, a Republican businessman, on Tuesday defeated Democratic attorney Tameika Isaac Devine by 4 points to become Columbia's next mayor. A slew of prominent national Democrats, including Obama, Clyburn, and Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison, backed Devine in the race. The result shows that Democrats' plummeting popularity extends even to areas the party has historically dominated. Obama, who in a Monday audio message urged Columbia voters to "make history again by showing up for Tameika Isaac Devine," won the city's county by 29 points in 2008 and 33 points in 2012. Clyburn, meanwhile, resides in Columbia and has...

Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) says he's issuing an executive order barring Cabinet agencies from issuing or enforcing vaccine mandates ...

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On August 5th, 2021, on Southport Road near Spartanburg, South Carolina, Travis Draper, 41 years old, was found dead in his vehicle. He had a gunshot wound.From wsav.com:Clevenger identified the victim as 41-year-old Travis Antonio Draper of Pacolet. Roebuck Fire Chief Brian Harvey says crews were called to the scene of a crash on Southport Road and found the man with a gunshot wound. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said authorities are investigating the case as a possible road rage incident.People were outraged at the killing. The following was published from an interview on Monday, August, 9th, 2021,...

GREENVILLE — One of the chief architects behind a takeover of the Greenville County Republican Party that pledged support to former President Donald Trump has succumbed to COVID-19. Pressley Stutts Jr., who three weeks ago was admitted to an Upstate hospital emergency wing and regularly posted on Facebook updates about his deteriorating condition, died Aug. 19, according to a morning post on his professional page. Since mid-July, Stutts and his wife, Patty, have struggled with the health issues caused by the coronavirus that surged again this summer in the form of the highly contagious delta variant. After sharing hope his...

... The pro-Scott super PAC, Opportunity Matters Fund, has drawn support from conservative donors like Richard Gaby, who has bankrolled the likes of former President Donald Trump and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. But Scott has also received backing from the party’s mainstream givers, like New York hedge fund manager Dan Loeb, a financier of gay rights initiatives who is slated to host a fundraiser bolstering Scott later this year. .... Scott’s donor outreach has taken him to financial centers including Texas, where this spring he attended an event organized by former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove.

Sen. Lindsey Graham tested positive for #COVID19 despite vaccination, has flu-like symptoms.

Several high-ranking county GOP officials have resigned after pressure from a group of outspoken critics questioning their leadership. Greenville County Republican Party's Chairman Jennifer Black, First Vice Chairman Stacy Shea and Executive Committeeman Randy Page released a statement announcing their departures on Thursday. This came after a group called mySCGOP, a South Carolina group of Republicans backing a "MAGA agenda," alongside members of the Greenville Tea Party, questioned the legitimacy of the convention that led to their leadership. MAGA stands for Make America Great Again, a phrase linked with former President Donald Trump. In joint remarks, shared via the Fresh...