Bristow Marchant

1 week ago | thestate.com | Bristow Marchant

A member of the Lexington-Richland 5 school board is suing her own school district over an altercation with another board member. Catherine Huddle is suing the district, claiming it has edited or altered security footage from a hallway outside the board’s meeting room, which she sought in a Freedom of Information request. Huddle made a complaint to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department after the Oct.

1 week ago | thestate.com | Bristow Marchant

Lexington County Sheriff's Department A member of the Lexington-Richland 5 school board was arrested Monday and charged with driving under the influence, records show. Elizabeth Barnhardt was booked at the Lexington County Detention Center at 4:51 a.m. Monday on a charge of first-offense DUI of less than 0.1 blood alcohol level, according to booking documents obtained by The State.

1 week ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Bristow Marchant

South Carolina teachers are celebrating the passage of a bill that advocates say will strengthen job protections, improve conditions in the classroom and give educators greater flexibility. At the same time, the Educator Assistance Act may help address the state’s teacher shortage by giving the state board of education more flexibility in keeping teachers who leave their jobs certified to come back to teaching.

1 week ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Bristow Marchant

County leaders are taking aim at a bill making its way through the S.C. Legislature that would change how local governments can tax motorboats, and potentially cut back counties’ tax revenues. A boon for boat owners would be a challenge for other residents, the group that represents the state’s county governments says. “The current proposal shifts taxes from a minority of boat owners to a majority of non-boat owners,” said Josh Rhodes, deputy executive director of the S.C. Association of Counties.

1 week ago | islandpacket.com | Bristow Marchant

An intimidating look at a .45 caliber handgun. Getty Images | Royalty Free Getty Images/iStockphoto Two high school students are facing charges of carrying guns on campus after they were arrested early Thursday morning. A spokesperson for the city of Cayce confirmed two students at Brookland-Cayce High School were taken into custody after a search turned up the guns at the school Thursday.