Tony Bartelme

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme |Tony Bartelme

Editor's note: In previous chapters, Marine Col. Charles "Tre" Del Pizzo, a highly decorated combat pilot, ejects from a badly malfunctioning F-35 over North Charleston. 5. THE FALLAfter you pull the ejection handle on a fighter jet, straps on the seat instantly pin your arms and legs so they don’t flail when you hit the slipstream. Air bags inflate around your neck and head. A line of explosives above your head shatters the canopy.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme |Christian Boschult

Prominent Nigerian politicians accused of raiding government coffers in their country have family and corporate links to properties worth millions of dollars in the Carolinas, including a tract in Spartanburg with a $118,282 bill for back taxes and fees, according to records obtained by The Post and Courier’s Uncovered project and an international consortium of journalists.

May 2, 2024 | aikenstandard.com | Tony Bartelme

Carolina Gas Transmission is seeking a roughly 85 percent increase in rates to supply utilities and industries in South Carolina with natural gas. The requested hike potentially adds tens of millions of dollars in costs to transport natural gas here — costs that eventually flow into consumers' power bills. It also comes amid the more visible and heated debate over plans by Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper to build a gas-fueled plant in Colleton County.

May 2, 2024 | postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme

Carolina Gas Transmission is seeking a roughly 85 percent increase in rates to supply utilities and industries in South Carolina with natural gas. The requested hike potentially adds tens of millions of dollars in costs to transport natural gas here — costs that eventually flow into consumers' power bills. It also comes amid the more visible and heated debate over plans by Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper to build a gas-fueled plant in Colleton County.

Feb 29, 2024 | thetandd.com | Tony Bartelme

1. The crookBefore his downfall, Brantley Thomas III had reached the highest rungs of South Carolina’s education ladder: He was chief financial officer for Berkeley County School District, a rapidly growing system with a $260 million budget. And he chaired a nonprofit that helped school districts across the state borrow hundreds of millions of dollars.