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A truck driver in Utah was arrested last week in connection with the Northern California cold case killing of a woman in 1994.

Phones have been ringing off the hook.

The South Carolina Department of Veterans' Affairs is close to getting land for a new veterans cemetery from a public utility. The State reports that Santee Cooper would donate 90 acres near its headquarters in Moncks Corner in Berkeley County under a plan approved by the state legislative panel that oversees capital improvement projects. Veterans' Affairs Secretary William Grimsley says that South Carolina has one of the nation's largest per capita veteran populations. It has thr...

South Carolina has three national veterans cemeteries and one state veterans cemetery, and is looking to establish at least one more state veterans burial ground within the next decade

Parris Island’s base commander sought to reassure South Carolina leaders last week, saying that despite last year’s concerns the base is not expected to be on the chopping block.

SC state leaders host virtual career fair for veterans By WIS News 10 Staff | April 19, 2021 at 4:36 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 4:55 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina State leaders have announced they will be hosting a virtual career fair for veterans on May 4. South Carolina Department of Administration Executive Director Marcia Adams and South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs Secretary William Grimsley joined Governor Henry McMaster Monday to make the announcement. ...

Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster’s Weekly Schedule, April 5, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. –  Gov. Henry McMaster, Lt. Gov. Pamela S. Evette, and First Lady Peggy McMaster’s schedules for the week of April 5th will include the following: Tuesday, April 6 at 10:00 AM:  Gov. McMaster held a Cabinet Meeting, Room 252, Edgar Brown Building, Columbia, S.C. Tuesday, April 6 at 1:00 PM: Gov. McMaster was joined by Senator Lindsey Graham for a news confe...

BEAUFORT — Since 1949, South Carolinas Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island has been the only place in the country where women would earn the title held by the few and the proud.  But, in a historic first announced this past week, 60 female recruits will begin training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in 2021. The California military base has traditionally only trained men born west of the Mississippi River, while Parris Island trained men and women. “In an effort ...