Copper wire and other household metal aren’t the only targets of thieves looking for scrap metal to sell. They’re also stealing old cars.
The recent announcement the Catawba tribe, based in York County, wants to build a casino complex complete with a hotel and other tourist-attracting amenities drew a harsh response from a variety of S.C. lawmakers who vow to block the effort.
Sadly, traffic fatalities in South Carolina rose last year for the first time since 2007. One major reason for that was an increase in motorcycle accidents.
After 30 years, the federal government finally is shedding the burden of ethanol subsidies. The belated end to this boondoggle will save U.S. taxpayers nearly $6 billion a year.
Using York County cash on hand to finish one stalled road project and jump start new ones makes sense. It’s just a matter of doing the math.
The 18-month prison sentence for former York County Councilman Paul Lindemann represents a sad fall from grace for a young man with a successful record in business and elective office, who also is a father expecting a second child soon.
If state Superintendent of Education Mick Zais intends to reject all federal education money, he at least needs to inform taxpayers about how much money is involved and his motives for refusing to ask for it.
The Catawba River is an essential lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people who live in its basin. Those who rely on the river must ensure that it is not depleted by abuses we are capable of controlling.
Those who think marches and protests rarely accomplish anything need to acknowledge that the Occupy Wall Street movement already has accomplished something quite significant: changing the tenor of the national political discussion.
York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant and 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett might be correct in deciding that so-called hazing incidents at Clover High School don’t rise to the level of a crime worthy of prosecution by Brackett’s office. But Brackett went too far in discounting the credibility of one student who claimed to be a victim.