Firefighter Recovers From Engine Wreck

" December 19, 2006 South Carolina - Philip McElroy, one of four Horry County firefighters who were hurt when their fire engine overturned en route to a fire last week, was released from the hospital Tuesday. McElroy, 33, was treated at the Medical University of South...

3 Hurt Firemen Still In Hospital

" December 16, 2006 South Carolina - Three Horry County firefighters remained hospitalized Friday, a day after their firetruck overturned while en route to a two-alarm blaze in the Finklea community. Lt. John Volosin, 55, suffered a pelvic fracture and was listed in good...

Fire Truck Crash Injures Four Firefighters

" December 14, 2006 South Carolina - Four firefighters were injured Thursday when a fire truck crashed on the way to help another crew battle a burning home, Horry County fire department spokesman Todd Cartner said. Two other firefighters battling the house fire also suffered...

W. Va. weighs record term for Byrd (AP)

" CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Leaning on two canes, Sen. Robert C. Byrd ( news , bio , voting record ) hardly looks like a billion-dollar industry — or "Big Daddy," as the 88-year-old Democrat calls himself. No matter: Voters once again are looking beyond Byrd's age to his...

Sago families, survivor sue companies (AP)

" CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster and the families of two victims filed lawsuits Wednesday against the mine owner and five other companies. All three lawsuits accuse International Coal Group and a subsidiary of negligence in the operation of...

Coed Citadel still a work in progress (AP)

" CHARLESTON, S.C. - Ten years ago, The Citadel threw open its doors to women after a protracted, heated legal fight. On Saturday, a new class of 650 freshmen — including about 40 women — arrive. But the challenge of bringing women into the once all-male cadet...

NASCAR's Chase for the Cup is heating up (Charleston Daily Mail)

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Woman comes home to find house cleaned (AP)

" CHARLESTON, W.Va. - When Debbie Phillips tried to report a crime, police just snickered. "I told him that someone came into my house and cleaned," the president of the Putnam County School Board said. "He just laughed." The problem wasn't that her home smelled a little...

Hospitals Cater to Their 'Guests'

"Feel like watching a movie? Need an extra blanket or some food? For years, guests at hotels have gotten these amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote. Now this instant gratification is available to patients in hospitals across the nation through...

Hospitals now offer high-speed Internet (AP)

" CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Feel like watching a movie? Need an extra blanket or some food? For years, guests at hotels have gotten these amenities with a phone call or a few clicks of the TV remote. Now this instant gratification is available to patients in hospitals across the...

Governors bristle at Bush Guard proposal (AP)

" CHARLESTON, S.C. - The nation's governors are closing ranks in opposition to a proposal in Congress that would let the president take control of the National Guard in emergencies without consent of governors. The idea, spurred by the destruction and chaos that followed...

Governors bristle at Bush Guard proposal (AP)

" CHARLESTON, S.C. - The nation's governors are closing ranks in opposition to a proposal in Congress that would let the president take control of the National Guard in emergencies without consent of governors. The idea, spurred by the destruction and chaos that followed...

Mike Hammer creator Mickey Spillane dies (AP)

" CHARLESTON, S.C. - Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Monday. He was 88. Spillane's death was confirmed by Brad Stephens of Goldfinch Funeral Home in his hometown of...