Richland County issued a boil-water advisory for a Hopkins subdivision early this morning.Affected are about 39 homes in the Albene Park subdivision in Lower Richland.Residents are advised to boil water vigorously for one full minute before using for drinking, cooking or making ice.Calls about a water outage were received about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. Emergency crews have been dispatched to repair th...

A new poll of likely S.C. Republican primary voters shows Herman Cain with a slight lead over Mitt Romney.Of the 400 people surveyed, 27.8 percent favored Cain, an Atlanta businessman, while 27 percent favored Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Texas Gov. Rick Perry was third with 7.8 percent, followed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 7.3 percent. Nearly 20 percent (19.5) said t...

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday night for the first time since Herman Cain became controversial, Rick Perry unveiled his optional flat-tax plan and Mitt Romney explained in detail how he'd reduce budget deficits. Cain, who scheduled a news conference Tuesday to defend himself against accusations of aggressive sexual behavior by several women, w...

Under rising pressure from fellow Republicans, presidential hopeful Herman Cain sought to muddy the reputation of one accuser, forcefully denied any and all allegations of sexual impropriety and vowed Tuesday the growing controversy would not drive him from the race for the White House."Ain't gonna happen," he declared.Cain flashed defiance one day after a woman publicly accused the candidate of g...

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is vowing to "set the record straight" at a news conference one day after a fourth woman - and the first to reveal her identity - accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior a decade ago, the latest in a string of claims that have rocked his presidential campaign."There is not an ounce of truth to all these allegations" and the graphic account from Sh...

Premier Silvio Berlusconi says his decision to resign after parliament passes economic reforms is for the good of the country, and to settle financial markets that have lost confidence in Italy's ability to rein in debt and spur growth.Berlusconi said late Tuesday that he would prefer to call early elections, but that the decision rests with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.In comments that ma...

Penn State administrators on Tuesday canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference in which he was expected to field questions about a sex-abuse scandal involving former defensive coach Jerry Sandusky."Due to the ongoing legal circumstances centered around the recent allegations and charges, we have determined that today's press conference cannot be held and will not be rescheduled," assistant Ath...

The Town of Surfside Beach is reviewing ways to get a handle on summertime parking problems.The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports ( http://bit.ly/vqVQ0R) the town spent $40,000 last year on a study of the summer parking situation. And council members meet Tuesday to review which recommendations in the study can put in place by next summer.The study included several immediate steps to deal with park...

A woman says Republican presidential contender Herman Cain reached under her skirt for her genitals and pushed her head toward his crotch in July 1997.Sharon Bialek told reporters Monday in New York that she met with Cain to ask about getting her old job back at the National Restaurant Association when the incident happened in Washington. At the time, Cain was chief of a restaurant trade group.Bia...

Singer Andy Williams told the crowd at his Christmas show Saturday night that he has bladder cancer.The Tri-Lakes News reports the 83-year-old Williams appeared early in the show at the Moon River Theatre and vowed to return next year to celebrate his 75th year in show business (http://bit.ly/uaedcs)."I do have cancer of the bladder," Williams said. "But that is no longer a death sentence. People ...

High-profile discrimination attorney Gloria Allred says another woman has come forward accusing Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment.Allred and the woman, whom she did not identify, are planning a news conference in New York later Monday.The woman would be at least the fourth to accuse Cain, a former businessman, of harassment.Politico reported earlier that two women fi...

Newt Gingrich is embracing Republican presidential campaign rival Herman Cain's criticism of the news media in connection with the sexual harassment allegations against Cain.Gingrich tells NBC's "Today" show that news organizations care more about scandal than ordinary citizens struggling to make ends meet.The former House speaker says voters want a "solution-oriented leader" more than a scandal. ...

The Myrtle Beach unit of the Civil Air Patrol will still take assistance calls from Horry County, despite a vow its commander made after being arrested in the county for taking a laser pointer from a 12-year-old.The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports ( http://bit.ly/tmRVw4) that Commander Stephen Teachout has been suspended from the unit pending an investigation into the arrest.Emerson Smith, spokes...

Just hours after stepping down, two high-ranking Penn State administrators face arraignment Monday on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating former defense coordinator Jerry Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse, a case that has left fans reeling.Late Sunday, after an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees, university President Graham Spanier announced that Athl...

Horry County is seeking $20 million in federal money to upgrade a small railroad serving counties in North and South Carolina.The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports ( http://bit.ly/t7YwSq) the county is seeking money from the U.S. Transportation Department for the Carolina Southern Railroad, which has 94 miles of track.The money would be used to upgrade bridges and track on the short line that serve...

Clemson University bug experts need your help in tracking down a new stinkbug that can be harmful to agricultural plants.Officials are looking for sightings of the brown marmorated stinkbug, which has been identified in four counties this year. The bug has a black and white checkerboard border along its wings, unlike other versions native to the state.If you see such a stinkbug, take samples to yo...

The Polish pilot hailed as a hero for his smooth emergency landing of a Boeing airliner remained modest Wednesday in his first public appearance, saying he felt "huge relief" once his passengers evacuated the plane, but wondered whether he could have done better.Capt. Tadeusz Wrona landed the plane on its belly at Warsaw international airport, gaining instant hero status in Poland."When I stopped ...

Responding to his insurgent campaign’s first crisis, Herman Cain was upbeat and defiant. “To quote my chief of staff and all the people around this country, ‘Let Herman be Herman,’“ he said Monday. “And Herman is gonna stay Herman.” I was afraid of that. Cain’s policy positions range from the ignorant to the unworkable to the just plain goofy...

WIS TV is reporting this morning that a second child in a car involved in a two-vehicle wreck Friday evening has died from her injuries.The 10-year-old girl, identified by the news report as the sister of a 7-year-old boy who died at the scene of the wreck, was taken to Lexington Medical Center but later died.The boy, Cameron L. Upchurch, his sister and a 9-year-old passenger were in a Chevrolet L...

Spartanburg County's sheriff is urging women to obtain concealed weapons permits and carry guns to protect themselves.Sheriff Chuck Wright made the suggestion Monday in discussing the arrest of a suspect in an attempted rape last weekend.Wright suggested that women carry a .45-caliber weapon so accuracy wouldn't be an issue. He showed reporters at a news conference a fanny pack that women could us...

It's one of the starkest tests of viability for any presidential candidate: crisis management, the ability to step past an explosive charge and re-direct the news. Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, a relative newcomer to national politics, had trouble passing Monday during a whirlwind of speeches and interviews in the shadow of sexual harassment allegations."I'll never know why Jesus ca...

This Halloween might be a good year to dress up as Chewbacca. Or anyone else with his own fur coat.The National Weather Service is forecasting a chilly night for trick-or-treaters across much of South Carolina. In the Upstate, temperatures are predicted to dip into the mid to upper 30s Monday night.It won't be much warmer in Columbia and the capital region, although cloudy skies early in the eveni...

Pella Corp. will offer incentives to employees who take early retirement or voluntarily leave the company and will close a plant in South Carolina as it tries to offset a decline in new home construction.The Pella, Iowa-based company, which makes windows and doors, says in a news release Thursday that incentives will be offered to employees at plants in Carroll, Shenandoah, Sioux Center and Pella,...

European leaders clinched a deal Thursday they hope will mark a turning point in their two-year debt crisis, agreeing after a night of tense negotiations to have banks take bigger losses on Greece's debts and to boost the region's weapons against the market turmoil.After months of dawdling and half-baked solutions, the leaders had been under immense pressure to finalize their plan to prevent the c...

The Dreamliner has hogged most of the headlines in the lead-up to Boeing’s third-quarter earnings announcement this morning — and with good reason.After more than three years of delays, Boeing delivered its first 787 to Japan’s All Nippon Airways a month ago. And in addition to the financial report today, the famously high-tech, composite airplane makes its first commercial fl...

A Pickens County woman shot and killed her two sons, her ex-husband and her stepmother, then tried to make it look like her son was the killer to collect life insurance policies on all the victims, authorities said Tuesday.Susan Hendricks was arrested Monday night and charged with four counts of murder, Pickens County deputies said.Hendricks, 48, was in one of two homes where the shootings happene...

Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry will bring his struggling campaign to the Palmetto State Tuesday for two public events and a fundraiser.Perry will speak Tuesday morning at ISO Poly Films, a plastics manufacturer, in Gray Court. He is expected to outline the second part of his economic plan by advocating a flat tax, a tax policy where everyone pays the same tax rate regardless of incom...

A federal judge is allowing opponents and supporters of South Carolina's open primary system to make more arguments.The Greenville News reported ( http://grnol.co/qN5LoB) that U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs says the Republican Party and the attorney general have until Dec. 15 to file additional arguments in the case she decided in March.Closing a primary to only people who have registered by ...

The Republican presidential contenders will face off in a debate at Wofford College in Spartanburg on Nov. 12.The debate, to be sponsored by CBS and the S.C. Republican Party, will focus on national security.Also, the S.C. Republican Party formally announced today a date for a much-talked-about debate in Myrtle Beach. That debate will be held Jan. 16 and broadcast by Fox News.The events lead up to...

The Republican canddiates for president will debate in Myrtle Beach on Jan. 16, five days before the state’s crucial presidential primary on Jan. 21.The debate will be at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., aired on FOX News and moderated by Special Report anchor Bret Baier.Jan. 16 is also Martin Luther King Jr. DayMyrtle Beach hosted a Republican debate during the 20...