AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: Senior members of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Department of Energy (DOE) leadership teams; U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Chairman of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development (HEWD) Subcommittee; and U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) were among the visitors who toured the Savannah River Site (SRS) on August 10.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A South Carolina man and woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina, to a federal hate crime, conspiracy and other charges. According to court documents, beginning in January 2021 and continuing through February 2021, Gabriel Brunson, 20, and Sierra Fletcher, 33, both of Columbia, conspired to target people the defendants identified as Mexican or Hispanic at places of public ac  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56631) involving New Indy Containerboard, Catawba, South Carolina: * * * Rep Org: SC Dept of Health & Env Control Licensee: New Indy Containerboard Region: 1 City: Catawba State: SC License #: 030 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Andrew M. Roxburgh HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 07/21/2023 Notification Time: 11:38 [ET] Event Date: 07/20/2023 Event Time: 15:07 [E  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Adair F. Boroughs, issued the following news release: A South Carolina man and woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina, to a federal hate crime, conspiracy and other charges. According to court documents, beginning in January 2021 and continuing through February 2021, Gabriel Brunson, 20, and Sierra Fletcher, 33, both of Columbia, conspired to target people the defendants   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Adair F. Boroughs, issued the following news release: Don Everett Peters, III, a/k/a "Pop," 21, and Shylik Lamont Smalls, a/k/a "Mitch," 22, both of Columbia, and Elijah Rasue Dewayne Ellis, a/k/a "Smoke," a/k/a "Black," 21, of Valdosta, Georgia, have each been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the March 17, 2022, armed robbery of a United States Postal Letter Carrier in downtown Columbia. P  more