COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Reginald Travis Pearson, 40, of West Columbia, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine. Evidence presented to the court showed that between November 2022 and January 2023, Pearson distributed more than 900 grams of methamphetamine and 28 grams of cocaine to undercover agents from the Bu  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Mark McGarret Lewis, 52, of Mullins, was sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to five counts of distribution of crack cocaine. Evidence presented to the court showed that on five separate occasions in April 2019, Lewis distributed a quantity of crack cocaine to a confidential informant. Lewis committed the offense after havi  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: * * * The new graduates now go to work at SRS * * * The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently began onboarding of 24 graduates from Denmark Technical College, in Denmark, South Carolina, as part of the SRS Production Operator Apprentice Program. DTC, a Historically Black College and University, applauded its graduates, from two separate cohorts, at a recent graduation cerem  more