http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/ Promised Land, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/ab0c326a8c2b8ff48fbbee3fd56b6c2b.html Members of the McNair Center Advisory Council will be on the campus of Francis Marion University beginning at 9:30 am Friday to conduct interviews for the selection of two students to participate in the McNair Scholars Program http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/fc0db7a4d89f231548b380f396a97991.html A state trooper seen on video hitting a fleeing suspect on foot with his patrol car at a Columbia apartment complex in 2007 has been charged with a federal civil rights violationpTrooper Alexander Richardson is accused of using excessive force against Kevin Rucker on April 28 2007 at Columbia Garden Apartments on Plowden Road according to documents filed Tuesday in US District Court in ColumbiapRichardson 46 is the third current or former Highway Patrol trooper since June to face federal civil rights chargespFirst Assistant US Attorney Kevin McDonald said Wednesday he doesn8217;t expect any more troopers will be charged in the cases his office has reviewed since last yearp8220;I8217;m not aware of any other pending investigations regarding troopers at this time8221; he said 8220;The State Law Enforcement Division provided a number of files to us and we looked at every one of them8221; http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/170aefbea0d3c3231062f7e885b7d9ee.html Greenwood police said that a couple and another man have been charged after a bedridden woman was found living in filth http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/79281179157d448624a6363fb9f4384c.html Contributors give to Empty Stocking FundThe Empty Stocking Fund organized by The Herald is an annual holiday assistance effort to help needy families in the newspaper's readership area http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/c11931d0cd97f5c9fcc541568f05c8fb.html Authorities say an elderly woman has been removed from a Greenwood home strewn with animal waste and dirty diapers after officers responding to a gun theft call found her back covered with sores and dead roaches http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/9cc0aeb4898f4002686aaf2a6c03773f.html SUMMERVILLE Dorchester County Sheriff LC Knight has hit the ground running his first week in office working to live up to his promise to revamp a department rocked with allegations of embezzlement and constant budget battles with council http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/97219d8203783780cb4b3ce95421fd15.html GREENWOOD SC Authorities say an elderly woman has been removed from a Greenwood home strewn with animal waste and dirty diapers after officers responding to a gun theft call found her back covered with sores and dead roaches http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/promised-land/content/060ccf3cba268fdb31689d00a54de8cd.html COLUMBIA A former state trooper captured on a dashboard video repeatedly kicking a truck driver in the head after a long chase in 2006 pleaded guilty Monday to a federal civil rights chargeJohn Sawyer 34 of Latta faces a maximum 10 years in prison and a 250000 fine when sentenced although he probably will receive a lighter penalty under federal sentencing guidelines