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There's a large emergency presence at a Columbia area cemetery this afternoon. Reports indicate up to nine people have been hit by a car at Greenlawn Memorial Park on Leesburg Road near Interstate 77. According to the general manager of the cemetery, Suzanne Elkins, a car hit people who were attending a funeral service. No other details, including the severity of the victims' injuries, were immediately available.

South Carolina’s port traffic reached an all-time high during the 2017 fiscal year. The state Ports Authority (SCPA) on Wednesday reported it moved a record 2.14 million 20-foot equivalent units between July 2016 and June 2017, a 10 percent increase compared with the previous year. SCPA said the volume at its Inland Port in Spartanburg County near Greer finished the year having completed a record 121,761 rail moves, a 33 percent increase compared with fiscal year 2016. “We had a strong fiscal year, reflective of a capable and hardworking SCPA team and entire maritime community,” said Jim Newsome, president and...

Ruiz Food Products, Inc., a producer of frozen food and snack products, is expanding its existing operations center in Florence, South Carolina. The $79 million investment is expected to create 705 new jobs over the next several years. El Monterey is the flagship frozen Mexican food brand for Ruiz Foods and the top-selling brand of frozen Mexican food in the United States. Ruiz Foods produces these items at facilities in California, South Carolina and Texas, employing nearly 3,600 team members nationwide. Located at 2557 Florence Harllee Boulevard in Florence, the company will be adding another production line to its South...

A foods company from Illinois, Moore’s Food Resources, announced plans to build a new bakery in southern Greenville County to make beet waffles and muffin loafs. Sheila Moore, the company’s chief executive and owner, said she plans to open the $55 million, 132,230-square-foot bakery next year in the Augusta Grove industrial park along U.S. 25. It will employ 182 people at first and be the company’s headquarters, she said. Moore said she plans to build additional production capacity in three years, expanding the bakery by 50,000 square feet. The 10-year plan is to triple the bakery’s original size to 375,000...

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NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - A new T-Mobile facility in North Charleston is expected to create 400 new jobs. According to officials, the company is moving its existing customer care center on Daniel Island to a new and larger $16.7 million center in North Charleston. The new facility is expected to be operational during the first quarter of next year and will allow the company to create 400 additional new jobs. Hiring for the new positions is projected to begin in November 2017, and interested applicants should visit the company’s careers page for more information. "T-Mobile expects to move 800...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Samsung will spend $380 million on a facility in South Carolina, creating 950 jobs over the next three years, company officials announced Wednesday. The Japanese company will produce home appliances at a former Caterpillar plant in Newberry County, which is outside the city of Columbia. The facility is expected to be in operation in early 2018. “Samsung’s decision to invest in South Carolina and create nearly 1,000 new jobs here is one that will change the very fabric of the Newberry community,” Gov. Henry McMaster said in a news release. “We are excited to know that Samsung...

BMW Chairman Harald Krueger said Monday during a Start of Communications event for the company’s third generation X3 in Spartanburg County BMW will continue investing in its “people” and “business” in the U.S. German automaker BMW Group on Monday, June 26, said it plans to invest $600 million to expand its Spartanburg County plant and create 1,000 jobs during the next five years. BMW’s Chairman Harald Krueger made the announcement during the company’s Start of Communications event, or unveiling, of its next-generation X3 at BMW Manufacturing Co. near Greer. (VIDEO-AT-LINK) Krueger said the company would invest $200 million solely for...

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Early Sunday, a gunman opened fire during a fight in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, injuring several people in the crowd that had gathered to watch. The incident was streamed on Facebook Live. According to Myrtle Beach Police, officers were dispatched to the area shortly after midnight where a fight had broken out in the midst of a large crowd that had gathered. One of the individuals involved in the altercation drew a gun and fired. An armed security guard intervened and shot the gunman, who carjacked a vehicle and escaped as he sprayed gunfire. Myrtle Beach Police Lt. Joey Crosby...

Republican Ralph Norman has won South Carolina’s special House election to replace Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney in Congress. Norman defeated Democrat Archie Parnell in a closer than expected race for South Carolina’s 5th Distrct on Tuesday night. Norman had 52 percent of the vote to Parnell’s 48 percent when the Associated Press called the race with 89 percent of precincts reporting. The DCCC’s money was aimed at turning out black voters, and much of the money went towards ads on African-American radio and canvassing in heavily black parts of the district. Other national Democrats, many with...

Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes called the Sunday morning shooting incident damaging to the city’s desired reputation as a family friendly destination. A suspect has been apprehended by police in the early morning shootout on Ocean Boulevard that has injured multiple people. It was all captured on a Facebook live video that’s been seen by more 1 million people. At approximately 12:25 a.m. Sunday, Myrtle Beach Police officers responded to the area because of a large crowd. Prior to officers arriving on the scene, a fight began between individuals. One of the men involved in the fight presented a gun...

Officials with the Coast Guard say federal and state authorities are continuing to investigate a potential threat which was reported at the Wando Terminal Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials say the FBI is investigating a report of a "dirty bomb" aboard a vessel.

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (WCSC) - Officials with the Coast Guard say federal and state authorities are continuing to investigate a potential threat which was reported at the Wando Terminal Wednesday night. Coast Guard officials say the FBI is investigating a report of a "dirty bomb" aboard a vessel.

HOLLY HILL -- Dozens of community, business and education leaders packed the Holly Hill Depot on May 31 to learn more about the economic impact the new Volvo automotive plant will have on the area. “In terms of its operations here, over the next several years (Volvo) will employ about 2,000 people at the plant,” said David McNair, president of The McNair Group, a South Carolina-based public relations group working with Volvo. “In the next year, there will be about 1,600 people hired.” McNair emphasized the number of people working in the plant itself represents only the tip of the...

A Chinese tire manufacturer is planning to invest up to $1 billion and create up to 1,200 jobs in an Orangeburg County plant. Officials provided few details on Monday, other than to confirm the S.C. Department of Commerce is seeking $40 million to provide infrastructure for the company. "This is another step in the process to potentially secure a company, but because there are still a number of details that need to be worked out and both parties must still go through corresponding approval processes, it is too early to confirm anything further," South Carolina Department of Commerce spokeswoman Adrienne...

Two South Carolina men each face a harassment charge after pictures surfaced on social media showing them pouring beer down the throat of an alligator, authorities said. Joseph Andrew Floyd Jr., 20, and Zachary Lloyd Brown, 21, both of Ridgeland, are accused of harassing wildlife, said the state’s Department of Natural Resources in a news release. The incident took place on Wednesday in Jasper County, located in the coastal region in the southernmost part of the state. The men admitted to investigators they picked up the juvenile alligator after they saw it crossing a road, forced beer down its throat...

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WIS) - An employee of a popular restaurant at the Village at Sandhill is facing charges after authorities say he grabbed a server by her hair and pulled her to the ground. The April 19 incident at Red Bowl Asian Bistro was recorded on surveillance video. Jiguang Yang, 68, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and battery on Friday. Yang, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department, is the father of the owner of the restaurant. In the video captured on a camera in the kitchen, Yang can be seen pulling employee Cristina Surina’s hair and...

Fort Mill-based home decor distributor Unique Loom plans to expand to Indian Land, creating 245 new jobs over four years, said Jamie Gilbert, Lancaster County’s economic development director. The move will also allow the home design hub to move another 90 jobs from Fort Mill, for a total of 335 jobs for the Indian Land location. Gilbert said the company has leased 260,000 square feet of industrial space at the vacant Defense Ventures building at 793 Fort Mill Highway....

A 26-year-old West Ashley woman was ticketed Friday after Charleston police said she caused an accident by scaring two carriage horses with a Tyrannosaurus rex costume. Nicole Wells of Ashley River Road was cited on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and wearing a mask or disguise on a public street, a city code violation, police said. Wells was released after turning herself in Friday morning, spokesman Charles Francis said. She was not jailed. The incident was reported shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday near Tommy Condon's restaurant on Church Street. Two Palmetto Carriage Works horses, named Yogi and Boo...