The unanimous vote from the House Ethics Committee comes after they initially ordered harold to pay back in september of last year when he said no, one of them notified him of the meeting, the Ethics Committee then agreed to allow harold to present his case. The special prosecutor, on the case, said his guilty plea of six Campaign Violations two years ago was ultimately the key factor in this decision. On october 22, 2014 mr. Harold pled guilty to these offenses. They constituted personal misconduct. Therefore, the use of his Campaign Funds for the purpose of paying his lawyers would be disallowed. I am disappointed. I do not agree with the decision the committee made. But i do very much appreciate the committees finally given us an opportunity to come up and stand estate our side public, our side of the story. Harold will not be able to appeal the House Ethics Committees decision. It will go into the state general fund. His 50 state decision america tour with his stop in South Carolin
With decreasing cloud coverage and a lot of sunshine, it will be noticeably cooler but a warm 63 degrees with the winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Tomorrow, well have a lot of sunshine throughout the day. A high of 61 before another chance of late evening, overnight showers returns back to the midlands. The roads right now are wet and as we take a look at the road conditions, we are looking at i the right happened side is the westbound leg as you are heading towards st. Andrew. On i20 westbound approaching monticello road, there is an accident there. Traveling from harbison, about an eightminute drive. A lot of sunshine today and tomorrow, we will have the chance for rain coming in tomorrow night. Well take a look at that and the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. Time now 6 03. The Richland County board of elections and Voter Registration is acting to double its budgeet for this election season. Director says they dont have enough funds for carry out
Expected 3 to see some those cooler are back. Lets forecast with 3 3 3 3 the Sumter Fire Department is continuing its training depsite its Training Center being destoryed by the october floods. For the First Time Since those floods, news 19 was able to walk through whats left of the building. Its now open and gutted but it is used to house two classrooms, the backup 911 center, a computer lab, bathrooms, a full kitchen and a storage area. Battalion chief joey duggan oversees the Department Still has to meet training requirements so they buildings. 3 we built the the pictures memories are able to go through and to and the realize fight fires and people, but 3 the damages are at an estimated 400thousand department has insurance and fema is also helping. 3 the flood also forced students at the Autism Academy of South Carolina out of their classrooms for several months for students with autism. Instability and change is much tougher to deal with. News 19 Janae Frazier shows us their challe
3 3 donald trump and Hillary Clinton inch closer to securing their partys president ial nomination. Aft er sweeping victories on super tuesday. Cbs news projects both trump and clinton won at least seven of the states in play. Securing hundreds more delegates. Ted cruz, marco rubio, and Bernie Sanders also picked up wins offering some hope to their campaigns. 3 3 still no vote on the roads and now state Business Leaders are demanding that the senate start voting on a plan to fix them. Several senators are filibustering the bill. Because it includes raising the gas tax. They say thats not needed. Because the state has a 1point3 billion Dollar Dollar surplus this year. 3 00. 25. 59. 26 if our legislature spent every dime far short of what would be needed for next year. So it raises the question what about next year . 00. 26. 12. 10 spartanburg senator lee bright is one of the senators blocking the bill. Because of a tax increase. He says hell keep blocking it. Until senators vote to end
Kennedy. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and morning. And good news. There are no reports of any traffic incidents in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep our eyes on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top headlines. The biggest night on the primary calendar has come and gone. And we have your complete rundown of super tuesday results. Democratic president ial hopeful Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over bernie sanders. Abc news projects clinton has secured victories in seven states. Shes won georgia, virginia, arkansas, alabama, tennessee, texas and massachusetts. Plus american samoa. Sanders won his home state of vermont. As well as oklahoma, minnesota and has been kind to clinton. Looking at both super delegates and pledged delegate counts. According to abc news delegate estimates. Hillary clinton now has one thousandnine delega