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
Its blue, so i know its a chilly start but we have something to look forward to. It is chilly but it is still friday. It is starting a cold right now in the midlands. All of the temperatures are in the 30s, below freezing 30 aken, 31 saluda, manning 30 degrees, winnsboro right now at 37. Here in columbia we are at the freezing mark, 32 degrees. Clear skies, winds are, right now. When the kids had out to the bus stop they will need a winter jacket in their hats and gloves. 31degrees at the bus stop as they head out to school this morning. A lot of sunshine will be had by all of us today. Look at looking at a high of 60 for degrees. Winds out of the southeast five 10 Miles Per Hour. A low of 45 degrees tonight, more cloud coverage for tomorrow is the winds come out of the southwest at 1015 Miles Per Hour we will have a high of 71 degrees. On the roads right now, checking on as you head out the door, right now i 26 over at as you are heading eastbound toward saint andrews, traffic is ligh
Vehicles hit each other at around 9 pm tonight. It happened also Platt Springs road off of orangeburg word road. Few details released but we do have item on the phone. He is with the sheriffs department. We are very early in what will be a late fee process with this incident. What i can share with you is that to Lexington County Sheriffs Department vehicles were involved in a collision. That included two deputies and one reserve deputy. They were responding to a call of a burglary and process. That is when the collision occurred. As per policy, the South Carolina Highway Patrol is the agency that looks into the collision. They are beginning the early stages of their investigation. All three of our deputies were transported with injuries and we are not certain what kind of injuries at this point. Our first question tonight are the injuries serious . A looks like they will be okay but i dont want to speculate. We are still early in this process but we are certainly hoping for the past an
3 3 the Restaurant Owner accused of murering his wifes lover on valentines day will have a bond Court Hearing today. 49yearold greg leon is charged with murder in the death of arturo bravo. It all happened sunday night at the park and ride on riverchase way in lexington county. According to the warrant for his arrest. Leon opened the door of a bravos vehicle then shot and killed the man. Investigators say he also attempted to murder his wife who was also in the car. But the bullets missed her. Hes currently at at the lexington county jail. 2 years ago leon was in involved in the public corruption investigation in lexington county. He got probation and a fine, but no jail time, because prosecutors said he was helpful in the jimmy metts. 3 a lexington county deputy is recovering in the hospital this morning after being in a car accident with two other deputies. It happened on Platt Springs road Late Wednesday night. News 19 Janae Frazier has the latest. 3 nats of cars cars zoom by debris
Book that his father wrote. I thought that was interesting and members of the crowd are asking jeb why he attacks trump on the debate stage. He responds by saying hes not a conservative. Hes hijacked our party. And he says who is going to take him on if i dont . Very interesting. It is very loud there. We cannot take her live. Shell have a complete report coming up at 6 00 tonight. We can take a live picture and show you if you want to see the crowd that is out there at this time if we have thatvideo. Yeah, were going to listen to exactly what hes saying because from what we understand, hes speaking right now. Lets take a listen. Tip oneill was a liberal democrat. Ronald reagan was a conservrvive republican. They didnt ascribe bad motives to one another. And they word together and built a team to save Social Security t what we have today. And it was done for more than a generation of time. It just requires a leader saying its a high priority and this, and reforming and obamacare, all t