WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Nick Smalley as the agency's new senior resident inspector at the Oconee Nuclear Station located in Seneca, South Carolina. He joins Resident Inspector Evan Robinson at the Oconee plant, operated by Duke Energy. Smalley joined the NRC in 2020 as a project engineer in the Resident Inspector Development Program in the Region II office. He was sel  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Warren Lamar Forrest, 32, of North Charleston, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm after a felony conviction, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Evidence presented to the court showed that the Bureau of Alcohol  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Tyquan Raheem Bellamy, 30, of Sellers, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana. Evidence presented to the court showed that on Jan. 15, 2022, officers with Latta Police Department made a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Bellamy. As they approached the  more