Students charged with contaminating drink

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GREENVILLE, S.C. --- Six South Carolina juveniles face charges after authorities say they contaminated a 15-year-old classmate's drink with saliva, urine and pubic hair.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office released a statement Monday saying the four boys and two girls face a felony charge of malicious tampering of a food item in connection with the Thursday incident. All six are 15 years old and are students at Blue Ridge High School.

The six students charged have been released to the custody of their parents or guardians and have been referred to Family Court for a formal hearing.

Last week, the Greenville County school district said in a statement that the students could be expelled.

Fishing boat cameras to help monitor reports

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Four South Carolina commercial fishing boats will be equipped with cameras for two years in a test to get a better idea of the health of fisheries.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Monday the program is being run by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Sea Grant programs in South and North Carolina.

Regulators say the cameras will help validate the numbers of fish entered in boat log reports -- numbers that haven't been used in determining fishing stocks because they couldn't be validated.

Because of concern over the depleted stocks of red snapper, the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council has temporarily closed red snapper fishing grounds along the coast between North Carolina and Florida.

The ban started in January and continues through June 2.

Scott Baker, a North Carolina Sea Grant fisheries specialist who is helping organize the project, said it's not about spying on fishermen.

"I'm not going to say it's 'over the shoulder.' It's like an audit of the data," he said.

Ex-first lady continues tradition of egg hunt

COLUMBIA --- Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford was in Columbia on Monday to host the annual First Lady's Easter Egg Hunt at the Governor's Mansion.

Her divorce from Gov. Mark Sanford became final last week.

She told The Associated Press the first lady position is voluntary and she will, as appropriate, continue some of the traditions she had as first lady.

Gov. Mark Sanford's spokesman Ben Fox said the egg hunt is a tradition both the governor and his former wife felt was important to continue.

Official on leave after being charged with DUI

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- A fire department captain has been charged with driving under the influence after being involved in a wreck on a South Carolina interstate while driving a department vehicle.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that 44-year-old Mount Pleasant fire Capt. Robert Wronski was charged early Sunday after his fire department sports utility vehicle hit a disabled vehicle on I-526 in North Charleston.

The Highway Patrol says the other vehicle was on the edge of the road and the emergency lane. The driver was being treated at the Medical University of South Carolina hospital.

Mount Pleasant Fire Chief Herbert Williams says Wronski is on administrative leave without pay during the investigation. Wronski has been with the department about four years. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.