According to a release from the South Carolina Secretary of State’s office, agents with the Secretary of State’s Office and the Allendale Police Department partnered to conduct a sting in Allendale that resulted in one arrest and the confiscation of $64,905 in counterfeit merchandise. The merchandise was seized at This & That Variety at 476 B South Main Street, Allendale.

According to a release, South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond announced Wednesday the thirteenth-annual Scrooges and Angels for 2008. The ten Angels were recognized at a press conference and honored with a reception in the Secretary of State’s Office following the announcement.