CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard has increased its alert level on the South Carolina coast and is advising large vessels to make preparations to leave or to let the agency know they are staying as Hurricane Irene approaches.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — An environmental group is objecting to plans by a Hilton Head Island man to build a 955-foot walkway to a floating dock off Hilton Head Island.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is not coming to U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint's forum for Republican presidential hopefuls on Labor Day, but former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has accepted an invitation.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-veteran with the Columbia fire department has been charged with third-degree arson.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorney general's office is reviewing allegations against the interim director of South Carolina's public safety agency.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's offense bounced back from an awful weekend scrimmage with a solid performance Wednesday at Williams-Brice Stadium.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson has gone to the hospital because of an extended fever.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Farmers Market is getting a special stall so vendors can donate fresh produce to the Harvest Hope Food Bank in Columbia.
38-year-old Pierre Daye has spent the last 13 years rushing to fires through out the city . Wednesday morning, he was accused of starting one.
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — The Hoosier Park casino and horse track says a jockey from South Carolina was critically injured when his horse crashed into a railing as it crossed the finish line during a quarterhorse race.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson will take trips to Arizona, Iowa and Hawaii in coach Brad Brownell's second season.
Fraternities on the campus of the University of South Carolina went from being punished to permitted to seek new recruits, after a local lawyer threatens to sue and outspoken alumni speak up.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Officials say four stores have been damaged in a fire at a strip mall in Greenville.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continues to closely monitor Hurricane Irene as it spins in the Atlantic.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Boeing workers in North Charleston are assembling the first new 787 to be made in South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A company that makes canoes and kayaks says it is expanding its operations in Greenville County.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina High School League says more than two dozen football games in the state have been moved up a day because of Hurricane Irene.
JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Air National Guard is flying an air defense exercise over the northeastern portion of South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As Hurricane Irene spins at sea, Lowcountry businesses are learning how to prepare and protect their businesses for natural and man-made disasters.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is making his first visit to South Carolina to campaign since an important straw poll contest in Iowa.
