At the end of the month, motorists traveling Hilton Head Island’s Cross Island Parkway will no longer have to pay a toll. The South Carolina Department of Transportation said it will stop collecting tolls June 30.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday put limits on when police officers pursuing a fleeing suspect can enter a home without a warrant.
President Joe Biden is urging more COVID-19 vaccinations for young adults in the United States as concerns of the Delta variant is growing.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law has suffered a major setback in the U.S. Senate. The bill failed in a key test vote Tuesday, blocked by a filibuster wall of Republican opposition. The measure would strike down hurdles to voting that advocates view as the Civil Rights fight of the era. President…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – State police have released a number of additional reports on the shooting deaths of a mother and her son from a prominent South Carolina legal family. But the reports released Monday some two weeks after the deaths contain little new information and a number of passages blacked out. Authorities say 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh and his 52-year-old…
The board that runs Santee Cooper has agreed to ask two executives hired to overhaul and stabilize the state-owned utility to stay in their jobs for six more months. The board also voted Monday to reward Santee Cooper CEO Mark Bonsall and deputy CEO Charles Duckworth with more than $400,000 in bonuses.
The Supreme Court is backing Nestle and Cargill and threw out a child slave labor lawsuit against both of the companies.
FILE Columbia, SC (Associated Press) — South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill to let mental health professionals refuse to provide care that violates their religious beliefs. The legislation was introduced in response to a new ordinance banning conversion therapy for minors in Columbia, The state’s capital city. The bill’s sponsor is Josh Kimbrell, a Republican senator from Spartanburg. He…
Image: WPDE MARION, S.C. (AP) — Funeral arrangements are set for a 7-year-old boy who was mauled to death by dogs in South Carolina. According to the family, a viewing for Shamar Jackson will be held on June 23 beginning at 2 p.m. at the Bartells Funeral Home in Dillon, WMBF-TV reported. Funeral services are scheduled for the following day…
The new president of the Louisiana State University System will be paid a $725,000 annual salary under the terms of his five-year employment agreement. WilliamTate was provost at the University of South Carolina before being tapped to be LSU’s new leader.
