CHESTER, S.C. (AP) _ A Chester County jail inmate has been captured after he briefly escaped while at the Chester Regional Medical Center. Sheriff Richard Smith says officers captured 21-year-old Aaron Bianco Monday afternoon in some woods behind a home about 90 minutes after he escaped.
A revised timetable for the federal lawsuit over South Carolina's voter ID law would make it harder for the new requirements to impact the Nov. 6 general election.
More people in the Palmetto State are making it click.
Battling intense heat did cause some problems for South Carolina Electric & Gas work crews; however, workers took regular breaks and stayed hydrated to restore power to thousands of customers left in the dark due to weekend storms.
South Carolina utilities regulators are giving the final approval needed before Duke Energy can complete its takeover of Progress Energy and form the largest American electric company.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A federal appeals court has upheld a South Carolina school district program that allows high school students to earn elective credit through an off-campus religious course.
HANAHAN, S.C. (AP) _ A Hanahan man has died after he drove into the path of an oncoming train. Officials say the wreck happened around 6 a.m. Monday at a double-track crossing behind Trident Technical College in Hanahan.
A line of powerful storms rolled through the Midlands Sunday afternoon after high instability from moisture in the Carolinas were triggered by the extraordinary heat this afternoon.
Before issuing a written statement on her reaction to the SC House Ethics Committee's ruling that she did not break the law while a member of the House of Representatives, Gov. Nikki Haley lashes out at the person she blames for the entire investigation.
The man accused of killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin will remain in jail while he waits for a judge to decide if he will be granted bond.
No need to worry if you saw jets scrambling overhead in Sumter. Major Jim Roth with the South Carolina Air National Guard says jets were practicing air defense tactics in the area today.
University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides has accepted the resignation of athletics director Eric Hyman, it was announced today. Hyman is expected to take a similar post at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
The Carolinas are bracing for multiple days of temperatures above 100 degrees as a ridge of high pressure pushes warm, moist air in from the Gulf of Mexico.
It's Day Two of the ethics hearing involving Nikki Haley. Deliberations are set Friday. It could be ruled as a draw if it were a boxing match and a score card had to be used, as each side came out swinging with jabs and blows, with the governor's credibility taking the most hits
After a two-hour deliberation, the SC House Ethics Committee dismissed all charges against Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley responds to the ruling.
A day after Nikki Haley lashes out at her accuser, members of the South Carolina House Ethics Commitee appeared for a short time Friday morning to announce they would immediately go into exectuvie session to deliberate in the ehtics violations hearing regarding the governor.
A procession through the streets of Charleston and wreath laying at the city's Battery are part of the observance of Carolina Day.
It was an accident, we were playing. That's what orangeburg deputies say Marcellous Jamison said after they responded to a home on maudeanna drive just after 10 Wednesday night.
In a landmark ruling with wide-ranging implications, the Supreme Court today upheld the so-called individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, the key part of President Obama's signature health care law.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A company that recovers and sells component materials is planning to create 75 new jobs in Charleston County. The South Carolina Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday that PyroTec Inc. is planning to spend $10 million to set up its domestic and global corporate headquarters.
CHESTER, S.C. (AP) _ A man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a man at a Chester nightclub nearly two years ago. The Herald of Rock Hill reported (http://bit.ly/KAZ6zK ) 24-year-old Keith Kenner entered the plea Monday in Chester. Keener originally was charged with murder.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities have identified a man riding in a motorized wheelchair who was struck and killed by a dump truck in Columbia.
The Arizona Wildcats scored three times in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the South Carolina Gamecocks, 4-1 Monday night in game two of the best-of-3 College World Series Championship Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. The hard-fought win in front of an announced attendance of 23,872 gave Arizona a sweep of the championship series and ended South Carolina’s hopes of a third-straight title.
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say an 87-year-old lawyer has died after he drowned while wading in water in Lake Murray just outside his Chapin home.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Police say a man in a motorized wheelchair has been struck and killed by a dump truck in Columbia.
