Hundreds of South Carolinians gathered at the State Capitol to hear leaders commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and at the same time, learn more about controversy over a constitutional right King worked so hard to protect: the right to vote.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a 2-year-old girl whose adoptive parents had to turn her over to her biological father on New Year's Eve.
Joined by several state department heads, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley laid out her fiscal vision via her first executive budget.
All eyes are on South Carolina and Myrtle Beach as the Republican Candidates for President get ready to square off in a Monday night Debate.
For the first time this election season, the Republican presidential race is now playing out in a state with a dismal economy.
Orangeburg County deputies have charged a man with voluntary manslaughter after he shot and killed his sister.
LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) _ Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile says he fired one of his deputies for stealing ceramic tiles from a home under construction. Investigators said a man called authorities Thursday after seeing a sheriff's patrol car quickly leave the house he was building for his mother-in-law and noticing several boxes of tiles worth $500 were gone.
An environmental group is suing a South Carolina utility, saying the company broke state law when it discharged arsenic and other contaminants into a river.
South Carolina's Department of Agriculture is showing off the winners of a recipe contest featuring items from the department's "Certified SC" program.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is ready to unveil her first executive budget. Haley is scheduled to lay out her proposal for the 2012-13 state budget on Friday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's unemployment agency is toughening rules for people drawing jobless benefits. Maj. Gen. Abraham Turner told a state Senate committee Thursday the policies take effect immediately.
Lexington County authorities hope the more a composite sketch is seen, the better their chances of catching the person its depicts, as they search for a suspected kidnapper.
GOP Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich campaigning in South Carolina Thursday.
Nearly a month after his K-9 partner is shot and killed in the line of duty, a Midlands sheriff's deputy get a new four-legged police dog, with the help of a resident.
Richland County deputies are looking for three suspects accused of opening a can of pepper spray inside a McDonald's on Hard Scrabble Road in Columbia.
A Summerville woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for her role in a gift card scheme that federal prosecutors say netted $1 million.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his civil rights organization will announce its plans to fight for social justice and against poverty at several stops across South Carolina next week. Jackson said Wednesday his Rainbow Push Coalition will announce in Charleston on Monday night a 10-point plan to make the South better. He will continue with stops in Columbia and Greenville on Tuesday.
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) _ Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says a rape suspect led deputies on a chase, firing his shotgun at officers before crashing his vehicle.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ A 53-year-old woman who admitted she stole more than $800,000 from a small tool and die business in Greenville has been ordered to spend more than three years in prison.
Even before the sound of the bell, signaling the start of the 2012 General Assembly, Gov. Nikki Haley pushes forward to challenge the federal government's ruling that blocks a proposed voter ID law in South Carolina.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a microchip implanted in the family dog helped Aiken officers reunite a missing 3-year-old girl with her family.
As Lexington County authorities continue their search for a man suspected of nearly abducting a young girl, the mother of the child speaks out for the first time since the incident.
Authorities say a medical helicopter taking a patient to a Charleston hospital had to make an emergency landing after the patient fought with the crew and tried to leap from the aircraft.
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) _ Rock Hill police say they arrested a mother after her 13-year-old son told officers she got him drunk. Investigators said the boy's father called police early Sunday morning and told him his mother let him drink until he got drunk.
