CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say heavy drinking led to the death of a 19-year-old Clemson University student at an off-campus apartment last month. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley released a toxicology report Thursday confirming that alcohol poisoning killed Tyler Karolczyk on Nov. 12, three days before his 20th birthday.
A new sex store changes its name to appease outraged neighboring businesses and residents.
Local businesses are rallying together to raise money for the family of an Aiken police officer killed in the line of duty.
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is unveiling his agenda for 2012 in a series of news conferences across the 2nd congressional district.
Folly Beach County Park, hit hard by Hurricane Irene, is in real danger of washing away completely, and officials are hoping to come up with a solution.
Board members for the Department of Health and Environmental Control are meeting to discuss replacing the agency's retiring director.
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say an 18-year-old man stopped for speeding had contraband he intended to take to a South Carolina prison. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says an officer stopped a minivan Dec. 23 going 89 mph in a 70 mph zone. Matthews says the officer recognized the driver from a previous traffic stop and saw tobacco and cell phones in the van.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's highest court has affirmed the guilty plea and death sentence of a man condemned to die for strangling a Clemson University student with her bikini top.
Two South Carolina legislators say state employees shouldn't have to answer the phone with Gov. Nikki Haley's mandated cheery greeting unless it's truly a great day in South Carolina.
Authorities say masked men fleeing a South Carolina convenience store fatally shot a Florida man and injured another customer.
Authorities say a wrecked car with three people dead inside apparently sat for days before railroad workers in Lancaster County found it.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina prosecutors are hoping for an additional $1.6 million for domestic violence cases at the level where they say it's needed the most.
Returning an unwanted gift can make for an awkward post-holiday season for you and the gift-giver, especially if you are unaware of what experts refer to as post-Christmas gift etiquette.
Steve Spurrier promoted Lorenzo Ward to full-time defensive coordinator at South Carolina. Spurrier says the contract details will be worked out after the Gamecocks play Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl January 2nd.
A woman is suing a South Carolina bar because a bartender didn't check her age before serving her on the night of the 2009 wreck that paralyzed her.
Large crowds are expected at the memorial service for an Aiken police officer shot and killed during a traffic stop.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley came into office promising a commitment to transparency, but the deletion of emails by staffers has brought new criticism that she has fallen short on that key campaign issue.
Angels play a major role in the Christmas story, but a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows they are a year-round presence for most, with 77 percent of adults saying they believe in their existence.
The last time Christmas fell on a Sunday was in 2005. As this weekend approaches, some Midlands churches scramble to alter their plans, as they attempt to decide which day, Saturday or Sunday, is more appropriate.
A day after a federal judge rules that Occupy Columbia protesters must no longer camp out on the State house grounds with tents and other sleeping materials, they present Gov. Nikki Haley with an early Christmas gift...a tent.
The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected South Carolina's voter ID law, saying the new policy doesn't do enough to ensure that minority voters aren't discriminated against.
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Greenville and Spartanburg have the lowest gasoline prices in South Carolina for the Christmas holiday.
Newt Gingirch's last campaign stop in the Republican presidential race before Christmas is going to be in Columbia.
Authorities say a 47-year-old man who identified himself as an Occupy Columbia protester was arrested for urinating near a monument on Statehouse grounds, but protesters say they don't know him.
