A budget compromise reached by a small group of lawmakers Friday means South Carolina will accelerate a planned income tax cut, raise the salaries of all teachers and state employees and send more money to adult and juvenile prisons.
The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office says a small plane from the flight school at Fairfield County Airport was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday afternoon.
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to more than 8 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, says the DOJ.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is off to Germany next week to strengthen business ties that have fueled this century's economic boom in the formerly struggling Southern state.