South Carolina is one of nearly 20 states that prohibits early voting. Voting absentee, where you can cast a ballot prior to Election Day, is allowed. So what's really the difference? We've got the facts to help you prepare for the polls.
ABC Columbia News hit the Midway at the South Carolina State Fair to see if we could find any healthy food options.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The son of late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond will stay on ballots as the Republican nominee for a South Carolina state Senate seat.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina congressmen are warning that the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is threatened by looming budget cuts that will slash both defense and domestic programs in January.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A man has died after being struck by a car in front of the post office on Assembly street.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's unemployment rate has gone down by one half of a percentage point.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — State health officials say three people have now died in South Carolina from the West Nile virus.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three people have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a Columbia restaurant last month.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department needs your help in another missing persons case.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina appellate court has ordered a new trial for a man serving a life sentence for two murders.
There are still unanswered questions on a grim anniversary for one Midlands family.
There was lots of food and music in the Capital City, and for a good cause.
Student loan debt among college seniors has hit a record high.
Authorities are searching for two missing Catawba County high school students who left home for a party last weekend and haven't been heard from since.
2012 celebrations were a huge success. City officials say they plan to make this year's event even bigger and better with a new location and new Grammy Award winning entertainment.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ The Diocese of South Carolina is ending its affiliation with the Episcopal Church after the national church said the South Carolina bishop has abandoned the national church.
Governor Nikki Haley signed a proclamation, comprised of civilians instead of elected officials, today naming the South Carolina Commission on Ethics Reform to work on plans to update South Carolina's ethics laws.
A South Carolina couple, forced to give up their now 3 year old adoptive daughter, continues to fight to get her back after the state Supreme Court upheld a former ruling that custody should been given to the child's biological father.
SENECA, S.C. (AP) _ Relatives say a Seneca man accused of killing his 7-month-old niece asked if he could watch over the girl the night before she died.
Democrats and Republicans alike are fretting over what might go seriously wrong before, during or just after the Nov. 6 presidential election. Both parties have amassed lawyers and volunteers to watch polling places and appeal to local election officials if problems arise.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO/AP) -- Gasoline prices are on the way down thanks to a change in the season.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina school bus driver has been fired after a drunken driving charge.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Spartanburg school teacher has been sentenced to more than three years in prison on a child pornography charge.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with assault and battery.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO/AP) -- People from all across the state participated Thursday in the 2012 Great SouthEast ShakeOut.
