The Fort Jackson 17th Military Police Detachment hosted the 2012 Top Cop Competition on base. Twenty teams with competitors from several Army installations, S. C. National Guard, local law enforcement agencies and Shaw Air Force Base, competed over two days for top honors. But they say a safer community is the real winner.
A recent Hurricane Evacuation Survey makes for worrisome results for coastal residents in South Carolina.
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say ballistics tests have linked a gun used to kill a Sumter man in April to the slaying of a pregnant teen last August.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Emergency officials are scheduled to simulate a hurricane evacuation in South Carolina.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson says he's one of the only lawmakers in South Carolina who is politically incorrect enough to favor a new port terminal in Jasper County.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Supreme Court may boot more candidates from primary ballots, just one week before voters go to the polls.
It's a problem experts say is weighing heavily on the country and even right here at home. Obesity has become an epidemic that Governor Nikki Haley says needs to be addressed.
The U.S. Education Department has denied South Carolina's request to further appeal a $36 million penalty for not spending enough on special education during the economic downturn.
A Midlands organization is trying to beat its own record of how many homes it can repair in less than a week, and the big winners are the elderly and disabled, whose homes need some TLC.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ A swimmer is recovering after being bitten on the foot by a shark in Myrtle Beach over the weekend. WMBF-TV reports (http://bit.ly/Kogdua) the attack happened about 7:45 p.m. Saturday near the 2nd Avenue Pier. Beach Patrol Sgt. Philip Cain said an undetermined type of shark bit 25 year-old Ryan Orellana-Maczynski.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Gov. Nikki Haley has named a new state fire marshal to replace outgoing Adolf Zubia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The once-a-decade redrawing of legislative district lines has forced four incumbent Democratic state House members to fight for two seats.
Adam Matthews' RBI single keyed a three-run first inning, and Jordan Montgomery held Clemson to five hits in nearly seven innings as two-time defending national champion South Carolina won its 19th straight NCAA tournament game, wrapping up the Columbia Regional with a 4-3 victory Sunday.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — With no statewide races this primary season in South Carolina, most of the attention is focused on the primaries in the state's new 7th Congressional District.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says two juveniles face charges after taking a school bus on a two-county joy ride chased by officers and then crashing into a brick wall.
LB Dantzler's single to right drove in the winning run in the 12th innings as two-time defending College World Series champion South Carolina won its 18th straight NCAA tournament game with a 5-4 victory over rival Clemson on Saturday in the Columbia Regional.
The Carolina Alumni Association and the the alumni association at the University of Georgia are teaming up to sponsor a blood drive for Aimee Copeland, who's battling a flesh eating bacteria.
America's favorite past time of baseball belongs to the state of South Carolina this weekend. The two-time defending national champion USC Gamecocks baseball team has a rep to protect. It's one of three state teams playing in Columbia's Regional of the NCAA baseball tournament. But it's the local retailers that say they're hitting a home run.
Colby Holmes allowed one hit in eight innings, Adam Matthews drove in three runs and two-time defending national champion South Carolina won its 17th straight NCAA tournament game with a 7-0 victory over Manhattan in the Columbia Regional on Friday.
South Carolina education officials are honoring 70 students who never missed a day of school.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ An Irmo High School graduate has sued to stop prayers at future graduation ceremonies.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ An amusement park outing, barbecue lunches and director dunking booths are among the ways that South Carolina state agencies showed appreciation for their employees. All state agencies were encouraged to do something on May 9 for State Employee Recognition Day, proclaimed this year by Gov. Nikki Haley.
This summer, you have a chance to grab a blanket and experience a movie outside the theater.
South Carolina State University has named a senior fellow at Howard University School of Pharmacy as the school's new interim president.
Riverbanks Zoo will start charging commercial outfitters who use their entrance to the Saluda River.
