COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's jobless rate has gone up for the second month in a row. The state Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday that unemployment was 9.4 percent in June. That's 0.3 percentage points higher than in May but more than a full percentage point lower than the 10.5 percent recorded one year ago.
Authorities say a 34-year-old disabled man has died from dehydration after his father died from a heart problem and there was no one around to help.
After a rare brain infection caused by a deadly amoeba kills a Sumter County boy, officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control urge South Carolinians to use caution when enjoying fresh water lakes, ponds and rivers in the state.
Senate members Wednesday concurred with many veto overrides handed down by the House Tuesday. State senators' decisions to restore the state's arts commission, grant a pay raise to teachers and restore thousands of dollars for rape prevention education ends weeks of speculation about the future of those organizations. Governor Nikki Haley, however, stands by her vetoes.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say an off-duty South Carolina trooper was fired on after he followed a car he thought was being driven by an impaired driver.
The Amber Alert issued for the child abducted in Summerville has been lifted.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former University of South Carolina history student is scheduled to speak about his experiences as a Fulbright fellow teaching in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia police officers are offering kids a fun way to stay safe while school is out.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Columbia police officer is getting a ballistic vest from an area business owner.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has voted to use $10 million from a national mortgage settlement to close economic development deals.
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) _ Investigators say a man who taped up the legs and muzzles of three dogs and threw them into a canal targeted animals owned by his daughter and mother-in-law. Georgetown County deputies said 47-year-old Bobby Joe McConnell was charged Wednesday with three counts of ill treatment of animals.
Authorities say a 37-year-old man stabbed his younger brother to death after a fight in his Lexington home.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers have appointed the first director to an agency charged with managing the state's retirement and health care systems for public workers.
Two state agencies can re-open their doors, two weeks after Gov. Nikki Haley's vetoes eliminated all of their state and federal money.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It appears the Republicans will keep the state Senate seat vacated by Glenn McConnell when he became lieutenant governor earlier this year.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has overridden 51 of Gov. Nikki Haley's 81 budget vetoes.
Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a Marine stationed in South Carolina.
Lexington county officials dedicated and toured the state of the art facility after nearly a year in the making.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A program started to help South Carolina residents make their homes more energy-efficient and lower their utility bills without putting any money down is going national.
Lexington County deputies say a man accused in a fatal shooting is a member of the Folk Nation gang.
The South Carolina House has voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Nikki Haley's vetoes that wiped out the state Arts Commission, and that's just the beginning.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Teachers and students are about to reverse roles at the University of South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Advocates for rape victims and survivors themselves are calling on legislators to override South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's veto of $454,000 for rape crisis centers.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia's parks and recreation department is giving kids in South Carolina's capital city's a way to stay active this summer.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Three people have died after a car smashed into a telephone pole in Charleston. Police say it happened early Sunday in the West Ashley section of the city.
