COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina senators will consider creating a State Day of Prayer to coincide with the national one. A bill designating the first Thursday in May is up for debate this week by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott fired one top investigation official and accepted the retirement of another, after it was revealed it took officers 10 days to find the body of missing, high-profile lobbyist and CEO, Tom Sponseller, who reportedly killed himself in the parking garage of his office building and left a suicide note in his desk.
Midlands schools join others statewide for Severe Weather Awareness Week to be reminded of and prepare for severe storms, tornadoes and flash floods, which are significant hazards in South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — House Republicans are introducing a package of bills that would eliminate most sales tax exemptions, streamline individual income taxes, and cut business taxes in South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Less than half of South Carolina's nearly 300 police agencies are fully complying with a law requiring them to report the race of drivers during traffic stops.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State officials hope that a week of awareness about severe weather will help South Carolinians be prepared if a big storm hits.
(Picture Courtesy: National Weather Service - Columbia) The storms responsible for causing widespread damage and the deaths of more than 30 people in the Tennessee and Ohio River valleys moved through South Carolina early Saturday morning, firing off severe thunderstorms throughout the Midlands and a tornado in Richland County.
A Rock Hill collection company says it will add about 100 employees in the coming year.
YORK, S.C. (AP) _ A convicted killer from North Carolina who was mistakenly freed from a South Carolina jail while facing drug charges has been recaptured in Texas. York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant said Friday that 31-year-old Thomas Aaron Whitlock had been arrested in Dallas.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Faith leaders met in West Columbia to discuss how to properly respond after someone commits suicide.
Hundreds of friends and colleagues joined the family of Tom Sponseller to say goodbye, Friday.
The embattled president of South Carolina State University, George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month.
Some people are dancing to fight hunger. On Friday, Fisher Communications and an anonymous donor gave $2800 to Harvest Hope on behalf of the Columbia Classical Ballet. Additional funds came from the ballet's ticket sales from a January performance.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has chosen a 34-year-old attorney to lead South Carolina's labor and business licensing agency.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The longtime chairman of the South Carolina Judiciary Committee says he won't seek another term.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say they are trying to figure out if a man arrested without pants after grabbing a woman in a car wash is connected to a string of indecent exposure cases in an upscale Columbia neighborhood.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Faith leaders are scheduled to meet in West Columbia to discuss how to properly respond after someone commits suicide.
A second fox attacks a person in as many weeks. Now the Department of Health and Environmental control is asking you to be on guard of suspicious wild animals.
Suicide is claiming lives in the United States at a rate of more than one hundred per day.
For the first time on a statewide level, the South Carolina Alzheimer's Association brings together health care professionals, caregivers and others to educate themselves on tackling a disease that impacts 80,000 South Carolinians...with a little dancing in between.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP)-- A judge has refused to release the video of a traffic stop that led to the shooting death of an Aiken police officer in December. Circuit Judge Jack Early ruled Thursday after a two-minute hearing that allowing…
A narcotics officer with the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office is recovering today after he was dragged by a pick-up truck for more than one hundred feet.
Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott says people are rushing to judgment regarding his department's handling of a missing persons investigation-turned-apparent suicide.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill requiring South Carolina taxpayers to receive a detailed receipt of how their state taxes are spent has advanced in the Senate.
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A judge is getting ready to hear arguments on whether video of a traffic stop that led to the shooting death of an Aiken police officer should be released to the public.
