COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _A notable Columbia criminal defense attorney said Tuesday he is now representing the South Carolina mother of a toddler who has been missing since Thanksgiving. Hemphill Pride II told The Associated Press that he was hired Monday to represent Zinah Jennings on a charge of unlawful conduct toward a child.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Spartanburg County deputies say someone did $50,000 worth of damage to a doctor's office over the weekend. Investigators said vandals drilled a hole in the roof of Weir Ear, Nose and Throat in Spartanburg, then put a garden hose through the hole and turned on the water.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he thinks his performance in debate against fellow Republicans shows he's best qualified to take on President Barack Obama in the fall.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Under pressure, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he might be willing to release his tax returns.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A couple is heading to the Greenville County courthouse knowing full well they won't be able to get a marriage license.
Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring.
Republican Jon Huntsman has dropped out of the GOP presidential race and has endorsed Mitt Romney.
Customers are beginning to feel the pain at the pump as prices continue to rise. Now analysts say things could get worse before they get better. News that's forcing a lot of people to buckle up for what's expected to be a pretty expensive ride.
All six GOP Presidential hopefuls have descended on South Carolina in hopes of taking the top spot in the state's First in the South Primary.
Hundreds of South Carolinians gathered at the State Capitol to hear leaders commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and at the same time, learn more about controversy over a constitutional right King worked so hard to protect: the right to vote.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a 2-year-old girl whose adoptive parents had to turn her over to her biological father on New Year's Eve.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The Republican presidential contenders are campaigning their way into the first of two debates before a decisive weekend vote in South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jon Huntsman staked his entire presidential campaign on New Hampshire in the hopes he could emerge from the shadow of fellow Mormon Mitt Romney to become a legitimate competitor.
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) — The three-star general who's taken charge of the Third Army in South Carolina has become a roving ambassador, traveling from his new command to more than a dozen nations around the Persian Gulf and in central Asia.
MANNING, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina teens have been awarded $500,000 each in a lawsuit over the so-called "choking game" at a Clarendon County camp for children of deployed soldiers or those preparing to go overseas.
Joined by several state department heads, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley laid out her fiscal vision via her first executive budget.
All eyes are on South Carolina and Myrtle Beach as the Republican Candidates for President get ready to square off in a Monday night Debate.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Tea Party Coalition is holding its first statewide convention in Myrtle Beach prior to this week's Republican presidential debate. The coalition is comprised of grass roots groups from across the state.
For the first time this election season, the Republican presidential race is now playing out in a state with a dismal economy.
Orangeburg County deputies have charged a man with voluntary manslaughter after he shot and killed his sister.
LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) _ Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile says he fired one of his deputies for stealing ceramic tiles from a home under construction. Investigators said a man called authorities Thursday after seeing a sheriff's patrol car quickly leave the house he was building for his mother-in-law and noticing several boxes of tiles worth $500 were gone.
Former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, spoke to hundreds gathered for a home ownership rally, Thursday in Columbia.
An environmental group is suing a South Carolina utility, saying the company broke state law when it discharged arsenic and other contaminants into a river.
South Carolina's Department of Agriculture is showing off the winners of a recipe contest featuring items from the department's "Certified SC" program.
An exhibit opening at the Charleston Museum focuses on shells and ammunition used during the Civil War.
