DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann plan to make their next — and possibly last — stands in South Carolina instead of chasing the rest of the GOP presidential pack to New Hampshire.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As the new year begins, the National Forest Service is closing three off-road vehicle trails in the Sumter National Forest in the western part of South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — New laws going on the books in South Carolina will limit awards in lawsuits and require employers to check a federal database to see if the people they hire are in the country legally.
A six year old is dead after a collision in Lexington, where police say the driver responsible, is now charged with Felony DUI.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia police say they have arrested a 22-year-old mother after she lied to officers about the location of her 18-month-old son, who has been missing for several weeks.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's former treasurer who spent 10 months in prison on a cocaine charge says his experiences as a victim of the government's costly "war on drugs" are among the reasons he's supporting Republican Ron Paul for president.
The Lexington County Coroner's Office has identified a man shot and killed in the parking lot of the Harbison Olive Garden as 21-year-old Thomas Hoefer of Columbia.
Surveillance video recently released shows images of Beverly Hope Melton entering a convenience store to pay for gas, as a suspected attacker, also caught on tape, proceeds to abduct, rape and beat her to death with a baseball bat, according to authorities.
Governor Nikki Haley will have her eye on our two in state schools next week as the USC Gamecocks take on Nebraska on Monday in the Capitol One Bowl in Orlando and the Clemson Tigers face West Virginia in the Orange Bowl in Miami Wednesday.
A Chapin woman accused of stealing millions from her employer is behind bars.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say heavy drinking led to the death of a 19-year-old Clemson University student at an off-campus apartment last month. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley released a toxicology report Thursday confirming that alcohol poisoning killed Tyler Karolczyk on Nov. 12, three days before his 20th birthday.
A new sex store changes its name to appease outraged neighboring businesses and residents.
Local businesses are rallying together to raise money for the family of an Aiken police officer killed in the line of duty.
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is unveiling his agenda for 2012 in a series of news conferences across the 2nd congressional district.
Folly Beach County Park, hit hard by Hurricane Irene, is in real danger of washing away completely, and officials are hoping to come up with a solution.
Board members for the Department of Health and Environmental Control are meeting to discuss replacing the agency's retiring director.
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say an 18-year-old man stopped for speeding had contraband he intended to take to a South Carolina prison. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says an officer stopped a minivan Dec. 23 going 89 mph in a 70 mph zone. Matthews says the officer recognized the driver from a previous traffic stop and saw tobacco and cell phones in the van.
Local moms turn out for nurse-in at the Target in Harbison after a Texas woman says she was harassed by a Target employee for breastfeeding in the store.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's highest court has affirmed the guilty plea and death sentence of a man condemned to die for strangling a Clemson University student with her bikini top.
Two South Carolina legislators say state employees shouldn't have to answer the phone with Gov. Nikki Haley's mandated cheery greeting unless it's truly a great day in South Carolina.
Kershaw County deputies say a traffic stop lead to the discovery of contraband bound for a local prison.
A 23-year-old man has been charged in the death of a woman authorities say was abducted from a Chesterfield County store and beaten to death in a random attack.
Authorities say masked men fleeing a South Carolina convenience store fatally shot a Florida man and injured another customer.
Authorities say a wrecked car with three people dead inside apparently sat for days before railroad workers in Lancaster County found it.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina prosecutors are hoping for an additional $1.6 million for domestic violence cases at the level where they say it's needed the most.
