COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The American Civil Liberties union and other civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit to block South Carolina's illegal immigration law. The group's lawsuit was filed in Charleston on Wednesday and says the new law is unconstitutional and would spark racial profiling.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina health officials are warning Anderson County residents to stay away from wild animals and not try to keep them as pets after a teen was exposed to rabies by a raccoon. The Department of Health and Environmental Control said Wednesday that the teen boy was bitten by the raccoon when he tried to pick the animal up in the woods and carry it home.
A Dent Middle School student is struck by a car and killed and a nearby employee who witnessed the aftermath believes it was bound to happen.
For the first time, the South Carolina State Fair has an eye in the sky.
An 11-year-old was killed after he was hit by a car while leaving school.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A committee of the Clemson University faculty senate is reviewing student lab fees.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County deputies say they found two carjacking suspects asleep in the car they stole just hours earlier.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Cross man has been indicted on a charge of stealing government property.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis is carrying a $648,000 debt from his 2010 campaign and is spending more money than donors are giving him.
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard's campaign is reporting nearly $283,000 in debt.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Charleston has been honored as the top American travel destination by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. Charleston was No. 2 on the list last year.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Richland County deputies say they found two carjacking suspects asleep in the car they stole just hours earlier. Investigators said three men approached a man at a gas station around 1 a.m. Saturday asking for a ride. The man said the suspects beat and robbed him after he took them where they wanted to go.
Several USC fans we spoke to on and off camera agree with the school's decision Tuesday to kick embattled quarterback, Stephen Garcia, off the football team.
Richland County Sheriff's Deputy, Mark Ryan, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in March.
Citing a story about recruiting Bruce Ellington from the basketball team by The State columnist Ron Morris from 7 months ago, Spurrier said he would not do a press conference with Morris in attendance.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Defense Department has appointed Columbia real estate broker John Green to his second 3-year term as chairman of the South Carolina Committee for Employer Support for the National Guard and Reserve.
Senior Quarterback Stephen Garcia has been dismissed from the football team.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's re-election campaign reports it raised $200,000 in cash in the third quarter.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Conway attorney for up to 90 days and ordered him to take anger management classes after he slapped a defendant during a deposition.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will delay until February a request for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law.
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old girl playing with her cousins in Greenwood has been shot and killed after the children found a gun inside a vehicle.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina State Fair begins its 12-day run on Wednesday.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Blustery winds nearing tropical storm strength and as much as 4 inches of rain are expected along the Carolinas coast as a storm system that drenched parts of Florida moves north.
Clover school officials have suspended 13 varsity football players after getting allegations that three players suffered hazing.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina will delay until February a request for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. The state Education Department had planned to request the break from the federal law in November. Agency spokesman Jay Ragley said Monday that will give the agency more time to gather data and see how other states file their requests.
