Erica Figueroa has been dreaming of owning her own home for 18 years, since her first child was born. That dream was realized this week with the help of corporate sponsors, Habitat for Humanity and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
HOPKINS, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's only national park is still recovering from the worst winter storm to hit the state in a decade.
A Midlands teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student went before a judge for a bond hearing Friday.
A West Columbia woman was killed in a train accident while working on a movie in southeast Georgia.
There is a new gorilla on exhibit at Riverbanks Zoo.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Associated Press South Carolina daybook for Friday, Feb. 21
MANNING, S.C. (AP) — Eighteen golf carts have been stolen from a Manning golf course.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to stop the city of Columbia from closing an adult store.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University is scheduled to host an exhibit inspired by the Douglas Blackmon book on forced servitude following the Civil War.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Youths incarcerated in South Carolina have finished work on a second home for Habitat for Humanity.
FOREST ACRES, S.C. (AP) — The Forest Acres community is gathering to remember a law officer killed 40 years ago.
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Sumter County deputies say a middle school music teacher has been arrested after committing a sex act on a 13-year-old student.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal watchdog says officials overseeing a South Carolina project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel should have a better handle on why costs have ballooned.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators have given tentative approval to an ethics reform bill after trimming it to maintain the current system of legislators investigating their colleagues.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WOLO) -- Insurance provider Esurance is planning to expand operations in the upstate.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Insurance provider Esurance is planning to expand in Greenville County.
Calhoun County (WOLO)-Calhoun County Sheriff Thomas Summers has announced the arrests of several individuals in connection with the disappearance and Murder of an Orangeburg teenager. According to Sheriff Summers, Bryant McKnight, 28, of St. Matthews, has been arrested and charged with Murder and Obstructing Justice. Also charged in connection with the case is Jerry McKnight, 45, of St. Matthews, who is also charged with Murder. Jonathan McKnight, 20, of St. Matthews has been charged with Accessory after the fact of Murder.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal environmental regulators have cited the parent company of a South Carolina utility for spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of untreated sewage.
A Sumter teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a student.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The widow of Republican campaign strategist Lee Atwater, known for his take-no-prisoners tactics, has officially entered the race to be South Carolina's next schools superintendent.
