COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed Columbia attorney Mary Geiger Lewis as a federal judge. Senators voted 64-27 on Monday in favor of Lewis' nomination as a U.S. district judge for South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed a bill providing new, safer equipment to fight wildfires for South Carolina's forestry agency through insurance premium taxes.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says South Carolina will fight for federal grants that could make the state a hub for the next-generation nuclear technology.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Ports Authority plans to spend almost $147 million on capital projects in the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A candidate recently certified as the Democratic nominee in South Carolina's new 7th congressional district wants to halt a lawsuit seeking to order her into a run-off.
LUGOFF, S.C. (AP) — A mother and father from Kershaw County are awaiting a bond hearing after being charged in connection with the sexual abuse of their two daughters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ordering railroad operator Norfolk Southern to pay more than $800,000 for firing a South Carolina worker and two others after they reported injuries on the job.
The Arkansas Razorbacks scored twice in the first four innings and held on for a 2-1 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks in a winner’s bracket game at the College World Series on Monday night. The loss drops Carolina (46-18) into a Wednesday night elimination game against Kent State (47-19). The loss snaps Carolina’s NCAA-record 22-game postseason winning streak and also ends the Gamecocks’ 12-game winning streak at the College World Series.
The onset of summer brings with it a push to promote locally grown, certified South Carolina fruits and vegetables, and agricultural officials say everyone, including farmers, consumers, restaurants and, ultimately, the state's economy, benefits.
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Officials have released the names of three people killed in a head-on crash on a rural road in Darlington County.
Coroner Todd Hardee says the accident happened Sunday night outside Hartsville.