RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) _ A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for a shooting death in a Ridgeland pool hall. Solicitor Duffie Stone says Brett Howard was sentenced after he was convicted Wednesday of murder in the 2009 death of Woodrow Brantley.
As some 32 million people plan to hit the roadways for the Memorial Day Holiday weekend, South Carolina Highway Patrol officials remind you that seat belt violations are now a primary offense in the state.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Investors are receiving some of the money they entrusted with a South Carolina trio dubbed the ``3 Hebrew Boys'' currently serving decades in prison for an $80 million scam.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old convicted sex offender charged with kidnapping a 7-year-old is now facing more charges.
SENECA, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a mother has been charged with helping her daughters beat up another teen at Seneca High School.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Voters will be asked in November whether the governor and lieutenant governor should run together, but the change wouldn't take place until 2018.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill meant to prevent in future elections the chaos that resulted in nearly 200 candidates being tossed off June primary ballots.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in Dorchester County have arrested 12 people and are looking for four others as the result of a probe into illegal drug and liquor sales in the county.
After nearly two years, an arrest is made in a Newberry County shooting of a former cab driver, when the cab driver identifies the man he believes shot him multiple times and left him in a ditch to die.
Tuesday, Sadies American Cafeteria opened to the public for the first time.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Amazon says it is hiring hundreds of employees for its open warehouse in West Columbia and its planned facility in Spartanburg.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An illegal immigrant from South Carolina that the government wants to deport will get a federal court hearing in his case.
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a man has survived after being struck by lightning in Pawleys Island.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — City leaders in Myrtle Beach want an extension of a 1 percent sales tax that raises money for tourism promotion. The state tax took effect in 2009 and is set to expire in six years.
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — The 250-pound mascot of the Bluffton High football team has been swiped and it apparently took determined thieves to do so.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state representative is asking a legislative panel to reconsider its decision dropping ethics charges against South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is demanding that South Carolina state senators cut more taxes.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is the Black Coaches and Administrators' female coach of the year.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The president of Wofford College says he is going to retire at the end of the 2013 academic year.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bridge in Columbia has been closed after heavy rain caused a barge holding a construction crane to shift, threatening the structure.
