RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) _ A Jasper County man has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting he beat his girlfriend to death The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports (http://bit.ly/uwSHoi ) that 46-year-old Terry Swanger pleaded guilty Monday to murder, the same day jury selection in his trial was set to start.
South Carolina's Supreme Court has ruled people playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured. The high court on Monday upheld a lower court's ruling that a man who was injured in a 2004 pickup softball game during a Boy Scouts camping trip in Sumter should have known he could be hurt.
WAMBAW, S.C. (AP) — The Francis Marion National Forest outside Charleston is celebrating its 75th anniversary and expects to host several hundred thousand visitors this year.
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — You would have to sell a lot of cookies to raise what a Beaufort County school hopes to raise by auctioning a residential building lot.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A planned International African American History Museum in Charleston could incorporate a plaza near the spot where thousands of African slaves set foot in North America.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Greenville County authorities are trying to figure out why a man broke into his neighbor's home in Piedmont and set her on fire.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are probing what caused a train to derail in downtown Spartanburg, spilling coal and blocking traffic for several hours.
Myrtle Beach International Airport officials won't charge fees for at least a year to airlines willing to bring flights to and from certain cities at least five times a week.
A Lexington County man has been arrested and accused of stabbing his nephew to death.
Gov. Nikki Haley and South Carolina's first family are inviting the public to enjoy holiday decorations at the Governor's Mansion.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court will hear appeals from six people found guilty of violating federal animal fighting laws at a Lexington County cockfight in a 2010 trial.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Charleston fire marshal has reorganized the way the city investigates suspicious fires, saying he requires much more documentation than in the past.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Myrtle Beach International Airport officials won't charge fees for at least a year to airlines willing to bring flights to and from certain cities at least five times a week.
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — Newt Gingrich has always been a big fan of history. He knows that for three decades, the Republican who won South Carolina's presidential primary has also won the GOP nomination.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley and South Carolina's first family are inviting the public to enjoy holiday decorations at the Governor's Mansion.
South Carolina and Nebraska will play in the Capital One Bowl Jan. 2 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. Both teams accepted their bids Sunday. It will be the first meeting between the schools since 1987 and first-ever postseason matchup.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Goose Creek won its first state football championship by scoring the final 23 points to beat Greenwood 37-21 in the South Carolina 4A Division II state championship game.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chief investment officer of South Carolina's $25 billion pension fund has resigned to take a job with a private firm in North Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The headquarters unit of the South Carolina Army National Guard's 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is getting a new commander during a ceremony in Charleston.
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Charleston's zoning board will consider an application to cut down 60 grand trees on the last wooded stretch of Maybank Highway so that a 300-apartment retirement complex can be built there.
