COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Each year, state social workers are unable to substantiate thousands of reports of child abuse or neglect, yet hundreds of those cases later result in harm to children. South Carolina officials said Thursday they aim to improve that record with a review of caseworker practices.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker and GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is planning to make two days of campaign stops in South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Witches brew and swamp creatures are the highlights of a Halloween celebration at a plantation on the South Carolina coast.
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard is awarding a commendation to an 11-year-old South Carolina boy who saved his father's life during a fishing trip last summer.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina transportation officials say two emergency bridge repairs on major highways in the state have been completed weeks ahead of schedule.
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The Lexington County Sheriff's Department and Lexington County School District One are teaming up to start a chess program for at-risk kids.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — The aircraft carrier Yorktown on Charleston Harbor is being turned into a ghost ship for the Halloween season.
PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Pella Corp. will offer incentives to employees who take early retirement or voluntarily leave the company and will close a plant in South Carolina as it tries to offset a decline in new home construction.
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — The wreckage of a plane belonging to a Berkeley County man missing for two weeks has been located near the county airport near Moncks Corner.
SENECA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have determined a Pickens teen found dead at an Oconee County boat ramp was shot in the back.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say three burglary suspects led police on a chase through Greenville and Spartanburg counties, crashing into five different vehicles during the pursuit.
If you haven't had to start pumping the heat in your home - get ready for that to change. This week those warm temperatures are expected to take a dip.
SANTEE, S.C. (AP) _ Repairs to the bridge over Lake Marion on busy Interstate 95 in South Carolina have been completed about three weeks ahead of schedule. The state Transportation Department announced Thursday that the work was completed last weekend. It was originally expected to be finished in mid-November.
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) _ The wreckage of a plane belonging to a Berkeley County man missing for two weeks has been located near the county airport near Moncks Corner. Authorities say 65-year-old Kenneth Tollett was found dead inside. Tollett was last seen Oct. 13 on his way to the airport. He regularly flew out of state and his family reported him missing on Sunday.
Officials Palmetto Health celebrate the groundbreaking of a brand new $99 million hospital, promising hundreds of jobs for South Carolinians.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of homeless people in the Charleston area, a good number of them veterans, are getting a hand this week during one of the largest events for vets of its kind in the nation.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Mitt Romney gingerly distanced himself from a labor issue on the Ohio ballot one day. The next, he embraced the initiative "110 percent."
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The woman who authorities accuse of killing four members of her family for insurance money had debilitating mental problems and suffered brain damage several years ago in a beating, her attorney, family and friends said.
SANTEE, S.C. (AP) — Repairs to the bridge over Lake Marion on busy Interstate 95 in South Carolina have been completed about three weeks ahead of schedule.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Government workers and retirees are scheduled to stage an informational picket in Columbia objecting to proposed cuts in Social Security.
