CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Fire has heavily damaged the home of Robert Barber, a Charleston area politician who has run for several statewide offices including lieutenant governor and, last year, comptroller general.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Chesterfield County Sheriff Sam Parker have agreed that the county will in the future abide by state law that generally bans shooting dogs as a means of euthanasia.
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Police in Simpsonville have charged a man with murder in the death of his girlfriend and her mother in their Simpsonville home.
PENDLETON, S.C. (AP) — The son of a 75-year-old Pendleton man who hasn't been seen for more than six weeks says he thinks a body found under the crawl space of his parents' home is his missing father.
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A hit-and-run charge has been dropped against Retha Pierce, ending a string of legal problems for the former mayor of Atlantic Beach.
WEEDSPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A South Carolina man accused of using the Internet to lure a woman with promises of a phony job at a horse farm, only to leave her unconscious and bound with duct tape in a motel, has pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping charges.
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — The Naval Health Clinic in Charleston is holding a change of command ceremony to welcome a new leader.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A bank and a nonprofit group are teaming up to help people in North Charleston get information about improving their credit.
Fans got their first glimpse of the 2011 edition of South Carolina Gamecock football team Wednesday night, as the squad worked out at the Bluff Road practice fields. The squad was dressed in helmets and shorts for the first workout of the fall, which lasted about two hours and drew a couple thousand fans.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Charleston Southern is looking to rebound from a 3-8 season in 2010 and coach Jay Mills knows the Buccaneers have work ahead of them.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bond has been set at more than $1 million for a 46-year-old Summerville pastor charged with sexually assaulting two women.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say five people have been convicted and nearly $2 million has been recovered in an investigation into fraudulent expense claims from stimulus money given to the Savannah River Site.
Residents of Columbia's Greenview community rest easier now that several firearms are taken out of their neighborhood.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — The Beaufort Gazette has moved from suburban Beaufort to a downtown location near county and city government offices.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — German automaker BMW is making plans to increase production at its Greer plant amid higher earnings reports.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Education Department says the class of 2011 was offered a record $966 million in college scholarships.
GREER, S.C. (AP) — German automaker BMW is adding 100 new jobs at its South Carolina plant amid higher earnings reports and increased demands for its vehicles.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state audit shows that South Carolina's system of finding and helping infants and toddlers with disabilities is not reaching enough children and doesn't properly monitor those who provide the services.
One woman is behind bars tonight, charged with unlawful conduct toward a child after she left her 3 year old daughter home alone to go to the gas station.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Weather forecasters are warning about the dangers of heat in most of South Carolina.
