South Carolina's state-owned utility appears to have survived four years of turmoil to remain public. The South Carolina House and Senate both unanimously approved an overhaul bill Tuesday that did not include selling Santee Cooper to a private company.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina judge is refusing to block two executions set for later this month. The two condemned inmates, both men, have sued the state over a new law effectively forcing prisoners to choose between the…
Private schools in the state are getting some aid to help them recover from losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuesday afternoon, State Superintendent Molly Spearman announced more than $38 million in emergency assistance will go to the state's 111 private schools.
Inside the Statehouse, lawmakers returned for a special session to take up several key issues in the budget on Tuesday.
After more than 200 days in the hospital, a South Carolina man who recovered from a COVID-19 related coma has been released. Now, he and his family are enjoying this second shot at life.
Authorities say a mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family have been shot and killed on their family's land. Deputies say they found the two victims dead on the family's property near Islandton on Monday night.
SCDEW is partnering with the state's technical schools for a new workforce initiative. Under the new partnership, those seeking unemployment benefits in the state will have the opportunity to explore short term retraining programs offered at their local technical college, instead of conducting a weekly job search.
DHEC reports 87 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the Palmetto State.
Numerous websites were unavailable Tuesday after an apparent widespread outage at the cloud service company Fastly.
After a long year battling the coronavirus pandemic, South Carolinians can now take another big step closer to a more normal life. Today, Governor Henry McMaster ended the state’s COVID-19 state of emergency.
Hurricane season is here, and the South Carolina State Guard is preparing to help keep everyone safe. Over the weekend, they held a hurricane preparedness drill.
A South Carolina judge is considering whether to temporarily halt a new law effectively forcing death row prisoners to choose to die by either electric chair or firing squad.
Gov. Henry McMaster has ended South Carolina's ongoing pandemic-related state of emergency. The Republican said during a news conference Monday that the coronavirus situation in the state had improved to the point that it was no longer necessary.
DHEC reports 79 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the Palmetto State.
A second inmate scheduled to die later this month under South Carolina's recently reworked capital punishment law has requested permission to take part in another inmate's federal request to block his electrocution. Attorneys for Freddie Owens say in court papers that combining the cases would save the courts time and money.
A South Carolina man authorities have linked to the extremist group the Proud Boys faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty to threatening a former federal prosecutor. Court records show 47-year-old James Giannakos of Gilbert is scheduled for sentencing by a U.S. District Court judge June 29.
Lexington County firefighters say no one is hurt after an early morning fire at a private bar on Fairview Road.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - DHEC is planning for severe weather outages and how it may impact medical patients. The state agency is working with in-patient hospice facilities that are willing to serve as medical needs shelters in the case of…
Employees at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice walked off the job this morning. Some teachers and security staff stood outside the facility, saying they've had enough with the long hours, pay and poor working conditions. DJJ Director Freddie Pough spoke with protesters for a little over an hour outside DJJ Friday afternoon. Gov. McMaster acknowledged their are issues in the department but said a walk out is not the way to go about achieving change.
Today, Governor Henry McMaster and state officials met virtually for hurricane drills to prepare for hurricane season. Tomorrow, the South Carolina State Guard says they will conduct a "Hurricane Preparedness Exercise."
