Woman found dead inside SC department store; body not discovered for 4 days
A 63-year-old janitor died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina department store, but her body was not discovered until four days later. Now police are investigating to see if anyone was negligent, and to figure out how and why no one noticed her body in the stall.
Professor comforts student’s crying baby while teaching class
The South Carolina math professor stepped in to hold a student’s baby so she could participate in class without distractions.
Boy, 8 years old, discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina: 'Find of a lifetime'
An outdoorsy eight-year-old found a fossilized shark tooth from a long-extinct species while he was on a family vacation in South Carolina earlier this month of August 2022.
South Carolina court temporarily blocks 'fetal heartbeat' law that bans abortions around 6 weeks
The South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” law banning abortion around six weeks is no longer in effect after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked it.
Abortion ban goes to South Carolina House floor for big fight
A near total abortion ban in South Carolina that does not include exceptions for pregnancies' caused by rape or incest was sent to the state House floor Tuesday.
Woman killed by a flying umbrella on a South Carolina beach
Nationwide, 2,800 beach umbrella-related injuries were reported from 2010 to 2018.
Man wins $100,000 testing lottery strategy he saw on TV
A television show gave a South Carolina man a winning idea.
'Tiger King' star Doc Antle charged with money laundering
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with laundering more than half a million dollars, money federal prosecutors said Monday that he believed to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border.
Man died from heart attack while burying woman he strangled, South Carolina deputies say
As they investigated the man's death, deputies found a body wrapped in trash bags in a freshly dug hole and determined it was his girlfriend, investigators said.
Rescued teen worked to stay alive after falling down 40-foot well, firefighters say
Firefighters in South Carolina said the 14-year-old boy fell down the well Saturday evening.
Gunshots interrupt youth baseball game; city offers $10K reward for arrest
Video shows spectators and young athletes running and getting on the ground to duck and cover.
Man's firing squad execution halted by South Carolina Supreme Court
South Carolina’s first-ever firing squad execution of Richard Bernard Moore was halted on Wednesday by the state’s Supreme Court.
Firing-squad executions get the green light in South Carolina
South Carolina has given the green light to firing-squad executions, a method codified into state law last year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs.
South Carolina restaurant offers in-house child care for employees' kids
"I don't think people should have to choose between having a family and having a career," explained the owner of McGee's Scot-Irish Pub in Anderson, South Carolina.
Biden pledges fight for voting rights, police reform in SC State address
President Joe Biden addressed South Carolina State University graduates and pledged to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation.
Alex Murdaugh denied bond on $3M insurance theft charges
South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was denied bond for charges related to insurance money in his housekeeper's death.
Shark bites floating alligator’s foot in wild video
The shark had been circling the alligator from below before taking a chance and biting the animal’s leg.
Dylann Roof denied death sentence appeal in 2015 SC church shootings
Dylann Roof has lost the next phase of his appeal, with a federal court turning down his request for a new hearing to challenge his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.
Death row inmates in South Carolina must choose between firing squad or electric chair
Death row inmates in South Carolina are now forced to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad as their method of execution.
South Carolina bill seeks to put ‘porch pirates’ in jail for up to 15 years
One South Carolina state representative is hoping to put a new law into place that could punish “porch pirates” with up to 15 years of jail time.