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The attorney representing the family of a man killed in a 2011 crash who said hundreds of thousands of dollars were misappropriated is calling for justice after a prominent Lowcountry attorney and a banker were indicted this week.
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A South Carolina Grand Jury issued three indictments against suspended Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh and two others Wednesday.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster was put under anesthesia for about 10 minutes Wednesday to fix a minor irregular heartbeat.
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The sound of gunfire interrupted a youth baseball game in South Carolina Monday night.
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The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office announced 13 arrests Monday in a multi-day operation to combat human trafficking.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is warning people to watch for potentially harmful, possibly lethal algal blooms in natural, untreated rivers and lakes.
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The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee is getting ready to work on the state budget with a big question to answer: How will it pay for $2 billion in proposed income tax cuts and rebates?
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Attorney Alex Murdaugh is one of several named in a pair of new lawsuits related to a fatal 2019 boat crash involving Murdaugh’s slain son, Paul.
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The forecast of even a light accumulation of ice over the Lowcountry led many to ask about the possibility that bridges might close.
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South Carolina set a new record high for a single-day new case count over the weekend, according to four days of new data released by the state health department Tuesday.
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Two Green Pond residents were injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon, firefighters say.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will deliver his annual State of the State speech, in which he lists priorities for the year and encourages state lawmakers to adopt similar priorities, on Wednesday night.
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The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a small quake in Richland County Tuesday night, the third in the Midlands in two days.
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The South Carolina Emergency Management Division reported a total of three small quakes since Sunday, one of which was in the Ladson area.
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A small plane crashed in a field near Edisto Island Tuesday afternoon.
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South Carolina lawmakers are opening their 2022 session with the familiar problem of the COVID-19 pandemic and a more unfamiliar problem of bank accounts bursting with money.
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After an hour and a half of testimony where the defense and prosecution called multiple people, State Grand Jury Presiding Judge Alison Renee Lee said she would issue a written order on a decision to reduce bond for Alex Murdaugh.
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Charleston County fell two slots in the total number of human trafficking victims reported statewide last year, but it remained in the top five counties, a new report states.
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Strong winds in downtown Charleston knocked down a large scaffolding outside an apartment building in downtown Charleston Monday afternoon.
Footage recorded by Brandon Fierro shows the moment the structure sways and then falls onto an Amazon delivery vehicle.
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Just three days into the new year, the Palmetto State has reported its first earthquake in an area where seven others struck last week.
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Gas prices set a new record this year as the most expensive Christmas Day per-gallon price on record.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says all three of the first patients in South Carolina confirmed to be infected with the omicron variant were fully vaccinated but had not received a booster shot.
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The interim president of South Carolina State University said the college is preparing for a historic visit from President Joe Biden on Friday.
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A South Carolina lawmaker is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on charges he used his position to try to influence a Department of Social Services investigation.
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A judge set bond Monday morning for Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh along with several conditions in connection to 21 new charges filed against him last week.
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Charleston Police say they have charged a Johns Island man in a deadly shooting at a West Ashley sports bar early Monday morning.
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Charleston County dispatchers received multiple calls at about 2:09 a.m. about a disturbance that ended in a shooting inside Players Place Billiards and Sports Bar.
The latest statewide survey of more than 3,000 gas stations shows the average price for gasoline in the state fell four cents over the past week.
Alex Murdaugh will face a bond court judge Friday morning on 27 counts in a series of grand jury indictments.
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Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry is asking for the public’s help to locate an elderly man missing for more than two weeks.
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Before the South Carolina Senate takes up redistricting Monday, the chamber’s president will likely step down to take charge of its most powerful committee.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says it has not yet identified any cases of a newly-identified COVID variant in the state.
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South Carolina’s work to draw new districts after last year’s U.S. Census should get closer to completion this week.
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The public health director for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said Wednesday a steady decline in COVID cases had come to an end.
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With the flip of a switch Sunday night, Gov. Henry McMaster kicked off the holiday season at the State House.
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The University of South Carolina announced Friday plans to freeze tuition systemwide for the 2022-23 academic year.
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South Carolina has become one of the latest states to join a national probe of Instagram and how its marketing may harm younger users of the social media service.
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Funeral services have been scheduled later this week South Carolina’s oldest and most powerful state lawmaker.
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The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Billy Mclean Head who is charged with murder and was locked up at the Colleton Detention Center.
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The College of Charleston will begin easing COVID-19 restrictions after reporting “encouraging signs” about a downward trend in the latest surge.
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South Carolina’s official Christmas tree arrived Monday morning at the State House in downtown Columbia.
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The average price per gallon of gas in South Carolina fell by one cent last week as oil prices dipped below $80 per barrel for the first time in weeks.
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Gov. Henry McMaster has issued an executive order barring any state cabinet agency from issuing or enforcing any vaccine mandate.
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Gov. Henry McMaster and state employment officials announced Thursday the state’s unemployment tax rate for employers will not increase in 2022.
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A mattress manufacturing company plans to bring 50 new jobs to the Walterboro area.
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Officials with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office say a juvenile responsible for social media threats against the Colleton County School District has been taken into custody.
An area near the South Carolina town of Jenkinsville has been hit with multiple minor earthquakes over the last week.
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Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church celebrated a record settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.
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A 158-year-old Beaufort church has been given a $250,000 grant through a national program aimed at preserving historic houses of worship.