South Carolina News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina drivers are now required to go hands-free behind the wheel as the state’s new distracted driving law officially took effect…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the first time in ten years, South Carolina has recorded a decline in overdose deaths, a shift that state health officials…

HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. — South Carolina drivers will soon face stricter rules behind the wheel as the state’s new hands-free law officially goes into effect…

BURTON, S.C. – Firefighters in the Burton Fire District responded to their second fire in as many days, displacing several residents and prompting emergency aid…

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. – More South Carolina communities are passing local hate crime ordinances, signaling frustration that the state remains one of only two…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Carolina officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to enforce the state’s transgender bathroom ban against a 13-year-old student, challenging a…

CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. – After 15 years in prison for a crime he maintained he never committed, Michael Pearson walked out of court Thursday a…

MANNING, S.C. – After spending more than a decade in prison for a crime he said he didn’t commit, Michael Pearson walked free on Thursday…

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – A local advocacy group is calling on Spartanburg leaders to take action where state lawmakers have not. The Spartanburg Initiative for Racial…