Alex Murdaugh heads to trial in 2021 killings of wife, son
Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is about to put his fate before a small-town jury for the 2021 deaths of his wife and son. Prosecutors say he stole millions of dollars from clients and committed insurance fraud trying to stage his own death.
Watch: US veteran takes down knife-wielding man in South Carolina Walmart
In a dramatic video, the man was seen shouting inside the Walmart store while waving a knife at bystanders and employees. “That's when my military training kicked in,” the shopper said.
South Carolina K-9 missing after training exercise hugs handler in emotional reunion
Three-year-old Gunner was found 'cold, wet, and thirsty but in good health,' South Carolina police say.
Supreme Court rejects death sentence appeal from Dylann Roof, who killed 9
Roof fired his attorneys and represented himself during the sentencing phase of his capital trial, part of his effort to block evidence potentially portraying him as mentally ill.
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The South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” law banning abortion around six weeks is no longer in effect after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked it.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.