30 dogs, cats found dead in animal rescue CEO's home
Investigators said on May 22, they responded to a welfare check at her home in Columbia after a caller stated there was a “smell of death” emitting from her residence.
South Carolina undercover sex sting busts 11 men accused of targeting minors on social media
South Carolina detectives posed as teens online.
Video shows bystanders lifting car to rescue pinned motorcyclist after crash
After the rescue, the driver of the car was arrested and charged with having an open container of alcohol and following too closely.
Remains of Brittanee Drexel found 13 years after going missing in South Carolina, suspect charged
Brittanee Drexel went missing in 2009 while visiting Myrtle Beach on spring break, authorities said
Animal Society offers $5K reward after puppy shot in foot, cat shot in spine
Veterinarians said both animals suffered severe injuries, and the cat’s prognosis is poor.
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.
9 hurt in South Carolina club shooting, police say
Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured.
Police arrest suspect in South Carolina mall shooting
Jewayne Price was arrested in connection with a South Carolina mall shooting that left 14 people injured.
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained
Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.
South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents filed Friday.
Lake Keowee 911 calls reveal harrowing struggle between boater and man he saved from drowning, then shot
Drew Morgan and Hannah Ayers fell off of his yellow Sea-Doo RXP and were rescued by a boating couple.
South Carolina schedules 1st execution with firing squad method available
Richard Bernard Moore is scheduled to die April 29 after the state Supreme Court issued an execution order Thursday.
Betty Taylor: Missing 12-year-old Arizona girl found safe in South Carolina, suspect arrested
Authorities said they learned Betty may be with Timothy Schultheis, a 23-year-old South Carolina resident. On March 30, Schultheis was arrested.
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.
First wild case of bird flu detected in US in 5 years
Scientists say a duck killed by a hunter in South Carolina had a contagious and dangerous bird flu not seen in the wild in the U.S. in five years.
South Carolina bill would make it illegal to ask vaccine status
The potential penalty for asking someone about their COVID-19 vaccine status would carry a $14,000 fine and up to one year in jail.
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.