State News

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only chance to survive might be to lose his arm. The alligator had fixed his jaws around Georgitis’ arm and after he tried to escape by stabbing it with the screwdriver he uses […]

GAFFNEY, SC – The Cherokee County Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2024 grant program. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, congregations, and governmental and educational institutions. The Foundation looks for effective programs and strategies that address community needs and will prioritize requests that focus on crime and safety, education, family and youth, food nutrition and agriculture, housing, […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Murdaugh was punished — this time in federal court — for stealing from clients and his law firm. The 55- […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh said an FBI agent conducting a polygraph test that the agency said the convicted killer flunked asked odd questions and confided he had just examined the notorious Dutch killer of an Alabama teen, throwing the results off. The name-check of Joran van der Sloot in court papers Thursday is just the latest […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republicans in the South Carolina House gave key approval last week to a bill expanding a program allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on private and homeschool education even as a pilot plan is just starting and the state’s highest court is considering whether it is legal. After the 69-32 vote, the bill faces one more […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster held a ceremony Tuesday to spotlight a new law allowing any adult who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly without a permit. McMaster signed the bill into law 12 days ago as soon as it hit his desk, allowing open carry before the ink had dried. Tuesday’s […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Teachers and state employees would get raises under a spending plan being debated by the South Carolina House this week, but many other state agency requests are being rejected as the influx of money from pandemic relief and good economic times slows. South Carolina is in a good place economically, with revenues up despite tax cuts, […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Any adult who can legally own a gun can now carry one openly in South Carolina after Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law Thursday, just a day after it received final legislative approval. Gun rights supporters have pushed for the law for nearly a decade, first allowing open carry for people who took the […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A record-setting rain storm flooded parts of Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday, requiring emergency responders to help some people get out of high waters. The National Weather Service in Charleston reported that 3.63 inches of rain doused downtown Charleston on Saturday, shattering the one-day record of 1.43 inches from 1948. The 1.95 inches of rainfall recorded […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A proposal to allow any legal gun owner to openly carry their weapon in public without training is struggling to pass through South Carolina’s General Assembly as Republicans and gun rights supporters . The bill would appear to be an easy lift in a reliably conservative state. Twenty-seven other states allow without a permit, including nearly […]