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CAMDEN — It’s a rare day that the remains of 14 Revolutionary War fighters receive ceremonial military tribute in South Carolina.
Judge Clifton Newman has welcomed jurors back into the courtroom and prosecutors resumed their questioning of witnesses not related to financial evidence.
An Aiken industrial plant received a visit from a statewide elected official Thursday afternoon. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette visited the AGY to meet with employees and to tour the AGY Holding Corporation manufacturing facility and headquarters located on Wagener Road, east of Aiken.
The confirmation she is committing to the race came from a member of Haley's inner circle Jan. 31.
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Newman dismissed the jurors until 9:30 a.m. Jan. 31, when Murdaugh's defense attorneys are expected to begin cross-examining the SLED agent.
When Donald Trump heads to South Carolina on Saturday afternoon it will be an exclusive, invite-only event. But not everyone in the audience is ready to pledge their loyalties to Trump again.
Alex Murdaugh looked “clean from head to toe” in his first interview with investigators just hours after his wife and son were brutally shot to death, according to testimony prosecutors elicited on the third day of Murdaugh’s double murder trial in Walterboro.
Lead prosecutor Creighton Waters called the state's first witness: Sgt. Daniel Greene with the Colleton County Sheriff's Office.
Finding 12 impartial jurors is expected to be a lengthy process. To aid with the task, Judge Clifton Newman will have an extraordinarily large pool to draw from.
The so-called "shield law" advanced to the full Senate Corrections Committee would keep secret how the state prisons' agency secures the drugs necessary to execute death row inmates by injection.
South Carolina saw nearly 70 new deaths from COVID-19 for the week that ended Jan. 7 and more than 7,800 new cases of COVID-19 for the week that ended Jan. 14, according to the weekly update from the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
As the seat of Colleton County, where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed in 2021, Walterboro will host one of South Carolina's most-watched murder trials when Alex Murdaugh goes to court on Jan. 23.
The chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party is calling for state and federal investigations into S.C. education superintendent Ellen Weaver, alleging she conspired with others to skirt the law in pursuit of political goals.
Legislative leaders hoped pocketbook issues and public safety would be the guiding themes for the 2023 legislative session, but the state Supreme Court's decision to toss out South Carolina's six-week abortion ban likely blew up the priority list.
This summer, South Carolina Republican politicians celebrated and Democratic lawmakers mourned the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Curtis “Cousin Eddie” Smith has been subpoenaed as a potential witness in Alex Murdaugh’s upcoming double murder case, but state prosecutors apparently don’t want the disabled trucker to play a starring role in South Carolina’s trial of the century.
Another push to standardize South Carolina’s iconic state flag is in the offing as a new session of the state Legislature begins.
The new details of Sen. Tom Davis' arrest came after town of Lexington and Lexington County authorities released reports of the New Year's Day incident.
Most South Carolinians will also either pay less or get a bigger refund from the 2022 income tax returns they file in the coming months.
The coordinated approach is aimed at making sure money is spent wisely. The idea is that data collected and analyzed will result in an expansion of successful approaches and a course correction for those that aren't.
Every year coroners must identify next of kin for deceased veterans who have not been claimed by family members. Sometimes no one steps up.
The National Nuclear Security Administration could dispose of more plutonium at the Savannah River Site.
Alex Murdaugh's story is a salty stew of wealth, power, corruption, vice and violence. And it's found a global audience.
The proposed Irmo downtown is planned to house a brewery, restaurants, locally owned retail stores and a boutique hotels on an unpaved road near a park.
State prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Alex Murdaugh during the disbarred attorney’s highly anticipated double-murder trial next month, the Attorney General's Office confirmed Dec. 20.
South Carolina home sales plummeted in November for the 12th straight month amid elevated borrowing costs, low inventory and escalating home prices.
Thanks to more than $57,000 in donations from South Carolina donors and foundations, a national nonprofit was able to purchase nearly $12 million in medical debt owed by more than 12,700 families, offering relief in time for the holidays.
Michael Bartley’s hiring in the coroner's office comes amid lingering questions in the death this year of a South Carolina State student — a case Bartley worked on, according to the student’s family. The 2013 federal conviction could make it difficult for him to testify in court as it goes directly to his credibility, one legal expert said.
Alex Murdaugh stands accused of plundering millions from his clients and former law firm over a nine-year period even while hauling in a whopping $14.3 million for legitimate legal work he did during that time.
There has been a decrease in fatal traffic accidents, but state and local agencies are stressing dangers of distracted driving, not wearing a seatbelt, and etc.
With consecutive winter holidays approaching, local blood banks are urging residents to donate blood and host holiday blood drives to help avoid another shortage.
The imminent threat of "personal, legal and financial ruin" drove once-respected Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh to brutally murder his wife and son last June, the S.C. Attorney General's Office has alleged in an explosive new court filing.
An Anderson man who opened a key U.S. Capitol building entrance from the inside on Jan. 6, 2021, allowing dozens of rioters to pour in, was sentenced to three years in federal prison at a hearing in Washington, D.C.
With the protocols in place, South Carolina pharmacists can start providing birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives without a prescription.
A team of court-appointed attorneys has spent the past year investigating, safeguarding and liquidating disgraced former lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s assets to raise nearly $1.3 million — so far — for his alleged victims and creditors. Now, they want to get paid themselves.
Former U.S. ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley hinted at and deflected speculation of a presidential run as she spoke on Clemson University's campus Nov. 29.
There is a tremendous disparity in the U.S. between men and women entrepreneurs. A new program at Medical University of South Carolina and the College of Charleston aims to help mentor and coach more women into innovation careers.
One initiative, Choose Well SC, a 2017 contraceptive access initiative of the New Morning Foundation in Columbia, is taking considerable credit for the over 40 percent reduction in unintended pregnancies and births from 2017 to 2020. But officials from the state health agency said the initiative is not the only contributor to the sizable decrease.
Just over 1 in 5 people in South Carolina have been vaccinated against the flu as the state faces down an early surge that is the worst start to flu season in a decade.
Tax rebates are now being issued to eligible South Carolina taxpayers.
Two members of Aiken County's federal delegation said former President Donald Trump would be a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, particularly if he can keep the same tone and message he had Tuesday night.
Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were alive when he left the prominent family's hunting estate the evening of June 7, 2021, to check on his mother, according to a formal alibi the disgraced attorney's legal team has submitted.
A faction of state House Republicans is suing Lexington County's largest school district, claiming education officials in the GOP stronghold are illegally training teachers on how to incorporate race-centric lessons in their classrooms
Trump's announcement is already sending ripples through South Carolina, an early presidential primary state. It could also affect the political futures of the state's two most-popular Republicans: Nikki Haley and Tim Scott.
A Republican representing Aiken County in the South Carolina House of Representatives says her fellow Republicans need to focus less on name calling and more on passing conservative legislation.
The payment is part of a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states.
A silver tsunami is coming as the senior population swells.
The Bridge 2 Home will serve as home in South Carolina for young girls who are victims of sex trafficking.
Four members of Congress from South Carolina have asked the U.S. Department of Energy for more information about the Department of Energy's efforts to develop next generation nuclear fuel technology.
"After Action," a new series highlighting conversations with veterans, will premiere on Nov. 11 at 9 p.m. on ETV and be distributed by PBS to public television stations throughout the U.S.
As it turned out, South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick's Oct. 13 guarantee at an Aiken County Republican Party meeting that the Republicans would gain five South Carolina House of Representatives seats in the 2022 elections was too conservative.
There wasn’t a lot of suspense about the outcomes of the four Aiken County Council races during Tuesday’s general election.
When the 125th session of the South Carolina General Assembly is gaveled into session on Tuesday, Jan. 10, S.C. Rep. Bill Hixon, R-North Augusta, will still be representing North Augusta and southern Edgefield County.
The experiences of voters in Aiken County varied Tuesday as they cast their ballots in the general election. For some, the process was trouble-free. For others, there were difficulties.
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