Suspect running from police falls off balcony, dies
Authorities said he was wanted on a non-extradition warrant in Georgia.
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.
South Carolina judge rules firing squad, electric chair unconstitutional
From 1995 to 2011 — when the state’s last execution was performed — South Carolina carried out the death penalty with lethal injections on 36 prisoners.
Teenage Pennsylvania National Guard soldier serving with twin sister dies during training in South Carolina
The U.S. Army is investigating the specific cause of the National Guard soldier's death in South Carolina.
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The South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” law banning abortion around six weeks is no longer in effect after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked it.
Alligator attacks, kills 88-year-old woman in South Carolina
The Beaufort County Coroner's Office says it believes the victim slipped into a pond located in the Sun City development and was attacked by the alligator earlier this week.
Woman killed by a flying umbrella on a South Carolina beach
Nationwide, 2,800 beach umbrella-related injuries were reported from 2010 to 2018.
Judge to decide if firing squad or electric chair is cruel
Attorneys for four death row inmates argue that the inmates would feel terrible pain whether their bodies were “cooking” by electricity or they died by a bullet. A South Carolina judge has 30 days to make a ruling.
South Carolina men arrested for 'horrific' planned and filmed attacks on homeless: police
South Carolina authorities also charged three men with murder stemming from a different incident. The released video contains graphic material.
South Carolina teen charged with murder in 4-year-old half-sister's mysterious killing
A South Carolina 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in the murder of his 4-year-old half-sister, according to authorities.
Alex Murdaugh murder charges: Disgraced attorney indicted in death of wife, son
Alex Murdaugh is already jailed and faces dozens of criminal charges that have piled up in the months since his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, were killed.
Man’s remains found in machine at South Carolina recycling plant processed with 60K pounds of plastic waste
Authorities say they have found the remains of a man, missing since May, in a machine at a recycling plant in South Carolina.
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.
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
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.