President Donald Trump on Friday picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his next chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders took themselves out of contention for the job.
When House Speaker Jay Lucas was deciding who should lead a special committee to address South Carolina's multi-billion dollar nuclear power debacle last year, he looked for a lawmaker he could trust to act thoughtfully but decisively.
Boosting S.C. teacher pay isn’t the only change educators want lawmakers to pass in 2019. Teachers also want less testing and paperwork that cuts into instruction. A Senate panel will address that Monday .
The SC Public Service Commission granted initial approval to Virginia-based Dominion Energy’s offer to buy out SCANA and cut SCE&G’s power bills by up to $22 a month for the average residential customer.
The predator met her in an Internet chat room the Columbia teen-ager kept secret from her parents. He sent her a bus ticket to Texas, where he was going to lock her up. Thursday, he was sentenced to prison.
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina has been named acting White House chief of staff, even though he has said he’s not interested in permanent position
The National Weather Service can be added to the growing list of “fake” accounts locked by Facebook. The Columbia, S.C., NWS Facebook account was disabled in November and reactivated Friday after a major storm.
A Rock Hill, South Carolina, construction worker has died after a fall at a school building site in Chester County. The 64-year-old man died after a fall following an electric shock, coroner officials said.
Over the past week, the state Attorney General and S.C. House Speaker have urged the S.C. Public Service Commission to OK Virginia-based Dominion Energy’s offer to buy out SCANA and cut power bills.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission is selling an 80-foot lookout tower in Greenville. As of Friday, the high bid was $525 in the auction. The tower, built from tons of steel, must be removed within 10 days.
The State House and the Governor’s Mansion, both in Republican hands, have resisted an expansion of Medicaid in SC under Obamacare. Democrats want voters to decide the issue in a 2020 referendum.
A man accused of beating an 8-month-old baby to death in Myrtle Beach and burying her in the woods rejected a plea offer. He is charged with homicide by child abuse and his trial is set for early 2019.
A big change is coming to the SC State House after the 2018 election. The state Senate will elect a senator as its president, replacing the lieutenant governor, who had presided over the chamber.
North Myrtle Beach police released new details into the investigation of homicides of two babies who were thrown in the trash after the died. Officers charged Alyssa Dayvault in connection to the killings.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says state regulators did their best to resolve a mess in approving a merger between a troubled South Carolina utility and Virginia-based Dominion Energy.
A woman has died after a shooting involving a South Carolina sheriff's deputy, but the sheriff says investigators don't know whether she killed herself.
U.S. Marine Corps leaders say it will cost around $3.6 billion to repair the extensive damage to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence.
Saturday is the deadline for South Carolinians to sign up for health care insurance in 2019 under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Thus far, S.C. sign-ups are trailing last year.
A CSX worker was performing maintenance on the railroad tracks in Hampton County when he was struck and killed on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Here's what we know.
