South Carolina News

An exhibit of nearly 100 pieces created through the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's Art of Recovery program is opening on Friday at the Circular Congregation Church in Charleston.

S.C. drivers will score the cheapest gas prices in the nation this Memorial Day weekend.

Just before Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions in front of a House committee investigating wrongdoing in the IRS tax-exempt office she ran, she gave an opening statement insisting her innocence.

A judge has ordered a 22-year-old former University of South Carolina student to spend seven years in prison and get drug, alcohol and mental health counseling after he admitted burning down a Columbia bar.

For those of you who haven't been reading our recent wire posts , there was a big story in Governing magazine this week about the sorry state of South Carolina's pension fund.

Last night at the New York Public Library, chefs David Chang, Daniel Patterson, and Massimo Bottura came together to talk about the culinary adventure that is Cook It Raw with founder Alessandro Porcelli and journalist Lisa Abend .

Former Midway Fire Rescue Public Information Office Bob Beebe has been arrested by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

The Republican party often gets accused of being prejudice or even racist. While the claims are not always accurate, at times the nail is hit right on the head.

Lois Lerner , the embattled IRS official who invoked the Fifth Amendment at Wednesday's hearing covering the agency's treatment of conservative groups, seems to have a record of targeting Christians, The Blaze reported Thursday, citing the Weekly Standard .

South Carolina senators have defeated an attempt to help parents pay for private school tuition or educate them at home through the state budget.

A former South Carolina hospital worker who refused a required flu shot is entitled to receive unemployment benefits thanks to a state appeals court.

Two youngsters from The First Tee of Silicon Valley have been selected to participate in a special training program this summer at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Eight "Republicans" - including four "former" Democrats and the self-proclaimed "conservative" leader of the GOP-controlled South Carolina Senate - voted against a scaled down parental choice measure this week.

The bill will allow South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to provide cervical cancer vaccines to students entering the seventh grade.

Did you know that according to South Carolina law, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has the authority to obtain and distribute medical marijuana? Now one House lawmaker says it's time for South Carolina to catch up with other states legalizing the drug.

Nearly half of New York City voters don't think Anthony Weiner should run for mayor this year, according to a new poll.

In more than 40 states across the nation, anyone carrying with a concealed weapons permit can enter a restaurant or bar.

A listing of necessity items will be available on the Florence Civic Center website at www.florenceciviccenter.com as updates and resources become available.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses to a hit and run crash that sent one person to the hospital Tuesday night.

The 91-7 confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Marilyn B. Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services means we now have a permanent CMS leader for the first time since Mark B. McClellan, M.D., left the post in October 2006.