John Spratt News

Nearly 200 people gathered at the Pavilion at Hartsville's Lawton Park Thursday night to hear from three Republican candidates for statewide offices, one for Congress and enjoy some barbecue.

Lt. Governor Andre Bauer asked Friday that Governor Mark Sanford, State Adjutant General Stan Spears, and Attorney General Henry McMaster meet with him immediately so the state's top executive, legal, and military leaders can determine that civilian security is not threatened by the Obama Administration's potential transfer to the Charleston Naval ...

U.S. Rep. John Spratt voted in favor of a controversial $1.2 trillion socialized medicine proposal on Saturday, one of a handful of Democratic swing votes that helped ensure passage of the gargantuan bill, which is backed by President Barack Obama.

Yesterday, Mick Mulvaney spoke in Newberry as S.C. Republican Party Chair Karen Floyd, right, and Newberry County Republican Party Chair Chad Connelly lend their support.

On the same day U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she had secured the votes to pass a health care bill , thousands gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the measure and demand that lawmakers "kill the bill." Rep.

Every Thursday Dr. Neal Thigpen provides his insights on the week's top political stories.

Federal authorities say 21 people have been charged for their roles in cockfighting businesses operating in South Carolina.

York County will hold a public ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Rock Hill American Legion post to honor National Guardsmen activated for probable deployment to Afghanistan, according to Maj.

A Republican South Carolina state senator said Monday he is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep.

Voters in one South Carolina county will decide whether to fill a vacant House seat with its previous occupant or send a local school board member to the Statehouse.

Just like that, South Carolina's longest-serving U.S. Congressman has a race on his hands.

Republican state Sen. Mick Mulvaney, who represents Lancaster and York counties, is scheduled to announce Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Rep.

Shaw Air Force Base is on a short list of military installations being considered to house the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, officials announced Thursday.

The Army National Guard unit from Fort Mill is on active training duty and could be sent to Afghanistan, according to multiple sources.

A felon who served time for defrauding a South Carolina bank of nearly $3 million has been busted again by the FBI.

An "extremely disappointed" Rep. Rick Larsen -- whose district includes the Snohomish County Boeing plant -- said he doesn't think the state could have done anything to prevent the aerospace giant from moving its second 787 line to South Carolina.

A continuing resolution being drafted by the House Appropriations Committee would keep the federal government running likely through Dec.

If you have had your head above water, you likely have noticed that South Carolina has been in the news a lot lately.

South Carolina Democrats are facing criticism for using one of the federal government's most influential regulators to raise money at an exclusive Washington D.C. fundraiser.

Stephen Fincher , a gospel-singing farmer, has never lived outside of Frog Jump, Tennessee.