South Carolina News

Seven years after South Carolina changed the way it required drivers to prove their eyesight is adequate, the state has failed to establish a system of notifying people when they need to take vision tests or track who has done so.

Nearly a year after the state's worst wildfire, forest managers and landowners have asked legislators to give them more protection from lawsuits when they intentionally set fires to reduce debris that could fuel wildfires and inadvertently damage property.

Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Chuck Schumer of New York discussed major immigration reforms Thursday with President Barack Obama at a White House meeting.

A day after endorsing a bailout-backing "Republican" in South Carolina's top GOP race, the S.C. Chamber of Communists err, "Commerce" endorsed a status quo Democrat in the state's other contested gubernatorial primary.

President Barack Obama speaks at a banking conference Thursday, holds more meetings on health care and gets a look at a new TV series about World War II.

South Carolina motorists would be fined $25 if they're caught sending or reading text messages while they drive under legislation that won approval in the House.

Details of ethics investigations would be public information once a South Carolina agency decides to pursue charges under legislation a House panel is scheduled to discuss.

When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.

Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after their aircraft went down.

Two soldiers from South Carolina and Georgia have been killed in a vehicle rollover in Iraq.

Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

Whether South Carolina should give a mall developer $100 million in tax incentives could be debated as early as today in the state Senate.

Authorities say a 2-year-old girl was shaken to death by a caretaker in her South Carolina home.

A federal study of a fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters almost three years ago is now expected in a few months.

Congress must pass health care legislation "whether it's good or bad," a former South Carolina prosecutor and judge said Monday while officially launching his bid against Republican U.S. Sen.

A South Carolina city has approved a daytime curfew for young people who should be in school.

The right government spending - for state universities, research grants and incentives - can transform South Carolina into a hub for automotive, alternative energy and biomedical research, House Speaker Bobby Harrell thinks.

Police officers in South Carolina accused of wrongdoing might face lie detector tests in order to keep their jobs.

Country music star Brad Paisley is recovering after falling from the stage during a concert in South Carolina.

The longest-serving city councilman in South Carolina's capital has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax evasion charges, according to documents filed in federal court last week.