South Carolina News

Lawmakers in nine states - Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey and South Carolina- are advancing legislation to scale back their own pensions by closing loopholes and lucrative retirement plans that have let thousands of former lawmakers earn more in retirement than while in office.

The $41 million that 'super PACs' have spent so far leaves 2008 in the dust and is changing campaign dynamics.

The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case Monday. The heirs of 83-year-old Gwyneth Williams say The Landings Association should have taken steps to remove the 8-foot gator.

Getting to help fast is critical in a medical emergency, but sometimes there's no help nearby or helicopters are grounded by weather.

We're a bit late on this, but I'd like to say a few things about Grady Brown, newly hired cornerbacks coach at USC.

South Carolina National Guardsmen, veterans and their families line up to meet employers at a job fair on January 19 in Columbia.

A Columbia-based advocacy group that sued South Carolina's prisons agency over the care of mentally ill inmates is finally getting its day in court.

Students, staff and commissioners representing Northeastern Technical College gather on the front steps of the Statehouse in support of LTA funding.

A South Carolina adoption case is pitting the couple who nurtured a 2-year-old girl against the child's biological father, a Cherokee Nation tribal member who took her back to Oklahoma after winning custody of her.

The Republican presidential candidate convened an unusual news conference Saturday night as caucus results were coming in to dispel rumors that he was dropping out of the race and to lay out his strategy for winning the nomination.

Tom Upshaw with Palmetto Electric Cooperative has been named the 2012 Chairman of the Board for the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce for 2012.

Josie, the old dog who was found stuck in a briar patch on Raymond Hill Road, has been adopted! Montville Animal Control Officer Chris Martel says she received more than 50 calls from people wanting to adopt Josie.

Fifty years ago Tri-County Technical College made South Carolina history by becoming the first multi-county technical institute in the State.

When the power goes out in South Carolina, chances are a union member repairs that line.

Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms.

A 40-year-old South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles worker pleaded guilty on Thursday to issuing a driver's license to a person who did not take the required tests.

About 1,800 soldiers are expected from the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the New York Army National Guard.

For the more than 36 million Americans who will turn 65 in the coming decade, the best cities and towns to retire in now have a much higher bar to clear: They can't just be great places -- they have to be affordable.

Mitt Romney talks about his love for America almost every day. Twice now, the Republican presidential front-runner has even broken into song.

About the only thing more notable than the donor information super PACs this week revealed is the information they didn't. Super PACs filed reports with the Federal Election Commission that outlined what they raised - and from whom - in the last six months of 2011.