Lawyers for six death row inmates out of appeals in South Carolina are asking the state Supreme Court to give full consideration to the state’s new lethal injection rules as well as the electric chair and firing squad before restarting executions after an unintended 12-year pause.
The looming federal government shutdown would have far-reaching impacts, ranging from delayed paychecks for federal workers to the closure of national parks.
Two U.S. Marshals were wounded Friday morning in the Columbia area while attempting to arrest a fugitive from Georgia wanted on charges that included child rape.
The South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading 25 other states in a letter to Pornhub’s parent company with concerns over content featuring underaged children.
Could South Carolina become one of the first states in the country to have the agency that oversees agriculture also in charge of your child’s school meals?
Representative Nancy Mace and a cosponsor in California have introduced a new act in an effort to address the large number of untested DNA rape kits across the country.
As the deadline for a possible government shutdown approaches, the South Carolina Association of Realtors is urging homeowners to secure flood insurance policies while they still can.
Live 5 News has been nominated for 15 awards from the Radio, Television, and Digital News Association of the Carolinas, more than any other South Carolina television station.
With Tropical Storm Philippe slowly gaining strength, the National Hurricane Center says a system behind it now has a higher chance of developing into a depression or the next tropical storm.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says a patient in the Midlands became the first person to die from influenza days before the official start of flu season.
President Joe Biden used his veto powers on Tuesday striking down a pair of joint resolutions that would remove endangered species protections from two animals.
Six young ladies are moving on to the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen competitions after earning crowns and scholarships in Walterboro on Saturday.
Former President Donald Trump took the stage at a campaign event in Summerville Monday predicting a record-breaking win in the South Carolina Primary as he campaigned for a second term as commander-in-chief.
A Marion County family has filed a lawsuit against OnStar, claiming the company refused to provide critical information that could have helped save the life of their mother.
By Mayra Parrilla-Guerrero, Nick Neville and Ashley Jones
A motion to dismiss evidence collected during search warrants executed on Rick Chow, the Columbia gas station owner accused of fatally shooting 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in May, was granted.
The former South Carolina attorney who pleaded guilty to state charges ranging from breach of trust with fraudulent intent, money laundering and criminal conspiracy will appeal his prison sentence.
Attorneys for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh said state prosecutors are arguing in “bad faith” when it comes to their response to Murdaugh’s request for a new trial amid jury tampering allegations.
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office announces that they are looking for a person of interest in connection to a stabbing that left a Holly Hill man dead earlier this month.
Some changes are coming to the crabbing industry as both recreational and industrial crabbers are reporting low numbers of blue crabs in our state’s waters.
South Carolina is in the process of establishing what researchers and advocates say would be a groundbreaking venture for Alzheimer’s care in the state.
Emergency crews say a derailed train in Yemassee has closed a portion of U.S. Highway 17 Alternate and are asking drivers to adjust their route Wednesday morning.
Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Corrections told the state’s Supreme Court Tuesday that the state can now carry out executions using lethal injection now that lawmakers passed a “shield law.”
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