All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 25 2016 // Leaders of nonprofit groups in Horry County, South Carolina, say that, six months after historic rains inundated South Carolina, volunteers are needed to help repair hundreds of homes in the county.The Sun News reports...
Apr 19 2016 // Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is giving companies that rent mopeds, powered scooters, golf carts and other low-speed vehicles a month to have the vehicles inspected and registered with the city.Local media outlets report...
Apr 5 2016 // The family of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot by a South Carolina police officer last year has settled its wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Seneca for $2.15 million.The settlement, nearly 10 times higher...
Mar 30 2016 // South Carolina’s One SC relief fund is awarding $760,000 to 18 charities that are helping people recover from last October’s historic flooding.The awards announced Monday represent the second round of grants...
Mar 25 2016 // South Carona’s Clemson University has agreed to create more anti-hazing programs as part of a lawsuit settlement involving a former soccer player.The Greenville News reported the school will spend $40,000 on the...
Mar 24 2016 // Investigators say thieves have stolen $250,000 worth of boat motors from a marine dealership on Lake Murray. Lexington County deputies said in a news release that a white van broke into the lot at Captain’s Choice...
Mar 23 2016 // More traffic circles are being built in South Carolina and figures from the state Department of Transportation show they help reduce the number of accidents and injuries at intersections. The Independent Mail of Anderson...
Mar 22 2016 // A newspaper in South Carolina has reported the state has paid about $40 million since 2010 to settle road claims and lawsuits against the Transportation Department, with much of that money going to settle cases involving...
Mar 17 2016 // This week is driver amnesty week in South Carolina, a time when drivers with certain kinds of license suspensions may apply to have suspension time reduced or cleared.The Department of Motor Vehicles says the program...
Mar 2 2016 // South Carolina and two counties hardest hit by last fall’s catastrophic flooding will share $157 million from the federal government, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Monday.HUD...
Feb 28 2016 // Thousands of property owners in Horry County are being told they will be required to buy flood insurance.Local media outlets report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated flood plain maps and now an...
Feb 26 2016 // The South Carolina Revenue Department’s massive 2012 data breach gave Gov. Nikki Haley a firsthand lesson on the need for efforts to counter cybercrime, she said Wednesday.“Today, there is never a day I...
Feb 23 2016 // GEICO is now offering a new ridesharing insurance product to drivers in South Carolina.GEICO’s ridesharing product replaces the driver’s personal auto policy and provides coverage for personal, ridesharing and...
Feb 12 2016 // South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall’s flooding could get up to $40 million in state aid to stay afloat under legislation advanced Wednesday to the House floor.The legislation approved 21-0 by the Ways and...
Feb 10 2016 // A Richland County jury has awarded about $1 million in punitive damages to a woman injured in a car crash involving a repeat drunken driver. The State newspaper reported that a jury last week also awarded Jami Allison...
Feb 8 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s appeal of a $124 million penalty imposed by South Carolina after a jury found the drugmaker had improperly marketed the anti-psychotic...
Feb 4 2016 // Dr. Robert Hartwig, an economist and the president of the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) since 2007, is leaving this summer to join the faculty of the University of South Carolina’s Darla...
Feb 2 2016 // A record 50,000 South Carolinians sought to either buy guns or carry concealed weapons during December.The statistics came from the FBI criminal background check system, The Post and Courier of Charleston reported. The...
Jan 28 2016 // South Carolinians who were originally refused help following last October’s historic floods will be getting about $10 million in aid.The State of Columbia reports that the money became available through a program in...
Jan 28 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B- (Fair) and the issuer credit rating of “bb-” of Greenville Casualty Insurance Company (Greenville)...