All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 2 2015 // South Carolina law officers are hunting for the chicken killers who have sabotaged farmers several times over the past two weeks, leaving 300,000 birds dead at a cost of as much as $1.7 million. Multiple media reports say...
Feb 27 2015 // South Carolina’s Supreme Court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a penalty of $136 million, upholding a jury’s finding that the drugmaker’s Janssen unit had improperly marketed its anti-psychotic drug...
Feb 24 2015 // The family of a pregnant woman shot and killed by a Woodruff police office will be given $700,000 to settle a lawsuit over the killing.Lacey Lamb’s family said the 28-year-old woman was trying to stop the car instead...
Feb 19 2015 // Five Republican state governors say they will not rescue a crucial part of Obamacare if it is struck down by the Supreme Court, underlining the prospect for a chaotic aftermath to a ruling that could force millions of...
Feb 5 2015 // South Carolina’s insurance is paying $285,000 to an unarmed man who was shot during a traffic stop by a state trooper now facing a criminal charge.The state Insurance Reserve Fund says the settlement was reached in...
Feb 2 2015 // Republican legislators in conservative South Carolina expect to introduce bills next month allowing marijuana to be grown and prescribed for certain illnesses.State Sen. Tom Davis and Rep. Jenny Horne said last Thursday...
Jan 28 2015 // A wholly owned subsidiariy of Enstar Group Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Co. from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina. Companion is a South Carolina-based...
Jan 27 2015 // South Carolina has paid more than $5 million for damages from the state’s roads in the past year.The Greenville News reported that documents it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showed the state spent...
Jan 22 2015 // J.M. Wilson, a managing general agency and surplus lines broker, has opened a new branch office in S.C. The office, located at 4130 Faber Place Drive, Suite 200A, in North Charleston will be led by Debbie Martinez, branch...
Jan 20 2015 // South Carolina has ordered Uber to stop its ride-sharing service that operates in four cities.The Public Service Commission issued a cease-and-desist order on January 15. Uber launched its ride service in Charleston,...
Jan 20 2015 // Complaints about how subdivision and condominium homeowners associations operate have led South Carolina lawmakers to introduce four bills to more closely regulate the groups.The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that...
Jan 12 2015 // Officials at Hollywild Animal Park in Inman, S.C., said 27 animals have been killed in a fire. The fire reportedly broke out overnight on January 9. Fire Chief Brent Blackwell, of the Holly Springs Fire Department, said an...
Jan 12 2015 // Raymond Farmer is staying on to lead South Carolina’s Department of Insurance. Farmer said he was asked by Gov. Nikki Haley to stay on in the position he’s held since 2012.Farmer took over nearly a year after...
Jan 6 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has appointed Bill Stewart as its marketing representative for North Carolina.Stewart brings 16 years of insurance industry experience to Lighthouse. Before joining the Lighthouse team,...
Jan 5 2015 // Officials said more people died on South Carolina roads in 2014 than in 2013. The Highway Patrol reported at least 807 deaths on state roads in 2014. That is up from 762 deaths in 2013, but less than the previous two...
Dec 12 2014 // A divided South Carolina Supreme Court has denied developers permission to build a half-mile of coastal walls on Kiawah Island, a ruling that Chief Justice Jean Toal warned undermines checks on state agency decisions...
Dec 11 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured Neace Lukens, has acquired First Palmetto Insurance Agency in South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. First Palmetto Insurance Agency offers...
Dec 11 2014 // Raymond Farmer is staying on to lead South Carolina’s Department of Insurance.Farmer said Tuesday he was honored to be asked by Gov. Nikki Haley to stay on in the position he’s held since 2012. Farmer took over...
Dec 8 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is a corrected version of this story. In a story Dec. 6 about a driver for the Internet ride-sharing company Uber being fined, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the driver had been...
Dec 3 2014 // A council created by Gov. Nikki Haley says requiring doctors to use a statewide database to check their patients’ prescription history can reduce the rampant abuse of painkillers in South Carolina.The...