All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 16 2021 // A tornado spawned as Tropical Storm Elsa moved inland across South Carolina caused about $1 million damage to buildings in the Beaufort County town of Port Royal, officials said.At least 44 buildings in the town of 13,000...
Jul 12 2021 // South Carolina is transferring its insurance fraud investigations from the attorney general to the insurance regulator.Ray Farmer, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI), said he has entered into an...
Jul 12 2021 // A South Carolina agency cleared a former Charleston police lieutenant who was fired for alleged misconduct in a case involving a fellow officer accused of striking a handcuffed man.The South Carolina Law Enforcement...
Jun 28 2021 // Gov. Henry McMaster again said South Carolina is recovering better from the COVID-19 pandemic than just about any other state as he held a ceremonial signing of a bill preventing people from suing companies over the...
Jun 28 2021 // The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning for parts of the South Carolina coast due to the formation of a tropical depression.The warning is for citizens from Edisto Beach northeastward to South...
Jun 21 2021 // A South Carolina Supreme Court opinion published in June nullifies auto insurance policy provisions that “step down” the maximum payout in instances where the insured was committing a felony or attempting to...
Jun 16 2021 // GREENVILLE, S.C. — The family of a South Carolina man who was shot and killed by police who forced their way into his home after he was the victim in a robbery and assault call has received a $75,000 wrongful death...
Jun 11 2021 // A dry spring has led a committee to declare that six counties in northeast South Carolina are in the first level of drought.The South Carolina Drought Response Committee voted Wednesday to place Clarendon, Florence,...
Jun 11 2021 // A South Carolina Supreme Court opinion published last week nullifies auto insurance policy provisions that “step down” the maximum payout in instances where the insured was committing a felony or attempting to...
Jun 8 2021 // KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Developers planning to build homes on a sand spit south of Charleston, South Carolina are facing another setback after the state Supreme Court overturned their permits to construct a steel...
Jun 4 2021 // Propel Insurance, a privately-owned insurance agency and portfolio company of Flexpoint Ford, has acquired South Carolina-based South Risk Management (SRM), a construction-focused insurance consulting firm.The acquisition...
May 25 2021 // A pulp and paper mill in South Carolina emits fumes that smells like rotten eggs and which nearby residents say have caused headaches and sore throats, a North Carolina homeowner says in a lawsuit.Kenny White, who lives in...
May 12 2021 // A South Carolina cardboard factory has found itself in the middle of a stinky situation as environmental regulators order it to lower emissions after receiving thousands of complaints relating to a “noxious,”...
Apr 22 2021 // South Carolina’s governor is pushing state lawmakers to approve a bill that would prevent people who contract COVID-19 from suing businesses and other groups that have followed federal and state health guidelines.In...
Apr 22 2021 // Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it had confirmed the 19th U.S. death tied to a ruptured Takata air bag inflator since 2009 — and the 16th in one of its vehicles.The Japanese automaker said that following a joint...
Apr 16 2021 // The Hilb Group, LLC has acquired South Carolina-based McCartha, Cobb & Associates, Inc. (MC). The transaction became effective on April 1, 2021.MC is an insurance agency, specializing in contract and commercial surety...
Apr 13 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that a weak tornado hit near Moore in upstate South Carolina on Saturday.Surveyors say the EF-O tornado had top winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and a path of 1.1 miles (1.75...
Apr 6 2021 // A bill that would allow medical marijuana use in South Carolina has again made it to the Senate floor, and the Republican lawmaker who has pushed unrelentingly for the proposal for the past seven years said he thinks it...
Apr 1 2021 // The South Carolina Senate has passed a bill to fine people who don’t get over from the left lane of a three-lane highway when overtaken by traffic.The version passed last week by the Senate fines drivers $25 but does...
Mar 26 2021 // The University of Southern California on Thursday announced a settlement for $852 million, bringing the total to $1.1 billion going to the former patients of a campus gynecologist accused sexually abusing hundreds of...