All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2021 // A Catholic priest in South Carolina has been placed on leave after he was sued by a woman who said the pastor manipulated her into a sexual relationship.Father Wilbroad Mwape was removed at least temporarily as the pastor...
Aug 10 2021 // An internal investigation found that two South Carolina sheriff’s deputies who fired their guns during an encounter that left a man dead were justified in using deadly force.Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis...
Jul 27 2021 // A utility is building walls around an electric substation to prevent them from being overrun by floodwaters in the first of its kind project in South Carolina.Duke Energy is spending $1.6 million on the Nichols project to...
Jul 21 2021 // Investors who lost fortunes in the failure of a multi billion-dollar nuclear reactor construction deal in South Carolina will soon begin to see their portions of a $192 million settlement, under a recently approved...
Jul 19 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...
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...