The State (Columbia, S.C.)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Eight people were shot, and one was killed, at a Saturday night graduation party in the Midlands, the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office said. One of the gunshot victims, a 32-year-old woman, died Sunday morning at Prisma Health Richlan…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says his office is reviewing policies and ideas that could help curb gun violence in the wake of multiple mass shootings that includes last week’s Texas school shooting that left 19 children and two a…

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, briefly met with reality star and hotel heiress Paris Hilton on Tuesday. The famous 41-year-old socialite stopped by the Senate to talk about how to continue her ongoing advocacy against child abuse. “Met with @Pa…

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — While touting his anti-abortion credentials, former Vice President Mike Pence said the country could see a “fresh start” if the Supreme Court follows through on a leaked draft opinion and overturns Roe v. Wade. But Pence, a 2024 pot…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina House Republican leaders have agreed to adjust the boundaries of the controversial and contested state House map lawmakers adopted in December and will use in the 2022 election cycle, according to new court filings. The …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury has been convened to look into Alex Mudaugh’s financial affairs, including Murdaugh’s most sensational alleged theft — the looting of his deceased housekeeper’s $4 million estate. Although news outlets including Th…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina churches can stay open during a crisis, even amid a pandemic like COVID-19, under a bill Gov. Henry McMaster signed on Tuesday. The bill prohibits the state from closing churches and other places of worship during a stat…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A student at South Carolina’s military college who faces criminal charges in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol is requesting permission to travel to Estonia for a three-week summer school trip that would include visits to U.S. an…

A South Carolina police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday morning before the man who pulled the trigger took his own life, Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowan said. Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, 28, is the officer who died, Cowan said during …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Escalating her criticism of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s focus on cannabis reform, Republican Katie Arrington said Friday that her opponent in the 1st Congressional District should not only take a drug test but make the results public, ins…