Boy, 8 years old, discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina: 'Find of a lifetime'
An outdoorsy eight-year-old found a fossilized shark tooth from a long-extinct species while he was on a family vacation in South Carolina earlier this month of August 2022.
South Carolina court temporarily blocks 'fetal heartbeat' law that bans abortions around 6 weeks
The South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” law banning abortion around six weeks is no longer in effect after the state Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked it.
Alligator attacks, kills 88-year-old woman in South Carolina
The Beaufort County Coroner's Office says it believes the victim slipped into a pond located in the Sun City development and was attacked by the alligator earlier this week.
Umbrella swept by wind impales woman at South Carolina beach, killing her
A 63-year-old beachgoer was killed after a loose beach umbrella caught in a strong wind impaled her in the chest.
South Carolina teen charged with murder in 4-year-old half-sister's mysterious killing
A South Carolina 17-year-old has been arrested and charged in the murder of his 4-year-old half-sister, according to authorities.
Alex Murdaugh murder charges: Disgraced attorney indicted in death of wife, son
Alex Murdaugh is already jailed and faces dozens of criminal charges that have piled up in the months since his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, were killed.
Man wins $100,000 testing lottery strategy he saw on TV
A television show gave a South Carolina man a winning idea.
11-foot alligator kills man in Myrtle Beach yacht club community
South Carolina authorities determined the alligator should be euthanized immediately.
'Tiger King' star Doc Antle charged with money laundering
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with laundering more than half a million dollars, money federal prosecutors said Monday that he believed to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border.
30 dogs, cats found dead in animal rescue CEO's home
Investigators said on May 22, they responded to a welfare check at her home in Columbia after a caller stated there was a “smell of death” emitting from her residence.
Video shows bystanders lifting car to rescue pinned motorcyclist after crash
After the rescue, the driver of the car was arrested and charged with having an open container of alcohol and following too closely.
Remains of Brittanee Drexel found 13 years after going missing in South Carolina, suspect charged
Brittanee Drexel went missing in 2009 while visiting Myrtle Beach on spring break, authorities said
Man died from heart attack while burying woman he strangled, South Carolina deputies say
As they investigated the man's death, deputies found a body wrapped in trash bags in a freshly dug hole and determined it was his girlfriend, investigators said.
Rescued teen worked to stay alive after falling down 40-foot well, firefighters say
Firefighters in South Carolina said the 14-year-old boy fell down the well Saturday evening.
Gunshots interrupt youth baseball game; city offers $10K reward for arrest
Video shows spectators and young athletes running and getting on the ground to duck and cover.
South Carolina officer killed in the line of duty, police say
A South Carolina police officer was shot and killed early Sunday while responding to a domestic disturbance, authorities said.
Man's firing squad execution halted by South Carolina Supreme Court
South Carolina’s first-ever firing squad execution of Richard Bernard Moore was halted on Wednesday by the state’s Supreme Court.
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained
Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.
South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents filed Friday.
South Carolina schedules 1st execution with firing squad method available
Richard Bernard Moore is scheduled to die April 29 after the state Supreme Court issued an execution order Thursday.