The Latest Breaking News from South Carolina

How Statewide Efforts Drive Math Achievement

South Carolina educators talk about how state resources and technology have helped their math instruction.

Tech&Learning · Jun 6, 2023

Chasten Buttigieg calls out Nikki Haley for linking teen suicidal thought to trans girls using locker rooms

The former South Carolina governor has offered no basis for her assertion

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

What led Capitol Police to stop a youth performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

Video of a youth children’s choir being cut off as it was singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” in the U.S. Capitol has spread widely on social media

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023

Community mourns teenager's death after gas station owner charged with murder

Community members are grieving the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a South Carolina gas station owner

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023

Doctors and Patients Strike Back Against Hospital Monopolies

South Carolina will now only require a certificate of need for long-term care facilities, opening the health care market to smaller providers.

Reason · Jun 1, 2023

Store owner charged with murder in teen's shooting has shot at suspected shoplifters before

Authorities say a store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a 14-year-old boy he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

Gas station owner charged with innocent teen customer’s murder has history of shooting at shoplifters

Rick Chow, 58, is accused of chasing Cyrus Carmack-Belton from his Xpress Mart Shell store in Columbia before shooting the teen in the back

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023

A South Carolina store owner accused of fatally shooting a boy is charged with murder

The store owner, who had a concealed weapons permit, was charged after an autopsy showed the middle school student was shot in the back and deputies spoke to witnesses and reviewed video.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2023

Nikki Haley's husband to deploy with National Guard to Africa as she seeks 2024 GOP nomination

Nikki Haley’s husband will soon begin a yearlong deployment with the South Carolina Army National Guard to Africa

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

Gas station owner charged with murder for fatally shooting teenager he falsely accused of shoplifting

Rick Chow is facing a murder charge after shooting 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, police say

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023