COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens killed an … Read more
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is now a married man. The Republican lawmaker and one-time presidential candidate wed Mindy Noce on Saturday at their home church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, according to multiple outlets, including local paper The Post and Courier. “Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish each other and our marriage for … Read more
There are average men, there are heroes, and then there is this bad Blitch; Georgia man James Blitch drove over three hours — from Georgia to South Carolina — over the weekend just to lower a Confederate flag flying over the I-85. I Need A Car Thats Makes My Commute Bearable | WCSYB? Around 10:30 … Read more
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Actor Thomas Guiry pleaded guilty Monday morning in South Carolina to charges stemming from a violent incident in which he threw a 35-pound dumbbell through the window of a Jeep and then went to a neighbor’s house with a knife. Guiry, best known for playing the role of Scotty Smalls … Read more
This article mentions suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, resources or someone to talk to, you can find it at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website or by calling 800-273-8255. People are available to talk 24/7. (NewsNation) — Former South Carolina pastor John-Paul Miller was struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts in … Read more
(NewsNation) — Buster Murdaugh, the eldest son of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who last year was found guilty of murdering his wife Maggie and youngest son, Paul, filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, among other companies. Filed last week in Hampton County, South Carolina, the lawsuit says the issue … Read more
A woman was killed after she was hit and run over by a Horry County police in a truck on a beach in South Carolina this week. She was apparently hit by a 2020 Ford Ranger pickup around Thursday, 1 p.m. on Myrtle Beach. 2024 GMC Acadia Is GM’s Beefy Answer To The Crowded Midsize … Read more
Things seemed to be going well for Nancy Mace two years ago. The South Carolina Republican was a rising star in Congress and had just fended off a primary from a Trump-backed opponent. She was on TV a lot. And that winter, Mace delivered a searing roast of her colleagues at D.C.’s annual press club … Read more
The Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that found that South Carolina Republicans improperly used race to gerrymander the state’s 1st Congressional District in a Thursday decision. A three-judge federal district court panel ruled in 2023 that the lines drawn in the state’s 1st Congressional District were an illegal racial gerrymander. The legislature’s movement … Read more
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year’s congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision on the case by the Supreme … Read more
