South Carolina police capture man wanted in 4 killings after a week on run

Police arrested Tyler Terry Monday morning after seven days on the run and more than 300 officers assigned to help search for him. Terry is linked in four killings this month across two states, police say.

Firing squad or electric chair? New SC law makes inmates decide

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause.

South Carolina closes government offices in observance of Confederate Memorial Day

South Carolina closed state government offices Monday in observation of Confederate Memorial Day. It's one of a handful of states in the South with such an official holiday; Alabama and Mississippi observed their Confederate Memorial Days late last month.

Army trainee arrested after hijacking school bus full of children in SC, officials say

An Army trainee boarded a South Carolina school bus with a gun Thursday and held the driver and elementary students hostage before letting them off the bus, authorities said.

South Carolina to add firing squad as execution method

The bill, approved by a 66-43 vote, will require condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren't available.

Soldier charged with assault after viral video shows confrontation with Black man

An Army NCO is behind bars and charged with assault after a viral video showed him shoving and threatening a Black man who was walking in a South Carolina neighborhood. The US Army is now investigating the incident.

First responders work together to rescue puppy trapped in storm drain

Video captured first responders in Spartanburg, South Carolina working together to rescue a puppy that got trapped in a storm drain.

13 states, including Florida, sue Biden administration over stimulus tax rule

Thirteen states, including Florida, are suing President Joe Biden's administration over a rule in the federal stimulus that bars states from using relief money to offset tax cuts.

Community rallies behind 7-year-old in need of heart transplant

After Lamere Johnson found out that he needed a heart transplant in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, his elementary school helped raise funds to make sure the surgery was possible. 

South Carolina bill seeks to put ‘porch pirates’ in jail for up to 15 years

One South Carolina state representative is hoping to put a new law into place that could punish “porch pirates” with up to 15 years of jail time.

South Carolina senators add firing squad as alternative execution method

South Carolina senators added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can't execute inmates by way of lethal injection. The state can't put anyone to death now because its supply of lethal injection drugs expired and it has not been able to buy any more.

‘Symptomatic’ South Carolina elementary student who visited school nurse was held in storage closet

An elementary school student who attends Myrtle Beach Elementary School in South Carolina visited the school nurse for COVID-19-like symptoms and was placed in a storage closet to isolate themselves from other students, district officials say.