JEFFREY COLLINS

Jeffrey Collins covers South Carolina.

South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee

The South Carolina Senate has started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to guide energy policy in a rapidly growing state and amid a quickly changing power-generation world.

South Carolina deputy charged with killing unarmed man and letting police dog maul innocent person

Authorities say a deputy in South Carolina has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and assault after he fatally shot an unarmed suspect and his police dog mauled a different, innocent person.

Sam Sam the Kittycat Man ran away. Thanks to a microchip, he was found close by — 11 years later

A cat in South Carolina has been reunited with his owner after 11 years thanks to a microchip. Charleston County Animal Control found Sam Sam the Kittycat Man earlier this month.

Family of woman killed by falling utility pole to receive $30M settlement

The family of a South Carolina woman struck and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million in a wrongful death settlement.

3 years into a life sentence, Alex Murdaugh to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court

The appeals are just beginning for Alex Murdaugh. The 56-year-old disgraced South Carolina attorney is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.

Tropical Storm Debby doles out repeat deluges for weather-weary residents

Tropical Storm Debby is still pushing bad weather up the East Coast, but floodwaters are starting to recede in South Carolina.

Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby brings torrential rains and flooding to southeastern US

Tropical Storm Debby has drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina and is not finished bringing heavy rain to the eastern U.S.

South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled the state’s death penalty is legal. All five justices agreed Wednesday with at least part of the ruling, opening the door to restart executions in a state that hasn’t put an inmate to death since 2011.

Voting group asks S. Carolina court to order redraw of US House districts that lean too Republican

A group that works to protect and expand voting rights is asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to order lawmakers to redraw the state’s U.S.

Smuggled drugs killed 2 inmates at troubled South Carolina jail, sheriff says

Authorities say two inmates died from drug overdoses in two days at a South Carolina jail under federal investigation.

Death row inmate in South Carolina resentenced to life in prison

A man who spent nearly two decades on South Carolina’s death row for killing two people has been resentenced to life in prison without parole.

Violence plagued all levels of American politics long before the attempt on Trump’s life

The fuse of political violence has been burning across America long before a would-be assassin wounded former President Donald Trump.

He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests

An Israeli man orphaned during the Holocaust thought he would never meet any of his relatives. But through modern DNA science, Shalom Korai has been able to hug his second cousin in Charleston, South Carolina.

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year.

Tim Scott has benefited from mentors along the way. He’s hoping for another helping hand

Throughout Tim Scott’s life, people have offered him a hand to help him get ahead. Now the South Carolina senator is waiting to see if Donald Trump gives him another boost and makes him the vice presidential nominee.

South Carolina General Assembly ends 2024 session with goodbyes and a flurry of bills

The South Carolina General Assembly has met for what is expected to be the final day of the 2024 session, taking up a flurry of bills and giving several lawmakers a chance to say goodbye.

Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate

Nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer Sheri Biggs has won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in South Carolina’s 3rd District.

Tax cuts, teacher raises and a few social issues in South Carolina budget compromise

A budget compromise reached by a small group of lawmakers means South Carolina will accelerate a planned income tax cut, raise the salaries of all teachers and state employees and send more money to adult and juvenile prisons.

South Carolina governor visiting Germany, a major driver of the state’s economy

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is off to Germany next week to strengthen the business ties that have fueled an economic boom this century in the formerly struggling Southern state.

Another police dog dies while trying to help officers arrest a suspect in South Carolina

For the second time this month, a police dog has been killed while trying to help arrest a suspect in South Carolina.

GOP women who helped defeat a near-total abortion ban are losing reelection in South Carolina

A near-total abortion ban was defeated in South Carolina with the help of the only three Republican women in the Senate, and now they’re losing their election bids.

US Rep. Nancy Mace overcomes McCarthy-backed challenger to win Republican primary in South Carolina

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from a critic to ally of former President Donald Trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the House floor.

Judge says fair trial impossible and drops murder charges against parents in 1989 killing of boy

A South Carolina judge has thrown out murder charges against a father and a stepmother, saying there was no new evidence they killed their 5-year-old child in 1989.

Ship at full throttle in harbor causes major South Carolina bridge to close until it passes safely

Authorities say a large cargo ship lost control of its engines and went nearly full throttle through a South Carolina harbor, prompting the closure of one of the busiest bridges in the state.

South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one

South Carolina is trading its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one. The General Assembly picks almost all state judges.

Clerk over Alex Murdaugh trial spent thousands on bonuses, meals and gifts, ethics complaint says

South Carolina officials have filed 76 counts of ethics violations against the court clerk who handled the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.

South Carolina’s Supreme Court will soon have no Black justices

South Carolina’s Supreme Court is going to be entirely white for the first time in nearly two decades.

South Carolina governor vetoes bills to erase criminal history in gun and bad check cases

South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster has vetoed three bills that would have required the erasing of charges against people convicted of certain gun, fraudulent check and underage alcohol sales crimes.

South Carolina governor signs into law ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.