Columbia SC

wpde.com - 11/13/2025 04:39:35 PM. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined an 18-state coalition in support of a Louisiana law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. The group has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a Greer woman has been charged with stealing from a nursing home resident. According to officials, an investigation determined that between Aug. 5, 2024, and Feb. 25, 2025, 47-year-old Jeanna Avery Stronkowsky allegedly...

COLUMBIA — Starting in January, South Carolina’s Medicaid program will no longer cover weight loss drugs for obesity, reversing a year-old policy. The change, which comes as states face high costs for covering the popular drugs, will not affect Medicaid patients prescribed the drugs to manage Type 2 diabetes, said...

(WPDE) — Governor Henry McMaster, along with the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) announced that the 2026 unemployment insurance (UI) tax rates for the state will either decrease or remain the same. UI tax costs are projected to be $40 million less than in 2025, marking...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina firing squad executed a man on Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the execution of Stephen Bryant, 44, who was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. Bryant killed three people in...

Judge denies motion to dismiss; discovery underway. 1.3 Statute of Limitations? Not So Fast. A federal judge has ruled that GEICO Group insurers must face a lawsuit alleging the company owes $69.7 million in unpaid business license taxes and penalties to the Municipal Association of South Carolina (MASC). The...

Over the last few days several South Carolina businesses have posted on social media that they are canceling events or working to support the community.

SOUTH CAROLINA — A 7-year-old child has died and six others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Greenville County, according to authorities. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Augusta Road and Matrix Parkway. Troopers reported...

South Carolina’s trees add so much beauty, but some of them come with strict protection. I once watched a neighbor almost cut one down before realizing it was on the state’s do-not-touch list. These species are part of what makes local landscapes so special. Before grabbing a saw,...

One person is dead and nine others are injured following a "horrific" U.S. highway crash this weekend. A deadly crash took place in South Carolina. The accident happened on I-85 on Saturday morning. There was a "horrific" four-car pileup. "According to the coroner, nine people were taken to the ...