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SOUTH CAROLINA (FOX Carolina) - Several Upstate and Western North Carolina hospitals are celebrating the first births of 2026. Anderson residents Katherine Sauceda and Brian Gomez welcomed their baby boy, Gael Gomez-Sorto, at 3:33 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 11.5 ounces, the hospital said. Prisma Health’s Patewood...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — As the new year begins, many South Carolinians may notice something different when they look at their paychecks. New federal tax rules for 2026 are now in place, and because South Carolina’s tax system is tied closely to federal law, those changes are expected to affect workers across the...

As the country celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, reenactors commemorate a battle between Patriots and Loyalists at Ninety Six National Historic Site on Nov. 15, 2025. Photo by Sam Wolfe. Rick Wise walks a newly cleared path in the piney woods of Kershaw County to the...

It's a way to fight the rising cost of insurance that establishments need in order to serve alcohol.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Two adults and a child were displaced after a fire in Richland County on New Year’s Eve. The Columbia-Richland Fire Department said crews responded to a home on Knight Valley Circle on Wednesday. CRFD said firefighters found smoke on all sides of the property and heavy fire through the roof.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Roughly 100,000 South Carolina residents may soon receive a notification that some of their information was impacted by a data breach, according to the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. (SCDCA). The state agency shared a draft letter from 700Credit announcing that the names, addresses,...

TOWNVILLE, S.C. (WBTV) - A deer hunter was found dead in a lake near the South Carolina-Georgia line this week. Sister-station WHNS reported that the hunter -- 50-year-old Douglas John “DJ” Olin Edmond Jr. -- was found roughly 36 feet deep in Lake Hartwell on Monday, Dec. 29.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections reports an inmate serving a 15 year sentence for crimes committed in the Upstate died in prison on Tuesday.

Morning 3 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. Check out those stories below. Police allegedly found a bottle that said “Happy Pills” after they pulled the television star over. Details here. Historic NASCAR track in North Carolina sold...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — A Spartanburg woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly committing fraud. Ariel Renee Bridges, 27, was charged with identity fraud by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division on Dec. 30. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles requested an investigation into the matter. The...