South Carolina

A South Carolina man was sentenced to decades in prison after being convicted of murdering his cousin, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office . On Wednesday, 38-year-old Allendale resident Radrick “Peanut” Latron Outing Jr., was found guilty of murder as well as possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime, the solicitor’s office said in a news release. He was sentenced to 35 years in a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for shooting his unarmed cousin three

Deputies responding to privately owned land near Bear Creek Park in Lancaster County discovered human skeletal remains Saturday afternoon that appeared to have been exposed to the elements for a long time. The remains were found in a field near South Potter Road, in the unincorporated Elgin community just southeast of the city of Lancaster, and investigators located a duffel bag containing personal effects nearby that they hope will help identify who the bones belonged to.

Tony Ream spent about $1.6 million on his wedding, luxury trips abroad and a restaurant in South Carolina that failed. The money was not his. A federal judge on Long Island sentenced Ream, 35, to 30 months in prison on September 24 for taking it from his employer’s customer refund accounts, some of them inactive.... The post Long Island credit supervisor gets 30 months for taking $1.6 million from refund accounts appeared first on The Financial Wire .

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - After a summer-like end to the week, including the latest 90-degree day in recorded history for the Charlotte area, a cold front is about to bring big changes our way for the weekend. We are giving you the First Alert for big changes Saturday as much...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Five-time Grammy-nominated musician Jason Aldean will return to Myrtle Beach for the 2027 edition of Carolina Country Music Fest. Aldean, who has earned 32 No.1 singles at country radio and sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, will return to Myrtle Beach after headlining CCMF in 2022. He joins Zach […]

Following the Week 7 slate of games in college football on Saturday, the finalized TV channel information for South Carolina’s matchup with No. 14 Tennessee was officially revealed. The Gamecocks and Volunteers will do battle at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN next Saturday, Oct. 24. This will be Tennessee’s first trip to Columbia since South Carolina’s shocking 63-38 upset win over a No. 5 Vols team in 2022, effectively eliminating them from College Football Playoff contention that year. The Gamecocks haven’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ferraris, opera and sword fighting shared the stage with Italian food Saturday as Columbia’s Italian Festival returned to Finlay Park for the first time in 12 years. Thousands of people came out for the celebration of Italian heritage. “I enjoy it, it was a good...

Richland County Coroner’s Office — Investigated Woman’s Death. A young woman was found dead in a Columbia apartment in January, and for weeks her death made no sense to investigators: her blood tested negative for any substance, even though the scene looked like a fentanyl overdose. Months later, after expanded lab testing, the Richland County Coroner's Office and the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division zeroed in on an answer nobody in the state had encountered before — a synthetic opi

LAKE CITY, S.C. (WBTW) — Sgt. Brittany Hood, a 35-year-old school resource officer at Dr. Ronald E. McNair School of Digital Communication and Leadership in Lake City, is seeking a living kidney donor while continuing to serve her school community. Hood is facing a severe health condition that causes...

South Carolina’s food assistance card will stop paying for candy, energy drinks and soft drinks on November 1. The change reaches about 495,000 people who get SNAP in the state, and it comes through a waiver the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved for a program called Healthy Food SC. Households cannot opt out. The date... The post SNAP benefits stop covering candy, energy drinks and soft drinks for South Carolina’s roughly 495,000 participants starting Nov. 1, under a USDA-approved waiver