South Carolina

SURFSIDE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The former Wild Water & Wheels water park property is gearing up to become a premier commercial property in Surfside Beach. Property Owner Mark Lazarus said the property will have nine commercial lots, a gas station, and two retail trade shops. The rest of the parcels are waiting to be sold and can potentially be turned into anything from a strip center to a hotel.

A South Carolina man will spend more than three decades behind bars after he pleaded guilty to the chilling murder of 35-year-old Philip Hughey, who went missing in August 2023. Jared Tierce viciously strangled Hughey till he heard a popping sound According to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, the 35-year-old disappeared from the Williamston area...

The Lexington County Auditor is taking homestead exemption pre-applications from South Carolina homeowners who turn 65 in 2026, and the window closes Dec. 31. The county’s exemption itself sits at $75,000 for tax year 2026, up for one year from the usual $50,000. Those are two different clocks, and they apply to two different groups... The post Lexington County, South Carolina homeowners who turn 65 this year can pre-apply for the homestead exemption through Dec. 31, while the exemption sits at

Fifty-two minutes into a recent pretrial hearing f or Alex Murdaugh, his defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian brought up a report that described drug transactions between the Cowboys drug gang and the man who allegedly supplied Murdaugh with drugs for years. Harpootlian told Judge Debra McCaslin that the report was an example of how thousands of pages of evidence were turned over to the defense at the last minute at Murdaugh’s 2023 double murder trial. And because that last-minute evidence was so vol

It was 28 degrees and after midnight when South Carolina cops abandoned an intoxicated Black woman who was dependent on a walker at a dark, […] South Carolina Cops Abandoned Black Woman with Walker at Closed Gas Station In 28-Degree Weather Before Drunk Driver Killed Her, Lawsuit Says

The Tennessee Volunteers had three touchdowns taken off the board in their loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks due to penalties.

An estimated 500,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into Lake Wylie after a York County pump station lost power Monday evening. The massive overflow happened at the Little Allison Creek Pump Station in Lake Wylie. Sewage entered the Little Allison Creek inlet before crews were able to stop the discharge.

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The private paramilitary force that guards the Savannah River Site failed to properly track, classify and dispose of thousands of weapons, ammunition, explosives and body armor — creating what federal watchdogs say is a risk to national security and public safety. That’s the finding of...

Zavier Jefferies drove from Gaffney on Oct. 26 to try out the new Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken restaurant in Spartanburg. "I've been eating Lee's for a long time," he said. "I remember when it was right up there on the left." Jefferies was recalling the old Lee's chicken place, located at the corner of Fernwood-Glendale and Peachshed roads. It was one of the east side of Spartanburg's longest-running restaurants before closing in 2014. That spot is now home to the Panda Express Chinese restaurant

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - Lancaster County leaders are considering a temporary pause on certain gathering places, including places of worship, and major expansions of existing facilities. The proposal comes as the South Carolina county updates its zoning rules. Officials are taking a closer look at traffic, parking and how...