South Carolina

The Southeast coast faces major flooding from King Tides and strong winds today, with South Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina hit hardest. Flooding reached over two feet in Florida on Monday. Coastal warnings remain, with conditions expected to improve after midweek.

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of late-night burglaries targeting homes occupied by women living alone in Greenville County. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office reported that Terron Lamon Banks was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 22, at a bus station in Spartanburg County while attempting to […]

HUNTINGTON, W.V.a. (WCHS) — A South Carolina woman received a prison sentence Monday after fraudulently collecting thousands of dollars from multiple West Virginia bank accounts, federal prosecutors said. Della Palestino, 60, of Lexington was sentenced to two years in prison to be followed by a year of supervised release...

COLUMBIA — Early voting in South Carolina hit a new record Monday for a gubernatorial election, according to state Election Commission data. Nearly 564,000 South Carolinians had voted as of 3 p.m., topping the total ballots cast ahead of Election Day in 2022 by more than 2,000 votes. That year marked the first election cycle […]

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis runs a program that matches unclaimed property to its owner and sends the check without a claim form. The office calls it Palmetto Payback. A letter arrives first, the check follows about four to six weeks later, and each check is good for only 90 days. How Palmetto Payback sends... The post South Carolina’s treasurer is mailing unclaimed-property checks to people who never asked for them appeared first on The Financial Wire .

(WPDE) — A longtime Horry County firefighter is bringing home a world title after returning to competition following a decade away from the sport. Captain David Howell of Horry County Fire Rescue (HCFR) won a world championship Saturday at the Firefighter Challenge World Championships in Las Vegas. Howell and...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - An inmate escaped from the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on Sunday afternoon, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD). RCSD said 33-year-old Carlos Hernandez-Velasquez was initially arrested Saturday night after appearing impaired at a traffic stop on Garners Ferry Road. He was charged...

A South Carolina man who was stopped for a traffic violation is going to prison for decades on a drug trafficking conviction after he was found sitting on top of more than a kilo of cocaine, according to the 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Office . On Oct. 15, a Richland County jury convicted Dorion Allen of trafficking cocaine (400 grams or more) , the solicitor’s office said in a news release. Judge Heath Taylor sentenced Allen to 25 years in a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison, accordin

The Spartanburg County Pet Resource Center is hoping to find homes for as many as 87 cats and kittens brought to the facility on Oct. 20. Several days earlier, county animal control officers received calls about conditions at CLiFs No Kill Shelter and Rescue at 3940 Greenpond Road in Woodruff. According to an official report, officers inspected the facility and "observed numerous animals, unsanitary livingconditions, excessive feces accumulation, and a strong ammonia odor inside a tarp-covered s

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) — South Carolina’s own Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot has rocketed to a record $1,246,000 for Monday night’s drawing! SC lottery officials said this is the largest Palmetto Cash 5 prize ever offered due to the jackpot rolling 47 times since it was last won on September 8. Palmetto Cash 5 tickets are […]