South Carolina

There's insufficient evidence to prosecute the White S.C. deputy who dragged a Black female student across the floor. Charges were also dropped against the teen and a witness who recorded the confrontation.

Prosecutor said that the Spring Valley assault looked “worse on the video" than in reality. Huh?

The captain posted on Facebook after protesters in South Carolina blocked a roadway off of I-26 for over one hour during a march in honor of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two men fatally shot by police last week.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting abortion after 19 weeks, becoming the 17th state to pass the restrictive ban. The legislation will now head to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk. The Republican said in March she will almost certainly sign it, but wants to look at the details once […]

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Silent tears stream down Lakeya Hicks’ face as she recalls Oct. 2, 2014, a day that should have been a happy memory as she and her husband drove the car they had recently and proudly purchased. Instead, her recollection is filled with brutality and embarrassment. It was that day that she […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina police officer who was charged with a felony for shooting and killing a black driver at the end of a chase took a plea deal Monday and was sentenced to three years of probation. Justin Craven, 27, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor misconduct in office, multiple media outlets […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights movement veterans and U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn and John Lewis will lead more than two dozen members of Congress on a three-day history and race relations tour of South Carolina, culminating Sunday with services at the Charleston church where nine black parishioners were gunned down last June. The event […]

A Charleston, South Carolina teacher is helping young boys in and outside of the classroom to become young, responsible gentlemen. CBS News reports: Every Wednesday nearly 60 students at Memminger Elementary School dress for success and meet for the “Gentleman’s Club.” Raymond Nelson is the student support specialist at Memminger Elementary in Downtown Charleston, South Carolina. […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — At Hillary Clinton‘s South Carolina headquarters, a young staffer readies a stack of pictures showing the former secretary of state with her old boss, President Barack Obama. Then the staffer bolts out the door. His destination: African-American businesses across South Carolina’s largest city. “If you don’t have tape, I’ll bring some […]

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — I met Jaime Harrison, the first African American chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, before the recent Democratic presidential debate. And I learned this: Harrison is a man on a mission. He’s working overtime to fire-up his base and create a sense of urgency among Democrats before the Feb. 27 […]

They don’t mess around in South Carolina. A would be robber found that out the hard way when he and an associate attempted to rob a barbershop at gunpoint in Columbia. Surprise – both a barber and a client were themselves armed and they opened fire. TheState.com reports: Elmurray “Billy” Bookman was cutting hair at […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the first time in 17 years, civil rights leaders gathered Monday at the South Carolina Statehouse to pay homage to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. without the Confederate flag casting a long shadow over them. The banner was taken down over the summer after police said a young white […]