October 3, 2014
A law requiring more people convicted of drunken driving in South Carolina to use a locking device that won’t let their car start if they have been drinking is going into effect. The state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon …
August 8, 2014
A new law means drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus in South Carolina are more likely to get hit in the wallet. The law, signed in June, allows law enforcement to write traffic tickets after reviewing video captured …
July 22, 2013
A new South Carolina law provides police K-9 units some protection in court. Until last month, the state’s strict liability statute for dog bites meant criminal suspects could almost certainly collect a settlement if a police dog bit them, regardless …
February 1, 2013
Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler says a change in state law means his office investigated an average of one death a day in 2012. Fowler says his office investigated 365 deaths last year, up 29 percent from 2011. Fowler says …