The city of Charleston is now offering $50,000 for tips that lead to the arrest of whoever is responsible for a series of arsons during the past decade. There have been about 85 suspicious fires since 2000 in an area …
People playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured, South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding a lower court’s ruling that said a man injured in a softball game should have known he could be hurt. David Cole …
Police have charged a Lexington man with felony driving under the influence after they say he tested positive for synthetic marijuana after a fatal crash. Thirty-two-year-old James Furman Prescott is charged with two counts of felony DUI and reckless homicide. …
The South Carolina Department of Transportation says thieves have stolen more than 100 storm drain grates along Interstate 85 and U.S. 276 in the Upstate. State maintenance engineer David Cook says the thefts and the holes left behind create serious …
South Carolina’s safest communities are being honored by the Foundation for Traffic Safety of AAA Carolinas. Awards are being handed out in Columbia on Thursday at a luncheon featuring AAA and state officials, including Secretary of Transportation Robert St. Onge …
The families of two women killed in a boat crash on Lake Murray last year will each be paid nearly $250,000 by the family of the man who authorities say caused the collision. The State newspaper reported Tuesday the court-approved …
The Department of Public Safety says the number of traffic deaths is rising in South Carolina after three years of declines. The Greenville News reported Monday that the agency reports 581 people died on the state’s roads between Jan. 1 …
The Beaufort County School District has agreed to a $2.6 million settlement of a lawsuit with two insurance companies stemming from a student molestation case. The Beaufort Gazette reports the settlement ends a four-year lawsuit between the district and the …
The sanctuary of a Charleston church has been closed because of damage from last month’s earthquake in Virginia. In a letter to parishioners, the leaders of Grace Episcopal Church said seismic measurements taken last week showed significant movement in a …
Hurricane Irene’s brush with the South Carolina coast last week caused less than $5 million in insured damage, an insurance industry spokesman said Wednesday. Russ Dubisky, the executive director of the South Carolina Insurance News Service, said its member companies …