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May 22, 2018

SC Dem candidate Parnell under pressure to quit as court files show 'physical cruelty' to ex-wife

Democrats’ chances of flipping a Republican seat in South Carolina’s historically red 5th District took a major hit after court documents emerged Monday saying candidate Archie Parnell abused his ex-wife in the 1970's.

May 20, 2018

2 South Carolina murder suspects on the loose after prison escape; 1 inmate captured, officials say

One of three inmates who escaped from a South Carolina prison was captured Sunday night after authorities launched a dragnet; but the other two inmates, both murder suspects, remained on the loose.

May 20, 2018

NAACP leader's racial profiling claim challenged after bodycam footage released

A South Carolina NAACP chapter president who says he was racially profiled during a traffic stop was accused of lying after police released video footage of the encounter, according to reports.

May 16, 2018

South Carolina sheriff's office responds to calls of kangaroo sighting: 'I thought dispatch was joking'

A South Carolina sheriff’s office received numerous calls of a kangaroo sighting Tuesday morning -- and responding deputies were astonished the far-fetched reports were true.

May 16, 2018

Naked South Carolina man running in road claims 'snakes in his pants' bit him, reports say

Police on Saturday found a South Carolina man running naked, claiming that snakes had bitten him.

May 10, 2018

Mysterious South Carolina fish with humanlike teeth stumps the internet

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday asked its social media followers to identify a fish with “human-like incisors.”

May 10, 2018

South Carolina governor candidate shoots rattlesnake, pledges to end 'poisonous big gov't ways' in new ad

Catherine Templeton, a Republican candidate for governor in South Carolina, said in a recent campaign ad that she was given a gun to shoot snakes around a fishing trailer -- and now she has her sights set on the “snakes slithering around” the state capital.

May 9, 2018

South Carolina high school threatens to fine families $1G if they 'yell out' cheers during graduation

An administrator at South Carolina high school allegedly said those who cheer at an upcoming graduation ceremony could be fined more than $1,000.

May 9, 2018

South Carolina man tried hiring white supremacists to hang black neighbor, place 'flaming cross' in yard, cops say

A white man in South Carolina has been charged after police said he attempted to hire a white supremacist group to murder and hang his black neighbor, authorities have said.

May 4, 2018

Surgeon who found wife mysteriously dead arrested in earlier shooting death that was initially ruled accident

A South Carolina surgeon whose wife mysteriously died Tuesday reportedly was charged with manslaughter in an October shooting death that had initially been ruled an accident.