South Carolina News

NASA scientists flew Thursday into Hurricane Earl to gather data about what makes some tropical storms strengthen into destructive hurricanes while most fizzle.

The director of the Georgia Ports Authority says the state is falling behind in a race to deepen the shipping channel to Savannah's seaport by the end of 2014.

A South Carolina attorney has bought the Woodlands Inn, the only property in the state with the Forbes Five Star and the AAA Five Diamond ratings for accommodations and dining.

After two years of cuts in state money, York County education leaders hope a group of lawmakers can find a way to reform how South Carolina pays for schools.

A former executive with HomeGold convicted in the largest bankruptcy in South Carolina has been released from prison after serving 15 months of her 30-month sentence.

A former University of South Carolina president who's been pushing for an expansion of the medical school to Greenville is being paid more than $200,000 a year by the Greenville Hospital System.

A second South Carolina sheriff's deputy has been fired as officials investigate the beating of an inmate in a county jail.

Hurricane Earl is expected to pass by well off the South Carolina coast, but its effects will evident as the storm passes.

The top executive of the South Carolina State Ports Authority said Thursday he has asked architects to submit design proposals for a new cruise ship passenger terminal to open within two years in Charleston.

South Carolinians are preparing to bid "bon voyage" to the only American in this year's solo race around the world race that starts from France.