The U.S. Census Bureau says it will hire 2,000 people in South Carolina, after opening offices in Charleston and Columbia.  Read their entire statement.

New numbers out Friday show the unemployment rate in Lowcountry counties and the state of South Carolina as a whole on the rise in October.

Authorities say the has been charged with murder after he killed his 90-year-old wife in their Clover, South Carolina home, then tried to overdose on medicine.

The military said Thursday that former North Carolina soldier Ronald A. Gray is to be executed Dec. 10 at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind.

Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue has been opposed to drillingm, but her campaign said she would be open to the idea if a team of scientists said it was safe.

South Carolina Congressman Henry Brown, introduced legislation on Wednesday to prevent Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the Navy brig in Charleston.

South Carolinians can ask legal questions online Wednesday from lawyers.

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn today was reelected by the House Democratic Caucus to serve as Majority Whip for the 111th Congress. 

Ten years after the tobacco settlement, a national report ranks South Carolina as worst in the nation in what it spends to keep people from smoking.

Ten years after the tobacco settlement, a national report ranks South Carolina as worst in the nation in what it spends to keep people from smoking.

The problem affected a limited number of instant tickets that were incorrectly validated by the gaming system from Nov. 5 through Nov. 13.

A priest at a Roman Catholic church says his parishioners shouldn’t take Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because of the Democrat’s stance on
abortion.

The state Commerce Department announced Wednesday that American Titanium Works plans to employ 320 people at its new mill in Laurens County.

Problems occurred as the state lottery changed over to a new computer system that prints and reads cash drawing games.

State schools Superintendent Jim Rex sent an e-mail to employees Wednesday explaining the mandatory five-day furloughs.