Skylar Laird

COLUMBIA — South Carolina charged at least 381 women with crimes related to their pregnancy over the past three years, far more than any other state, a national advocacy nonprofit found in a report released this week.

Nearly all of the SC cases involve allegations of drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy, a national nonprofit found.

COLUMBIA — The state's seventh publicly owned forest opened for visitors Friday amid a boom in state-owned public lands.

The 2,800-acre forest was prime for development but could have polluted nearby preserves, conservationists said.

Conservationists stand under a tree at the dedication of Pocotaligo Station State Forest in Yemassee, S.C., on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. By Skylar Laird

COLUMBIA — President Donald Trump will return to South Carolina for the second time in two weeks as the November election approaches.

COLUMBIA — A U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty to running an international healthcare scam, then fleeing to the Philippines for two years, will spend 20 years in prison, a federal judge decided Monday.

COLUMBIA — A U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty to running an international healthcare scam, then fleeing to the Philippines for two years, will spend 20 years in prison, a federal judge decided Monday. Herb Kimble, 60, was the ringleader of the operation, which prosecutors believe to be among the largest in the nation’s history. His […]

A change in federal policy that would allow state prisons to jam cellphone signals is weeks away, federal officials announced Wednesday in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The Federal Communications Commission is set to take a final vote on a policy change that would allow state prisons to block cell signals.