A Clarendon County jury has awarded $890,000 in damages to a South Carolina man after members of the governing board at his condominium wrongly identified him as a registered sex offender. James E. King thinks the situation stemmed from a …
The insurance industry hopes a 21,000-square-foot lab in rural South Carolina can help revolutionize the way homes are built and stem the cost of Mother Nature’s disasters. Officials at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety say the wake …
Several cars of the New York City-bound Amtrak Crescent carrying 218 passengers and crew members went off the tracks early Monday in South Carolina, but there were no serious injuries, authorities said. Train 20 from New Orleans became disabled shortly …
Members of Congress traveled to South Carolina to watch a simulated wildfire and learn how building codes can lessen a fire’s destruction. Four Republican congressmen toured the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety in Chester County on Tuesday. They …
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has opened up $1 million in public funds to help rebuild Georgetown’s historic waterfront. Haley issued an executive order Tuesday declaring an emergency for the city and county in relation to the Sept. 25 fire. …
Officials in Georgetown, S.C., say the fronts of two buildings heavily damaged in a fire in the city’s business district collapsed over the weekend. The fire that swept through the waterfront dining and business district last Wednesday destroyed seven buildings. …
More South Carolinians are using seatbelts. A new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that seatbelt usage in South Carolina increased from 86 percent in South Carolina in 2011 to 90 percent last year. South Carolina’s seatbelt …
A group of defense lawyers wants an independent panel of scientists, defense lawyers and others in the judicial community to investigate a power outage that caused a computer crash at the State Law Enforcement Division. The South Carolina servers which …
The widow of a Bluffton, S.C., man shot to death by a tow truck driver in 2010 has settled a lawsuit against the man and several co-defendants for nearly $2 million. The settlement of $1.75 million was approved by a …
The family of a man killed in a hit-and-run collision is suing the drunk driver who struck him and the bars and restaurants where he was served. The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C., reports the wrongful death lawsuit filed …