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Another polar vortex is headed to the Carolinas, with a major Arctic blast to follow
Leslie Hudson
| January 16, 2025
If you thought last week was cold, hold onto your hot lattes and be ready to bundle up! Another winter storm is set to plunge arctic air deep into the Deep South by early next week. Residents should prepare for freezing conditions, with lows Monday and Tuesday night forecast to dip into single digits and teens in the Upstate.

The State House Gavel: Feds probe SC accounting error, audit reveals $1.8B source
| January 16, 2025
Happy Thursday, which is actually the Friday of the legislative week.

South Carolina jail plagued by rapes, assaults and security shortfalls, a federal report says
Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press
| January 15, 2025
COLUMBIA, S,C. (AP) — Federal investigators found in a scathing report this week that a large jail in South Carolina vastly underreports the violence occurring behind its walls and lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for so long that at least two killings of prisoners were reported to jail staff from outside callers.

Lancaster County has possibly the nation's first mounted rescue and recovery unit run by a coroner's
| January 15, 2025
On Wednesday, Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese announced her office’s new Mounted Response Unit, or MRU.

Charleston church and museum welcomes President Biden on his final day
| January 15, 2025
President Joe Biden will wrap up his presidency in Charleston this weekend, spending his final day in office in the city where it all began with the 2020 endorsement of Congressman Jim Clyburn.

The State House Gavel: SC Senate starts private school voucher debate
| January 15, 2025
Good morning. It's Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2024, and we're gaveling in along with the Senate at 1 p.m. and the House at 2 p.m.
