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Another polar vortex is headed to the Carolinas, with a major Arctic blast to follow

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

Happy Thursday, which is actually the Friday of the legislative week.

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the Statehouse about the audit over the $1.8 billion accounting error and Dr. Ed Simmer's appointment to lead the new public health department.

South Carolina jail plagued by rapes, assaults and security shortfalls, a federal report says

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

On Wednesday, Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese announced her office’s new Mounted Response Unit, or MRU.
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Charleston church and museum welcomes President Biden on his final day

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.
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he is endorsed by House Majority Whip, Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., background second left, at an event in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020.

The State House Gavel: SC Senate starts private school voucher debate

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.
State Sens. Billy Garrett, left, R- Lexington, and Brian Adams, R-Goose Creek, talk before a Senate session, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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