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The state Senate in a special Monday hearing voted to oust Treasurer Curtis Loftis. A breakdown of what we're watching in Week 15 of the legislative session that includes sports wagering in the House and the Senate's $14 billion state general fund debate.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican-dominated Senate voted 33-8 on Monday to kick the Republican treasurer out of office over a $1.8 billion accounting error. It will now be up to the House, also dominated by the GOP, to decide whether to hold its own hearing. If at least two-thirds of its members vote against Treasurer Curtis Loftis, he will be removed from office.

GREENVILLE, S.C. --On Easter Sunday, April 20, Nicholtown Presbyterian Church held its final worship service, marking the end of an era for a small, African American congregation that has served its community for 74 years.

The South Carolina Senate will meet on Monday for a first-in-the-modern-era hearing to decide whether Republican Treasurer Curtis Loftis, first elected in 2010, should be removed from public office. It is not an impeachment proceeding, but another process authorized by the state Constitution that provides for removal from office any executive officer for "willful neglect of duty."

A soybean processing plant in Lancaster County will shut down production later this spring amid the U.S. trade war with China, which has slapped high import tariffs on the goods.

Enjoy the cooler temperatures on Thursday because the same high-pressure system that pushed the cold air onto South Carolina is slowly moving east, and with this movement comes a change in the direction of the wind.