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South Carolina Appeals Court says it is OK to sue to get back illegal gambling losses

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A lawyer says a state Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for gamblers to sue for money they lose by playing...

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- A jury is getting ready to decide the fate of a Hartsville store owner accused of faking an assault and...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- A former Horry County police officer has been ordered to pay a $500 fine for harassing his estranged wife.

Today should be partly sunny with highs in the mid 80s and south winds from 10 to 15 mph, according to weather forecasters with...

Federal agents reportedly removed guns from banker Christopher Latham's Sullivan's Island home Friday, but that didn't stop...

MONCKS CORNER — Voices reaching from beyond the grave recently solved mysteries that have surrounded Stony Landing for...

GOOSE CREEK — John and Betty Hartgrove moved into the Foster’s Creek section of the...

A traffic stop near Folly and Camp roads at about 1 a.m. Friday led to the arrest of two suspects in an armed robbery 30 minutes...

Buoyed by South Carolina’s No. 1 industry, tourism, the state’s unemployment rate plummeted to a five-year low of 8...

WALTERBORO — City officials praised Public Safety Director Otis Rhodes Friday, but they weren’t so talkative about...

The state Department of Social Services on Friday called the abuse-related death of toddler in Mount Pleasant “an awful...

College students bring much to the Charleston area. And at the end of the school year, they also leave behind a lot.

A man who pretended to be a North Charleston police officer during a home invasion will now face additional charges in the...

Charleston police are searching for two men who may have information concerning a purse snatching that happened downtown last...

Coast Guard officials will kickoff National Safe Boating Week today at 11 a.m.