The small town of Conway, predicted epicenter of the devastating floods to come, felt like a disaster zone as residents and emergency crews hurried back into flooded neighborhoods on Wednesday to gather belongs while the water receded temporarily.

The woman recounted the assault on Wednesday after a bond hearing, standing alongside at least a handful of family members and friends.

For months, Summerville residents opposed a homeless shelter near their homes because they fear it may attract drug users and create an unsafe environment. But Town Council voted Tuesday to approve the site. 

Lovequawn Scott, the man accused of bludgeoning four relatives to death in March, sought help at a church and an urgent care clinic one day before the killings, according to an investigative report.

Two mental health patients who died while detained in an Horry County jail van were on their way to hospitals when the vehicle was swept away by floodwater from Tropical Storm Florence, officials said Wednesday.

Spared the worst effects from Hurricane Florence, mayors in and around Charleston have joined forces to raise money for those who weren't.

As rising rivers and waterways threaten to cut off most routes into Horry County, the area's congressman is renewing the call for an interstate connection to the area. 

Harriet Holman is the apparent winner in Tuesday’s special Democratic primary election runoff to fill a vacant seat on Dorchester County Council.

Tropical Storm Florence's death toll in South Carolina continued its rise on Tuesday after a jail transport van carrying two inmates was overtaken by flood waters.

East Light Academy, the Charleston area's first Mandarin language immersion school opened with a promising premise. But low enrollment might shut its doors shortly after they opened.

A man accused of shooting a woman to death on James Island on Saturday argued with her before pulling the trigger, according to court documents released Tuesday.

The 500-pound swine wound up on an eastbound stretch of I-26 in North Charleston during the morning rush-hour commute on Aug. 23. 

A federal grand jury indicted Columbia-area prosecutor Dan Johnson on Tuesday after a months-long investigation, charging Johnson with mail fraud, wire fraud and theft of government funds.

South Carolina lottery players are urged to check those tickets hiding in their wallets or purses because less than a week remains to cash in a ticket worth $10,000.

Santee Cooper has enlisted private contractors to help secure its coal ash pits in Conway, South Carolina after Gov. Henry McMaster expressed concern.

Portions of the Pee Dee region continue to see floodwaters rise as rivers from Chesterfield County to Horry County spill over their banks into neighborhoods, businesses and highways.

More than 6,000 military personnel are assisting South Carolina's recovery efforts as the feet of rain dumped by Hurricane Florence continues to deluge entire towns in the Pee Dee.

The man accused of kidnapping a Johns Island girl during a violent home invasion in February pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court, and a prosecutor said the man has also admitted to killing his girlfriend in Spartanburg County. 

Volunteers rescue groups tried to go into flooded areas to check on residents trapped in their homes, but local officials turned some away. 

North Charleston police have arrested a man suspected of holding a woman at knifepoint and raping her near a Rivers Avenue shopping center last month. 

President Donald Trump will fly into Myrtle Beach on Wednesday morning to visit a region of South Carolina hammered by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence.

As rivers across the Pee Dee swell with floodwaters from Hurricane Florence, state and local officials are helping residents navigate a growing web of road closures. 

Emergency responders in the marooned Wilmington area on Tuesday morning are handing out ready-to-eat meals, water and tarps for up to 60,000 residents.

A woman injured in a shooting Saturday on James Island has died from her injuries, and authorities announced Monday that they have upgraded charges against the man arrested in her killing. 

Utility workers scrambled to protect a coal ash pit from a rising river near Conway on Monday as Florence's floodwaters swamped two similar sites in North Carolina.

Several recurring meetings were rescheduled for this week after the city suspended meetings for Hurricane Florence. 

A small Charleston-area airport is collecting hurricane relief supplies to airlift to flood-stricken areas in North Carolina and South Carolina after Hurricane Florence.

Wildlife and medical officials are cautioning residents in the region to watch out for snakes and fire ants that have been displaced by Florence's rain over the weekend.

The inundation has prompted hundreds of water rescues and has almost entirely choked the flow of supplies to Wilmington, a city with a population of roughly 120,000.

A man fleeing a Charleston County sheriff's deputy after an attempted traffic stop in Ravenel drove his car into a body of water near a boat landing Monday, authorities said.