As we celebrate Memorial Day, WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his "On My Mind" commentary, reminds us of one of the early moments when people came together to honor those who lost their lives in war.
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Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesTim Scott has a major announcement Monday in his home state of South Carolina. He is expected to announce a run for the White House and an official FEC filing Friday makes that even more likely. -
James Pollard/APState Sen. Sandy Senn believes that legislators cannot tell a woman what is best for her own life.
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Emily Meggett spent decades caring for her community with her delicious, traditional Gullah Geechee food from South Carolina. She shared her recipes in her first cookbook, published when she was 89. Meggett died Friday at 90 after a brief illness. In tribute to her, we're sharing a 2022 profile of this queen of Gullah Geechee cooking. -
Public schools in Fort Mill, South Carolina, will shift the way young children are taught to read — switching from a balanced literacy approach to one that zeroes in on phonics and other basic steps based on reading research. Parents have asked for more focus on phonics and the science of reading.
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South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has taken a significant step toward a presidential bid, launching an exploratory committee. Scott, 57, is the only Black Republican currently in the U.S. Senate.
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The Navy has renamed the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory, to the USS Robert Smalls, after an enslaved man who escaped the South by stealing a Confederate steamship.
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Both York and Union County Sheriff's offices have lowered the age requirement for detention center officer applicants. Both counties have made changes to help with jail staff shortages.
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The autopsy was completed this weekend on the exhumed body of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago on a South Carolina road, according to the family's lawyer.
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For the first time since 1985, the semifinals will feature none of the sport's most decorated programs. "This is a new history that we're venturing into," said South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.
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For the first time this century, two No. 1 seeds didn't make it to NCAA women's basketball's Sweet 16. And teams who geared up with transfers are challenging historically dominant programs.
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Parents and a South Carolina state senator say Fort Mill's public schools need to rethink how they teach children to read. It's the latest twist in a longstanding struggle.
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State agents say Smith was murdered. Interest in his case has spiked in part because of where he died: about 8 miles from where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death.
