Authorities in Beaufort County, South Carolina, are investigating a mass shooting that left four people dead and at least 20 others injured early Sunday morning on St. Helena Island.
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If you’re on Lake Wylie in South Carolina this weekend, expect to see about 180 swimmers in the chilly water. The swimmers will take part in an event that aims to support those battling what can be a terminal illness.
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The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Imelda could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency.
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West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 Guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio says it will send 150 in the coming days, marking a significant escalation of the federal intervention.
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The American Cornhole League hosts its championship tournament in South Carolina. The league's chief strategy officer, Trey Ryder, spoke to Morning Edition about the sport's growing popularity
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Officials announced Tuesday that a huge new data center is headed to upstate South Carolina.
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Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.
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Shuai Wang thought he'd peaked before competing on Top Chef. But over a plate of food at King BBQ, the chef tells NPR's Debbie Elliott he now knows his career is just getting started.
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In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations along the Combahee River near Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Edda Fields-Black, a history professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wrote a book about the raid titled "Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War." It shares the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History. WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn speaks with Fields-Black.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an "atmospheric river" event is set to hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast. The weather event typically occurs in the West.
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The Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 1968.
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In South Carolina, there are only days left in the legislative calendar this year. WFAE's Marshall Terry spoke with South Carolina Public Radio reporter Maayan Schechter about what's going on at the statehouse in Columbia.
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Your overgrown backyard could be cleared without chemicals, and for a third of the cost of hiring a landscaping crew — a team of goats can do the job exactly how nature intended.