South Carolina

In South Carolina the race to be the state’s next governor is heating up. Two Republican candidates have announced their bids in the past week: Attorney General Alan Wilson and state Sen. Josh Kimbrell.

Alan Wilson, the four-term Republican attorney general of South Carolina, kicked off his bid Monday for the state's first open gubernatorial race in 16 years.

South Carolina State Rep. RJ May of Lexington County has been charged with 10 counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.

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.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Monday that he is directing the state’s law enforcement agency to investigate online fundraising programs that benefit Democrats.

This comes after the genetic testing company filed for bankruptcy.

Historic Brattonsville is known as a place for providing insight into the life of African Americans in the South with a focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. Over the weekend, the site near Rock Hill held a ceremony to honor enslaved people buried at a site where archaeologists and museum leaders say they’ve identified at least 481 people of African descent.

A ceremony took place Saturday in South Carolina to honor those buried at a former plantation site, where archaeologists and museum leaders say they’ve identified at least 481 people of African descent.