South Carolina

South Carolina lawmakers appear to have backed away from redrawing the state’s congressional map ahead of the midterms. Winthrop University political scientist Scott Huffmon says Republicans worried the move could actually help Democrats.

Over the last decade, several inmates suffering from mental illnesses have died inside South Carolina jails. An investigation by the Post & Courier dove into the reasons why, how the situation got so bad, and possible solutions. Plus, in the wake of Iryna's Law, we'll see what lessons North Carolina can learn.

Since 2015, at least 100 people suffering from mental illness have died in South Carolina jails. Some died from severe dehydration and medical neglect while waiting an average of eight months to receive treatment intended to restore their mental competency. Those are some of the findings of a new five-part investigative series by The Post and Courier of Charleston examining a deadly jailhouse mental health crisis. The series is reported in part by Jocelyn Grzeszczak, who joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry.

All six Republican candidates for South Carolina governor appeared Tuesday night at the College of Charleston for the second of three scheduled debates ahead of the June primary.

Nearly two years ago, Hurricane Helene devastated portions of the Carolinas. Since then, a change in administrations in Washington and a budget standoff in Raleigh have led to confusion and frustration. Access to resources has often been difficult. Hear the conversation we had about that and resiliency during WFAEs Carolina’s Climate Summit.

A South Carolina Senate panel has approved a proposal to temporarily limit access to the state's school voucher program for homeschooled students.

Most of South Carolina’s Republican candidates for governor met Wednesday night in Newberry for their first debate of the campaign, focusing heavily on affordability in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states.

88-year-old Rock Hill resident Wali Cathcart’s family story stretches across generations of Black struggle in America, from slavery to integration. For Cathcart, many of those challenges and triumphs played out through his love of baseball, a sport that didn’t fully integrate for Black players until the late 1950s. As part of Black History Month, WFAE explores Cathcart’s journey from living under Jim Crow segregation to being honored for promoting equality.

The State Law Enforcement Division says an 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in a shooting that left two people dead last week at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg. Khamanti Kennedy is accused of shooting and killing two men in a room at a university housing complex, neither of whom was a student at the school. One student at the school was wounded but survived. Investigators said the shooting stemmed from a drug deal to buy marijuana.