Fire weather will persist across the Carolinas through Monday morning as firefighters battle fires in both states.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Sunday as wildfires in the Carolinas and Georgia scorched ...

Federal prosecutors say three members of the City Council in South Carolina’s third-largest city accepted kickbacks and ...

The area near Myrtle Beach is one of the most dangerous for wildfires in South Carolina as hundreds of years of decomposing ...

Three members of the City Council in South Carolina’s third-largest city accepted kickbacks and bribes to give out grant money and rezone land or lied about what they knew, federal prosecutors ...

As of March 2025, the Carolinas are battling a series of devastating wildfires that have scorched thousands of acres. The ...

North Charleston is South Carolina's third-largest city with about 125,000 people. Mayor Reggie Burgess thanked the FBI and state investigators for their work to make sure residents remained ...

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acting US Attorney for the District of South Carolina Brook B. Andrews announced Wednesday. Jerome Heyward, Sandino Moses, and Mike A. Brown all sit on North Charleston's city council ...

North Charleston, S.C. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina charged eight people in federal court for a series of bribery, kickback, extortion, and money laundering schemes.