COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina State Senator Margie Bright Matthews delivered the Democratic response Wednesday to Gov. Henry McMaster's State of the Address . McMaster spent the speech talking up the state's economy and discussing and outlining his plans for education and energy policy.

In the days leading up to President Donald Trump's visit to Appalachian North Carolina, Monica Glowinski said her biggest prayer for the people of Buncombe County, which was devastated by the wrath of Hurricane Helene, was that Trump would not let their plight be forgotten.

Detectives in Anderson County, South Carolina, reported a father and his two sons went missing Tuesday morning. Detectives learned the father, James Brewington, has ties to Texas and headed that way after authorities found his green Ford F350 abandoned in Belton on Wednesday morning.

William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.

Detectives in Anderson County, South Carolina, continue to search for a father and his sons after they were reported missing Tuesday morning.

First, let’s dispel the myth that the South is uniformly conservative. Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia have shown that Democratic victories are not just possible but repeatable when campaigns are strategic and well-funded.

South Carolina residents could still get into a Scout EV by crossing into a neighboring state that allows direct sales, but the automaker is hopeful it can persuade lawmakers to modify the law before production of the Terra pickup and Traveller SUV begins in two years’ time.

Former Georgia pledge Jared Curtis is now at or near the center of the 2026 UNC football recruiting radar. It's no surprise that first-year UNC football leader and former six-time New England Patriots Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick is setting his sights high when it comes to pursuing potential Tar Heel signal-callers.

Clemson will open the season in the national spotlight when Clemson welcomes LSU for a marquee tilt at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 30.

Though Snook was one number away from hitting the estimated $760 million jackpot, the Megaplier ended up being 4X and turned Snook’s $1 million prize into a $4 million prize, the highest amount won that night, McClatchy News reported.

Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man made a stop to put gas in his car and ended up winning a $200,000 lottery prize. Demarte Harris of Salisbury told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he stopped at Kangaroo Express on Statesville Road in Salisbury and bought a $200,000 Money Rush scratch-off ticket while filling up his tank.

Turkeys in a commercial Sampson County flock have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, the N.C. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday.