Mitchell Black

The South Carolina's Inspector General has opened an investigation into the Jasper County School District following a request from the state superintendent.

Vice President Kamala Harris will appear at a rally in Savannah Aug. 29 at the culmination of her bus trip through rural Georgia with running mate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

S.C. Supreme Court denies death row inmate Freddie Owens access to detailed report about the efficacy of the lethal injection drug that may be used to kill him.

Attorneys for death row inmate Freddie Owens have to choose how he is executed. Default is electric chair. Other options are firing squad and lethal injection.

An attorney representing Freddie Owens, who is scheduled to be South Carolina's first execution since 2011, has chosen lethal injection as his method of death.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to cut down trees and remove vegetation to reduce burning risk on Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge.

The Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority that is serving Beaufort and Jasper counties balances expensive capital expansion with rapid population growth.

A Jasper County Sheriff's deputy's firing caused the solicitor's office to dismiss five drug-related cases. Brock Tomlin was fired in February for dishonesty.

A teenage girl died early Sept. 16 after reports of shots fired at Lowcountry apartment complex.

BLUFFTON — Beaufort Memorial Hospital's more than six-year effort to open a small facility in Bluffton has ceased.