A civil rights group says a waiver that allows federally funded foster care agencies to deny services to same-sex or non-Christian couples is unconstitutional. Continue reading →
{FD} Court suspends law license for SC prosecutor facing charges
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a prosecutor accused of embezzling money seized from drug defendants to pay for personal trips to Europe and the Galapagos Islands. Continue reading →
{FD} Hurricane Florence to test South Carolina infrastructure
Torrential rains from Hurricane Florence will test South Carolina’s infrastructure, which failed under historic flooding in 2015. Continue reading →
{FD} Teen pleads guilty of trying to fight for the Islamic State
A South Carolina teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to allegations that he tried to fight for the Islamic State group. Continue reading →
{FD} Tails a-wagging: Year later, missing pooch and owner reunite
Call it a tail-wagging ending to a doggone good story. Continue reading →
{FD} Man who said he planned church attack gets nearly 3 years
A white supremacist has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for illegally buying a gun authorities say he planned to use in a hate crime attack similar to the South Carolina church shootings. Continue reading →
{FD} Investigators grill train company about deadly crash in SC
Federal investigators on Tuesday grilled train company executives about a deadly South Carolina crash that happened earlier this year, asking officials with the company that owns the tracks about changes within the company in the months leading up to t… Continue reading →
{FD} Federal officials: Prison cellphone jamming test a success
Federal officials say they conducted a successful test earlier this year of a jamming technology some hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates with smuggled cellphones. Continue reading →
{FD} White man pleads to enslaving mentally disabled black worker
A white South Carolina restaurant manager has pleaded guilty to abusing and enslaving a mentally challenged black employee. Continue reading →
{FD} Corrections employees charged in prison contraband ‘crisis’
More than a dozen employees of South Carolina’s Department of Corrections have pleaded not guilty to federal charges related to bribery and contraband taken into the state prisons, days after a deadly prison riot left seven inmates dead. Continue reading →
{FD} SC corrections employees charged in contraband ring
Multiple South Carolina corrections employees are facing federal charges related to bribery and bringing contraband into the state’s institutions a week after a deadly prison riot. Continue reading →
{FD} Inmate: Prison officers complicit in cellphone problem
South Carolina prison officials have for years blamed cellphones for contributing to inmate violence. Continue reading →
{FD} Legislators seek more oversight after deadly prison violence
Twenty South Carolina prisoners have been killed at the hands of fellow inmates in the past 16 months. Continue reading →
{FD} Inmate: Bodies stacked in ‘macabre woodpile’ in prison riot
South Carolina officials are blaming the prison riot that killed seven inmates on a turf war between gangs over territory, money and contraband items like cellphones. Continue reading →
{FD} State police respond to ‘ongoing situation’ at SC prison
State police have been called to one of South Carolina’s most dangerous prisons. Continue reading →
{FD} Man faces federal charges of kidnapping, raping 4-year-old
A man is facing federal charges of kidnapping and raping a 4-year-old South Carolina girl whom he drove across three Southern states, authorities announced Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Man accused of wanting to eat child released on bond
A South Carolina man accused of wanting to enslave and eat a child has been released from jail on bond. Continue reading →
{FD} Govt agency says staffer fired after profane Trump tweet
South Carolina’s public health agency said Friday that an employee had been fired after posting a profanity-laced message critical of President Donald Trump in the wake of a deadly school shooting that left 17 dead. Continue reading →
{FD} Cellphone jamming system tested at Maryland prison
Federal prisons officials have tested a jamming technology that officials hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates with cellphones. Continue reading →
{FD} Convicted church killer wants to fire Jewish, Indian lawyers
A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian. Continue reading →
