South Carolina

South Carolina Senate nominee Alvin Greene (D) insisted that he will remain in the race in an odd interview published Saturday.

The FBI and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are investigating possible civil rights violations in the case of a sheriff’s deputy who was captured on video beating a handcuffed inmate with a baton.

Bob Inglis ousted by Republican party for not hating Obama. There are landmarks all over our city named after LaGuardia and Javits and Rockefeller, names out of the city’s great Republican past, when the party was one of intelligence, not fear-mongering and hate.

NEWBERRY, S.C. A grand jury has indicted a white South Carolina man on charges he killed his black friend and dragged his body behind a truck.

An Orangeburg County jury awarded a South Carolina State University student half a million dollars Wednesday for injuries he received from a broken dorm window.

From HuffingtonPost.com: Surprise U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene frequently mentions his 13 years of military service, but records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show that the veteran who has called himself an “American hero” was considered a lackluster service member at best.

FROM BND.com: Pumping fists in the air and hoisting signs that read “Black Power” and “Justice for Anthony Hill,” a hundred or so demonstrators marched Saturday from a Newberry neighborhood park to the Newberry County Courthouse, rallying for a new day in race relations in this small town in central South Carolina.

MANNING, S.C. — In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit his three major themes of jobs, education and justice.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An unemployed military veteran will face no state charges over the $10,440 filing fee for his successful bid to win South Carolina’s Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate, the state’s top police official said Friday.