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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C, the lone Black Republican senator who built his presidential campaign on a Reagan-esque vision for the United States as a city on a hill,

Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow for rebel forces in the birthplace of the secessionist movement. The artifacts were discovered while crews removed tar-like material from the Congaree River and bring new tangible evidence of Union Gen. William T. Sherman's ruthless Southern campaign toward the end of the Civil War. The remains are expected to find...

Spencer Rattler had a goal he shared with his South Carolina teammates before taking the field against Vanderbilt. “Let's win big,” Rattler said. Rattler passed for 351 yards and three touchdowns as the Gamecocks won their 15th straight over Vanderbilt, 47-6, on Saturday.

Vice President Kamala Harris flew to South Carolina on Friday to file paperwork putting President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot of the state, which will lead off the Democratic presidential primary thanks to a White House-led schedule overhaul meant to better empower Black voters. Harris was joined in the state capital by South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of the leading Black voices in Congress. Then-candidate Biden's 2020 presidential campaign was floundering after big los...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized the former S.C. governor for bringing Jushi to Richland County during her tenure as the state’s top executive, as the two presidential candidates continue to feud over their foreign policy chops.

The Gamecocks have to win out if they hope to make third-year coach Shane Beamer 3-for-3 in reaching a bowl at the start of his South Carolina career. The Commodores are trying to avoid a second 0-for-the-SEC in coach Clark Lea's three years. KEY MATCHUP South Carolina WR Xavier Legette vs. Vanderbilt pass defense.

Xavier Leggette caught nine passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Carolina to a 38-28 win Saturday over Jacksonville State. Spencer Rattler was 27-of-38 passing for 399 yards but outside of the two best players on the field, the game didn't increase hopes for fans of South Carolina (3-6, 1-5 Southeastern Conference) that the team can win three more in a row and make a bowl.

South Carolina's highest court apparently is not ready to allow the state to restart executions after more than 12 years until they hear more arguments about newly obtained lethal injection drugs as well as a recently added firing squad and the old electric chair. The state Supreme Court set a Feb. 6 date for a hearing over a lawsuit by four death row inmates out of appeals who initially argued dying by electrocution or bullets to the heart is cruel and unusual punishment.

South Carolina's Kamilla Cardoso has been content the past two years to come off the bench behind one of college basketball's best in All-American teammate Aliyah Boston. Now, with Boston excelling in the WNBA, it is up to the 6-foot-7 Cardoso to take her place front and center for the Gamecocks. “Kamilla," coach Dawn Staley said after practice, "has got to be dominant.”

Nikki Haley claimed new momentum in the race to supplant Donald Trump as her party's front-runner during an appearance in her home state Monday, where she formally filed to appear on the South Carolina Republican presidential primary ballot. The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador returned to the Statehouse where her political career took off for a signing ceremony.