There is smoke. But is there fire? A fight – once thought extinguished – is in full swing over whether Gov. Nikki Haley illegally lobbied while a Lexington County state representative, exploiting her public office for personal financial gain.

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S.C. beaches closed from Charleston northward.

When historians record the most influential South Carolinians of the late 20th-early 21st century, they may turn not to politicians or the purveyors of popular culture but to one of their own, a courtly bespectacled professor with a wry and wicked sense of humor.

An early morning distress call from a woman claiming to be held at gunpoint has revealed itself to be a fake, authorities say.

Johnny Mayo’s determined quest for a national memorial for war dogs in Washington, D.C., has turned closer to home – to Memorial Park in Columbia.