In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates - with their high rates of illness and infirmity - make up an ever increasing share of the prison population.
UPDATED 11:15 a.m. | New details were released Friday morning in the death investigation of a 62-year-old Rock Hill man who was assaulted at his Orr Drive home.
Residents should pay for their own driveway entrances, and the state road system needs to shrink so that South Carolina's transportation agency can put more money toward badly needed work on major roads and bridges, its director said Thursday.
This double rainbow was spotted on Dave Lyle Boulevard in Rock Hill about 8:30 a.m. Friday. See a gallery of reader-submitted photos of the rainbow here.
Jay Paterno leaned over his dying father, gave him a kiss, and whispered in his ear.
A Connecticut man expressed regret but steadfastly blamed his accomplice as he was sentenced to die Friday for a deadly home invasion that unsettled suburbia and halted momentum to abolish the state's death penalty. The sole survivor of the attack called the loss of his wife and two daughters a "personal holocaust" as the final chapter closed on the case.
Senegal braced itself for possible violence before the constitutional court decides Friday whether to allow the country's leader of 11 years to run for a third term even though the constitution was revised after he came to office to allow a maximum of two.
Stocks were drifting lower Friday after the government reported the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than economists had expected in the fourth quarter.
The Friends of the York County Library book sale began Thursday afternoon with a line of book enthusiasts at The Oratory in Rock Hill. Friends members perused thousands of books during a special opening session.
Fans of comedy could look at the 84th Academy Awards nominations and debate whether the seltzer bottle is half-full or half-empty.
The Winthrop Eagles played with a specific focus and game plan Thursday night, beating Liberty 65-63 in the Winthrop Coliseum in the kind of game coach Randy Peele draws up in his dreams.
