Analysis says Charleston, S.C., fire department dept's poor tactics, training led to 9 deaths.

A draft report says two Cabarrus County cities may have overestimated water needs to justify plans to take water from the Catawba and Yadkin rivers.

When the Army's famed 82nd Airborne Division dedicated its own memorial to paratroopers killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, three sides of the wide granite column were blank.

A new analysis of the furniture store fire that killed nine Charleston firefighters last year says the department inadequately trained and supervised its personnel and exposed the men to excessive risks the night they fought the fire.

Three of former Sen. John Edwards' delegates to the Democratic convention say they're endorsing Barack Obama.

Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment helped lead to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters fighting a furniture store blaze last year, according to a long-awaited analysis by fire experts released Thursday.

The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill revamping the state's standardized testing. The measure would:

Authorities say nearly 350 bronze vases have been stolen from two Upstate cemeteries this month.

Chester County deputies say they have found $11 million worth of marijuana.

A fiberglass plant says it will nearly double its work force at its operation in Bishopville by the end of the year.

The former Orangeburg County councilman who served a year in prison for bribery and extortion has been hired to work with U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.

South Carolina House members welcomed back Capt. James Smith with a standing ovation.

The blaze at the Sofa Super Store that claimed the lives of nine Charleston firefighters last year unfolded in a terrifying 50-minute span that covered the scene with smoke, flame and confusion, according to reports on the blaze.

South Carolina may join five other states that let motorcyclists, mo-ped drivers and bicyclists run red lights that don't change within a couple minutes of their stopping.

DNA testing has shown an attack on a family van some blamed on the legendary Lizard Man appears to have been actually done by a domestic dog.