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A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man who is the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Stephen Bryant was put to death Friday for killing three people in 2004. Bryant is the third person executed by firing squad in the state, where lethal injection and the electric chair are still legal. He also is the 50th man executed by South Carolina since the state restarted the death penalty 40 years ago.
South Carolina News
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South Carolina's more than 549,000 Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients will see their federal food assistance benefits issued as soon as Friday, Nov. 14. -
The South Carolina Department of Social Services announced Thursday that the agency has received authorization to begin issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the month of November. -
The City Planning Commission is recommending rezoning apartments and houses on the Limestone University campus so that they can be sold on the open market. -
President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. -
After three months of explosive ordnance and heavy equipment training by the U.S. Army, 18-year-old Roger Thompson arrived for duty in Vietnam in March of 1968. During his service, he witnessed firsthand the terrors of war, which inspired his lifetime mission of helping fellow veterans who struggle with both the physical and mental effects of combat. -
Pollutants that could have potentially leaked into the Charleston Harbor have been removed as part of Governor Henry McMaster's 2022 executive order.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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PBSThis week Walter will be talking with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about the American Revolution, focusing on the routing of the British and their allies by revolutionary Partisans during Cornwallis’ Southern campaign.Ken will also tell us a bit about his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution. The six-part, 12-hour documentary series explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence. -
SCETVToday we’ll be switching things up a bit. Instead of Walter and me interviewing a guest we will have a guest interviewing Walter.The conversation is part of the Spring 2025 program put on by the University South Caroliniana Society: “'E' is for Edgar – Conversation and Barbeque with Walter.” Talking with Walter today is Beryl Dakers, president of the Society and long-time producer with SCETV. Today's episode is part of our celebration of Walter Edgar's Journal's 25th year.
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Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 11, 2025: we take a hard pivot from news and politics to food and beverage as four South Carolina restaurants were awarded Michelin stars, and several more were given prominent designations in the Michelin Guide; we talk with Hannah Raskin, one of the South's most preeminent voices in the South's food, beverage, and dining culture scene; and more! -
SCETV/SCETVOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 8, 2025: we continue our look at the ramifications of the federal government shutdown and hear from Congressman Russell Fry and Sen. Lindsey Graham; we continue to look at the ramifications of federal decisions, including a report from Maayan Schechter on the impacts to South Carolina farmers; Congresswoman Nancy Mace is suing the Charleston International Airport while she faces an ethics complaint filed against her; and more!
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Provided/MUSCThis week Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Scott Hutchison about oncology occupational therapy. -
Provided/MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Carrie Cormack about coping with grief after miscarriage.
Nation and World
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Conflict resolution is one of the most valuable life skills students learn in school. Disagreements are an important part of collaborating as a team, and research shows that cognitive muscles are strengthened when students are exposed to ideas that challenge them to think differently. -
As more students take AP and dual-enrollment courses, the line between high school and college gets blurry.
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Don’t change the channel, don’t touch that dial, because this week, we’re delving into the history of television. -
This week's episode of Who What When is fit for a king, featuring games all about royalty.
Watch live and recorded streams from the South Carolina sate legislature.
From lesson plans to teacher recertification, see the latest from SCETV's Education team.
More Headlines
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For decades, Tibetans built a capital in exile in Dharamshala in India, and they sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. That's now changing.
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Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are expecting border patrol agents to arrive in the city in coming days for a crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died. -
Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.
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The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again. -
Several lawsuits emerged across the U.S. — and were later consolidated — after AT&T notified millions of customers that information ranging from Social Security numbers to call records was compromised in these breaches last year. -
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. -
Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, and now President Trump is preparing to take on the concern. And, Charlotte, N.C., is bracing for Border Patrol agents to arrive in the city. -
The BBC has apologized to President Trump for the way it edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech but says it won't pay compensation. Trump has threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster. -
This week's quiz is mercifully light on politics, unless you count President James Garfield, a Kennedy family member and a new House rep … OK, so it's not light on politics. But there are geese?
