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About half of the nation's domestic violence instances go unreported, according to a U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics survey. And just of fraction of the 32,338 reported in 2024 in South Carolina cases go to trial.

DSS say that some of the deepest, most enduring trauma is inflicted on children who never receive a single physical mark.

Schweinitz's sunflowers are native to the Piedmont. Development drove them to the edge of extinction. But a local effort is seeing them come back.

Domestic violence is a persistent, deadly crisis in South Carolina. New data confirm the state's rate of intimate partner violence continues to exceed the national average.

A question from a stranger changed a woman's life.

ACLU-SC's "Youth Behind the Fence" report reveals that hundreds of children are still detained for non-criminal status offenses despite federal law barring the practice, alleges safety failures, and highlights 'widened' racial disparities within the state's juvenile justice system.

As the nation marks 25 years since 9/11, a former White Knoll Middle School student turned Lexington County deputy looks back on the fundraiser that bought FDNY a firetruck — and the lifelong commitment to service it inspired.

Discovered in Georgia three years ago, yellow-legged hornets have made their way to the Lowcountry. The elusive and skilled hunters threaten the lives of honeybees.

A growing number of news stories show that more South Carolinians are (quite literally) striking back against automated license plate readers. The moment is prompting some deep questions.

County planners upheld a denial for one data center while state officials said they won't regulate another.