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Juvenile crime is not near the levels it was 20 or even 10 years ago. But Chesterfield County officials are dealing with a slow rise in juvenile crimes that have included several high-profile shootings of and by minors this year.

Hosted at Voorhees University in Denmark, South Carolina, the food drive brought fresh produce and proteins to rural residents who either cannot access the types of food distributed or cannot afford to add the items into their personal budgets.

Stephen Corey Bryant's execution was the state's fifth of the year and third by firing squad. South Carolina resumed inmate executions in September 2024 after a 13-year halt.

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.

On Friday, a federal judge ordered the release of contingency funds to cover Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments. Even with that kind of step, the stress of the moment and questions about tomorrow weigh heavy on some South Carolinians when they think of safety net programs.

Food assistance workers in Cherokee County are bracing for increased need as the month-old federal government shutdown hovers over the future of SNAP.

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster is championing private donations to the One SC Fund to help mitigate a looming SNAP funding crisis. State Democrats say the plan is something, but nowhere near a solution.

More than 260,000 households throughout the state may not receive the needed food assistance on its usual schedule.

Most of South Carolina’s measles cases are in the Upstate, among unvaccinated children. But even among concerns and questions, some health officials remind that this is not like Covid.

Although politically similar, Florida and South Carolina have wide differences in how they approach affordable/workforce housing. Housing insiders here say Florida's focus on collaboration could be instructive for South Carolina.