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GAVIN JACKSON/SCETVSouth Carolina Republican Statehouse leaders say a mid-cycle redraw of the state's congressional map is unlikely to occur in the legislative session starting Jan. 13 despite calls from some conservatives. -
Provided/StoryCorpsThe summer after Peyton Wooldridge of Chester, S.C. graduated from Mary Baldwin University in 1968, two of her female classmates went to Vietnam to serve during the war. One of those classmates wrote to her, encouraging her to also come and serve, saying, “This will change your life.”
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The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that 26 new cases of measles have been confirmed in the Upstate since last Friday, bringing the total number of illnesses in the current outbreak to more than 200. -
U.S. health officials have made unprecedented changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that all children get vaccinated against 11 diseases, down from 18 a year ago. -
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Jan. 5 he will ask state lawmakers this year to spend an additional $1.1 billion in new money on roads, citing rising inflation and labor costs. -
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Warm weather is expected across the Palmetto State from mid to late week. Temperatures will climb into the 70s with overnight lows in the 50s. -
In its first 2026 measles update, the South Carolina Department of Public Health identified nine new cases since Dec. 30. -
The FBI says it has disrupted a plot to attack a North Carolina grocery store on New Year’s Eve, arresting a man who officials said was inspired by the Islamic State group and pledged his loyalty to the extremist militants. -
January 2026 is expected to bring warmer-than-average and drier-than-normal conditions across much of the Southeast, according to NOAA’s latest climate outlook. -
Cotton Branch, a sanctuary in Leesville, S.C., rescues pigs from hoarding, neglect and abuse. -
A southern storm system will bring widespread rain to South Carolina from Friday through the first half of the weekend.
