Michael Gates will be Trump’s deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice’s civil rights division. Gates ...

Horry County murder suspect Meagan Jackson is scheduled to go on trial Monday after defense attorneys on Thursday withdrew a ...

It’s been three months since the Strickland family fled their Spartanburg home — their young children in their arms — wading through flood waters that spilled out of Lawson’s Fork Creek with ...

Efforts to fortify the military alliance between the Philippines and New Zealand are now underway following the conduct of the first round of formal negotiations on the proposed Status of Visiting ...

After Gov. Henry McMaster entered the House chamber Wednesday to deliver his annual state of the state address, he gave the speech while holding the job longer than any of his 116 predecessors.

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Governor Henry McMaster announced Thursday ... Gadsden currently serves as the Deputy Director for Programs, Reentry, and Rehabilitative Services for the South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. - A Shelby County deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday morning, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). The deadly shooting happened in the 1600 block of ...

(Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — A deputy director for South Carolina’s prisons agency is the governor’s pick to lead the department tasked with supervising people completing their sentences ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today announced his appointment of Jake Gadsden, Jr. as the next Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services (SCDPPPS).