COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the state’s lethal injection drug and procedures.

The South Carolina House has approved its own version of a bill that would let parents spend taxpayer money on private school tuition.

More than 500,000 people in parts of Georgia and South Carolina were advised to keep their windows shut on Wednesday, after an air-quality alert was issued for the area. The alert warned that the concentration of fine particulates in the designated areas may reach or surpass levels considered unhealthy for individuals sensitive to particle pollution.

Federal prosecutors say three members of the City Council in South Carolina’s third-largest city accepted kickbacks and bribes to give out grant money and rezone land or lied about what they knew.

The first big fight of the 2025 legislative session in South Carolina is splitting Republicans and Democrats as well as attorneys, businesses and insurers as the Senate looks to change how the state handles some civil lawsuits.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged a woman with multiple crimes, including first-degree computer crimes, forgery, insurance fraud, and breach of trust, on 13.

Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal injection process. If carried out, it would be the first U.S. firing squad execution since 2010.

Tuberculosis is treatable with antibiotics, and health officials encourage those contacted to undergo testing as a precaution.

On a final note, Donald Trump, as a representative of the federal government, has a lot of things that he can do to bring her into compliance, such as adjudicate whether she’s going to get federal education funds or not. Maine is not known as one of the wealthiest states that’s autonomous and independent economically of the rest of us.

The defending NCAA champion South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team has an away game against the Ole Miss Rebels on February 27. It's hard to imagine