Category: South Carolina

Historic Southern Resorts You May Not Have Heard About

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Fancy a romantic sojourn through the South? If you’re ready to sweeten your life with your sweetie with loads of Southern charm, scenery and history, then you’ll find myriad grand resorts dotted across the countryside from Tennessee and North Carolina and down to Alabama and Georgia and…


This SC City Gets More Accolades From a National Magazine. Is It Still a Best-Kept Secret?

By Lyn Riddle From The State Greenville earned another shout out from Travel + Leisure Magazine, and once again the Upstate city is considered one of the South’s best-kept secrets. Longtime Greenville Mayor Knox White said it reminds him of a consultant the city worked with long ago who said at some point you don’t…


2 Railway Employees Hospitalized After SC Train Derailment

COLUMBIA, S.C.—Two trains collided Monday morning in South Carolina, causing one of them to derail and leaving two railway employees hospitalized, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. No additional injuries are expected. A diesel fuel leak was contained and poses no danger to the public or environment, Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins told The…


Plenty of Southern Charm Found in Charleston’s Sprawling Wild Dunes Resort

By Susan Young From TravelPulse A lot has been written about the port city of Charleston, South Carolina, with its Southern charm, cobblestone streets and colorful pre-Civil War architecture. However, little might be known of the region’s coastal offerings. Just a half hour’s drive northeast of the city sits the Isle of Palms, Charleston’s resort…


‘Swarm’ of Earthquakes Hitting South Carolina Are Getting Stronger

A so-called earthquake “swarm” that is hitting South Carolina appears to be getting stronger, researchers said this week. Two earthquakes that have a magnitude of 3.5 and 3.6, respectively, hit Wednesday close to Elgin, South Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Days before that, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck in another part of the…


Two Trump Targets Fall, Two Survive June 28 Primary Challenges

Two Republican congressional incumbents who incurred former President Donald Trump’s wrath were defeated, while two survived inter-party challenges in June 28 runoffs and primaries. Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), who is being investigated for federal campaign violations, fell in a Republican runoff while a Trump-endorsed incumbent defeated Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) in their GOP primary. They…


LIVE UPDATES: Voters in 7 States Cast Ballots in Midterm Primaries, Runoffs

5:21 p.m. ET Utah Voters Split Over Which Republican to Pick for Senate SPANISH FORK, Utah—Utah County primary voters went to the polls on June 28 to choose between incumbents or to chart a new direction with candidates for change in the U.S. House and Senate. At the Spanish Fork Senior Centern in the heavily…


LIVE UPDATES: Boebert Beats Coram in Colorado Republican US House Primary

Rep. Boebert Wins Colorado Republican US House Primary 10:09 p.m. ET Trump-backed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) easily blasted past her challenger, a veteran state lawmaker, to win the Republican primary on June 28. By 9:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Boebert had corralled more than 63 percent of the vote with 60 percent of precincts reporting. The popular…


LIVE UPDATES: Trump-Backed Boebert Wins in Colorado; Hochul to Face Zeldin for New York Governor

Rep. Boebert Wins Colorado Republican US House Primary 10:09 p.m. ET Trump-backed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) easily blasted past her challenger, a veteran state lawmaker, to win the Republican primary on June 28. By 9:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Boebert had corralled more than 63 percent of the vote with 60 percent of precincts reporting. The popular…


Trump-Backed Boebert Wins in Colorado; Hochul to Face Zeldin for New York Governor

Rep. Boebert Wins Colorado Republican US House Primary 10:09 p.m. ET Trump-backed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) easily blasted past her challenger, a veteran state lawmaker, to win the Republican primary on June 28. By 9:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Boebert had corralled more than 63 percent of the vote with 60 percent of precincts reporting. The popular…