Category: South Carolina

South Carolina House Votes to Add Firing Squad to Execution Methods

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday in favor of a measure that added firing squads as an alternative execution method for the state’s death-row inmates, amid a lack of lethal injection drugs. The bill, approved by a 66-43 vote, will require condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren’t…


South Carolina House Votes to Add Firing Squad as Execution Method

The South Carolina House voted on May 5 to add firing squads as an alternative execution method for the state’s death-row inmates, amid a lack of lethal injection drugs. The bill, approved by a 66–43 vote, will require condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren’t available. The state…


Top House Democrat Says He Was Fined $5,000 for Evading Metal Detectors at Capitol

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the No. 3 Democrat in the House, said he was fined $5,000 for evading metal detectors inside the U.S. Capitol and plans to appeal. “Yeah,” he said in response to a question from CNN on Thursday about whether he was fined. Clyburn added that “I have no idea” what had happened. “It’s…


South Carolina Driver Killed by Exploding Air Bag Inflator

DETROIT—A driver in South Carolina is the latest person to be killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator. Honda said Wednesday that a faulty driver’s air bag blew apart in a crash involving a 2002 Honda Accord in Lancaster County, South Carolina. The company wouldn’t give details of the Jan. 9 crash near Charlotte,…


Explore the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains

When we moved to Greenville, South Carolina, we had no idea how popular the area had become since Bonnie was a child growing up here. Now, Upstate South Carolina is one of the top destinations in the United States for visiting and for living, with tremendous growth in both. The Upstate area, along with the…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (April 13)

South Carolina blocks the federal government from placing migrant children in the state’s foster care system. Governor Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) says South Carolina children should always be put first. Residents continue to protest a young man’s death following a police shooting near Minneapolis. That’s as the city council makes changes to the chain of command….


SC Governor Blocks Biden Administration From Bringing Unaccompanied Children From Border

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order on Monday that prohibits the federal government from bringing unaccompanied children from the U.S.-Mexico border to South Carolina. McMaster issued the executive order in response to inquiries from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration of Children and Families about if the state had resources…


Coroner: 6th Victim Dead Following South Carolina Shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A sixth person has died following a shooting earlier this week at the hands of a former NFL player who also killed four members of a South Carolina family, local officials said Saturday. Robert Shook, 38, an air conditioning technician from Cherryville, North Carolina, has died from injuries sustained in the Wednesday shooting while…


Agent, Family Speak out After Former NFL Player Identified as Suspect in Mass Shooting

The agent and relatives of a former professional football player who was named as the only suspect in a mass shooting that killed five this week are speaking out. Philip Adams, 32, a former NFL player, was identified by law enforcement officials as the man who gunned down a doctor, his wife, their two grandchildren,…


Operation Home Alone: 10 ‘Potential Child Predators’ Arrested in South Carolina

Ten potential child predators arrested following an extensive online child exploitation investigation in South Carolina dubbed “Operation Home Alone.”