South Carolina

South Carolina's comptroller quits after a $3.5 billion accounting error

4:01pm March 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Republican Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's decision to leave the post he has held for 20 years came after scrutiny of his performance following the blunder in a year-end financial report.

South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom holds up a book he wanted to present to his new chief of staff during his introduction at a meeting on Aug. 13, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Pressure is mounting for Eckstrom after a $3.5 billion accounting error.

A $3.5 billion accounting error puts the South Carolina comptroller's job on the line

5:26pm March 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

State lawmakers angry over the accounting blunder by Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom began efforts to oust him, a day after demanding he quit or be fired. He has signaled he won't resign.

Lisa B. Stokes, 60, is a retired schoolteacher from Bamberg.

Politics & Government

A visit to Nikki Haley's hometown — where division 'still exists'

5:30pm February 19, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Nikki Haley paints her hometown as a place where race was a reality, but not a limitation. But residents say some racial divisions still exist.

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Sailors prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon Friday for transport. The U.S. military says it has succeeded in recovering "significant debris" from a Chinese balloon that was shot down off of the South Carolina coast.

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The U.S. military lifts the Chinese balloon's 'priority sensors' from the ocean floor

2:04pm February 14, 2023

by Bill Chappell

"Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified," U.S. Northern Command said.

In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on Estero Island in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Friday.

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Dozens are dead from Ian, one of the strongest and costliest U.S. storms

7:59am October 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The powerful storm terrorized millions for most of the week, hitting western Cuba before raking across Florida and then South Carolina.

A local resident walks in a flooded street as Hurricane Ian bears down on Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 30. Ian hit southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm before crossing over into the Atlantic and is now hitting South Carolina as a Category 1 storm near Charleston.

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Photos: Here's what Ian looks like in South Carolina

5:32pm September 30, 2022

The storm has landed in South Carolina after devastating southwest and central Florida. Ian brought heavy rain, high winds and flooding along South Carolina coast, causing damage in some areas.

A map shows coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia that could be inundated by storm surge from Hurricane Ian. Areas in orange could see more than 6 feet of water above ground; those in yellow could see more than 3 feet; blue signals 1 foot or more.

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Hurricane Ian makes landfall in South Carolina, flooding beaches and roads

3:03pm September 30, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"The flooding has been catastrophic," the police department on Pawleys Island, S.C., said around midday. As the storm arrived, the state was under 85 weather alerts.

Brittany Martin, center, confronts police as demonstrators march in protest of George Floyd's death May 2020 in downtown Sumter, S.C. Martin, a pregnant Black activist serving four years in prison for her behavior at racial justice protests, is scheduled

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A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison

3:06pm September 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Brittany Martin, 34, was convicted of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner, and may have to give birth in prison. An advocate notes that some Jan. 6 rioters are serving far less time.

Emily Meggett, the author of Gullah Geechee Home Cooking. Meggett published her cookbook at age 89.

For this 89-year-old Gullah Geechee chef, cooking is about heart

6:30am August 15, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Emily Meggett has spent decades caring for her community and family with her delicious, traditional Gullah Geechee food from South Carolina. Now, she's sharing that cuisine with the world.

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Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C., at Spoleto Festival USA.

The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

12:20pm June 07, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

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