No. 9 LSU Edges No. 3 South Carolina 23-21.
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(BATON ROUGE, LA) – No. 9 LSU got back on track with a 23-21 win at home against the No. 3 South Carolina Gamecocks.
The teams traded leads throughout the game, but LSU took the lead for good when freshman runni…
No. 9 LSU Edges No. 3 South Carolina 23-21.
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(BATON ROUGE, LA) – No. 9 LSU got back on track with a 23-21 win at home against the No. 3 South Carolina Gamecocks.
The teams traded leads throughout the game, but LSU took the lead for good when freshman runni…
(6) South Carolina Gets Past Kentucky, 38-17
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — South Carolina (5-0) scored 31 unanswered points in the second half, as the Gamecocks took care of Kentucky (1-4), 38-17.
Kentucky lost their starting quarterback Maxwell Smith on the first series of the g…
Gamecocks’ D.J. Swearinger Suspended 1 Game
BananaStock(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina safety D.J. Swearinger has been suspended one game.
The safety was penalized for his hit on a defenseless UAB’s Patrick Hearn while breaking up a pass in the third quarter Saturday. The Southeastern Confere…
Hostage Prison Guard Saved by Inmates’ Contraband Cell Phones
Kevin Horan/Stone(BISHOPVILLE, S.C.) — A South Carolina prison guard was released late Thursday night following a tense five-hour standoff, after inmates using contraband cell phones tipped off authorities that the injured officer was being held hosta…
Hostage Prison Guard Saved by Inmates’ Contraband Cell Phones
Kevin Horan/Stone(BISHOPVILLE, S.C.) — A South Carolina prison guard was released late Thursday night following a tense five-hour standoff, after inmates using contraband cell phones tipped off authorities that the injured officer was being held hosta…
Hostage Prison Guard Saved by Inmates’ Contraband Cell Phones
Kevin Horan/Stone(BISHOPVILLE, S.C.) — A South Carolina prison guard was released late Thursday night following a tense five-hour standoff, after inmates using contraband cell phones tipped off authorities that the injured officer was being held hosta…
Probable Myrtle Beach Shark Attack Leaves Four Bitten
Comstock/Thinkstock(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — Four people have been bitten by a marine animal or animals in the water off Myrtle Beach, S.C., according to fire rescue officers.The victims were reportedly bitten Thursday on their feet and calves. One…
What to Watch in Tuesday’s Voting Contests
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Voters take to the polls to cast their ballots in Arizona, Maine, Virginia, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina on Tuesday. Residents of these respective states will decide on a series of contests incl…
Former Secret Service Agent Charged in Kidnapping Plot
Anderson County Detention Center(NEW YORK) — A former U.S. Secret Service agent campaigning to be a sheriff in South Carolina is facing charges for allegedly plotting to kidnap a retired judge.James Bartee, a 54-year-old running for sheriff in Oconee …
Nikki Haley Capitalizes from Piñata Smashing
Chris Keane/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Republicans are trying to capitalize off a recent video featuring a South Carolina AFL-CIO leader bashing a piñata bearing the face of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.Haley sent out a donation request via …
South Carolina AFL-CIO Leader Bashes Nikki Haley Pinata
Chris Keane/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — A video has surfaced showing Donna Dewitt, the outgoing president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, bashing a piñata of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s face while Dewitt and her colleagues wer…
Nikki Haley Says She’d Turn Down Vice Presidential Nod
Office of the Governor South Carolina(WASHINGTON) — There is a wooden sign posted on South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s statehouse office door: “Can’t is not an option.” Haley has broken many barriers in the state. She is not only its first non-white g…
No IRS Investigation into South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
Renee Ittner-McManus Office of the Governor(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — ABC News has learned that the Internal Revenue Service never conducted an investigation into South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s involvement in a Sikh temple’s finances. Nanet…
Mitt Romney: He Was ‘Vastly Outspent’ in S.C., But Analysts Disagree
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) — As Florida voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, Mitt Romney spoke on the lessons he learned from the race he lost to Newt Gingrich in South Carolina just 10 days ago.“In South Carolina we were vastly outsp…
Stephen Colbert Ends Exploratory Committee for President of US of SC
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Amidst post-debate analysis and preparation for the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns, Stephen Colbert tweeted about the end of his exploratory committee for President of the Un…
Stephen Colbert Gives Herman Cain the ‘Colbert Bump’ in SC
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — It seems South Carolinans may have a “hunger” for comedian Stephen Colbert’s presidential bid. Either that or the Cain Train is gaining some steam.In Saturd…
Santorum Denounces Gingrich as ‘Very High-Risk Candidate’
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rick Santorum tore into his Republican rival Newt Gingrich on Sunday, calling the former House speaker a “very high risk candidate” who could dash Republican hopes of winning back the White House if…
Can Mitt Romney Get His Groove Back?
ABC News(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — After a stunning and sweeping loss last night in South Carolina, can Mitt Romney find a way back to his perch as the undisputed front-runner and likely GOP nominee? Or has Newt Gingrich finally found the winning formula for …
Gingrich Delivers a Statewide Drubbing in S.C.
John Moore/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Newt Gingrich nearly swept South Carolina on Saturday, winning all but one of the state’s bellwether counties and collecting votes from every region.Mitt Romney’s bright spot came in Charleston, th…