Tag Archives: South Carolina

Axios reports: The U.S. Marine Corps is asking for the public’s help in locating an F-35B Lightning II jet after the pilot ejected during a “mishap.” Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina said Sunday that “emergency response teams are still trying to locate the F-35,” worth upwards of $80 million. The pilot was in stable condition after being taken to …

Columbia’s CBS affiliate reports: Authorities say a former Sumter County church deacon has been arrested after allegedly sharing an obscene photograph with a church youth group member. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said 77-year-old Maxell Navar Bohn II of Sumter was charged with disseminating obscene material to a person under 18. The charge stems from an incident that the victim’s …

The Associated Press reports: South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after about six weeks of pregnancy. The 4-1 ruling departs from the court’s own decision earlier this year to strike down a similar law. The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. South comes after …

Greenville, South Carolina’s CBS affiliate reports: A former priest in Laurens, South Carolina, will be headed to prison after taking a minor from South Carolina to Florida with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Jamie Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, aka “Father Gonzalez,” 68, of Laurens, a former Catholic priest, pleaded guilty in federal court …

South Carolina’s The State reports: Four members of a South Carolina family who acted as “ringleaders” to an unruly mob inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 have been sentenced to stints in prison for their actions. Linwood Robinson Sr.; his son, Linwood Robinson II; a younger son, Benjamin Robinson; and Brittany Robinson, the wife of Linwood Robinson II, …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) received endorsements from 35 South Carolina lawmakers and local leaders for his presidential bid, his campaign announced Thursday. The endorsements add to the 15 that he received from state legislators late last month ahead of a campaign stop in South Carolina. The new additions include a state representative, two sheriffs, several county …

The Hill reports: Supporters of former President Trump booed and called South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) a “traitor” at a rally in the senator’s home state on Saturday. “Thank y’all for coming. Thank you very much,” Graham said in response to a chorus of boos at the rally for the former president in Pickens, S.C. “Just calm down for …

The Charleston Post & Courier reports: A routine press conference on a federal grant for Charleston’s bus system put Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace on the defensive after Democrats pounced on the fact she actually voted against the bill that made it happen. While Mace voted against the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, even calling it a “fiasco” and “socialist wish …

South Carolina’s The State reports: A youth pastor faces new charges of video recording girls — some as young as 14 — in the bathroom of the church he was fired from recently. Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, was arrested Saturday and charged with using his phone to video record a woman while she was showering at her mother’s home in …

Spartanburg’s CBS affiliate reports: A now-former Upstate youth pastor is accused of videoing a woman while she was showering in Greenwood County. Once deputies arrived on the scene, they spoke with the victim who said while she was taking a shower at her mother’s house, she saw a light outside the bathroom window. She said she got out of the …

The Associated Press reports: A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure. The ruling by Judge Clifton Newman came just about 24 hours after Gov. …

CNN reports: A controversial six-week abortion ban bill is headed to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s desk to be signed into law after the measure cleared the state Senate Tuesday. The state Senate approved a House-amended version of the bill by a vote of 27-19, after that chamber passed it last week. A bipartisan group of five women lawmakers in …

ABC News reports: The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, sending the bill to the governor who has promised to sign it. The proposal restores the ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — a ban that, once …

The Guardian reports: Tim Scott formally launched his presidential campaign on Monday, joining a growing field of Republican candidates looking to capture their party’s nomination and rob Donald Trump of another opportunity to face off against Joe Biden next year. “Under President Biden, our nation is retreating away from patriotism,” Scott told a cheering crowd at Charleston Southern University in …

Charleston’s ABC affiliate reports: Charleston County Democrats released a statement Sunday demanding an apology and retraction from Gov. Henry McMaster for comments made during a South Carolina Republican convention Saturday. According to The State reporter Joseph Bustos, McMaster said: “I look forward to the day that democrats are so rare, we have to hunt them with dogs.” Bustos was live-tweeting …

The Associated Press reports: Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina made it official Friday: He’s running for president. Scott, the Senate’s only Black Republican, filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring his intention to seek his party’s nomination in 2024. His candidacy will test whether a more optimistic vision of America’s future can resonate with GOP voters who have …

Axios reports: Republican Sen. Tim Scott’s not-yet-official campaign for president is launching a $6 million ad buy in several states early next week. The move suggests the South Carolina senator will be able to boost his profile with voters as he tries to be heard over better-known GOP contenders such as former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who …

ABC News reports: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to make …

The Associated Press reports: Embattled South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw. The state’s top accountant will leave the elected post he has held for 20 years on April 30. The Senate panel investigating the error issued a damning report last week that suggested …

Law & Crime reports: Seventeen Republican lawmakers in South Carolina sponsored a bill that would redefine “person” under the state’s criminal law to include a fertilized egg. Should the measure pass, it would mean that under the state’s penal code, a pregnant person who undergoes an abortion could be subject to all applicable punishments, including the death penalty. Chairman of …