Andy Clark, a candidate with years of experience in the Spartanburg Police Department and sheriff's offices, was the first to answer. He said rebuilding the reputation starts with the sheriffs.

South Carolinians saw this week as Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a two-day swing through the state was more than a highly visible candidate who probably will run for president in 2028.

More than 100 years after his death, Robert Smalls — a Civil War hero, educator and South Carolina politician — will be ...

The South Carolina Capitol grounds will soon include a statue of Robert Smalls, a formerly enslaved Civil War hero, among the statues of five white men, most with ties to the Civil War or Jim Crow.