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South Carolina has primary jurisdiction over the case of a man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year and thus should be allowed to prosecute him before the federal government does, a state attorney argued Tuesday.

Residents served by the Inman Community Fire Service Area approved a referendum Tuesday that will increase the fire area's tax rate.

David Smith won the open Cherokee County Council seat after a runoff election against Bryson Parris Tuesday night.

Former state House Rep. Scott Talley has defeated incumbent state Sen. Lee Bright in the Senate District 12 runoff.

Greer City Council gave its final approval Tuesday night to a new budget with no tax increase, more than a dozen new positions and a fee increase for some residents.

The town of Pacolet is about four months into a pilot recycling program that allows residents to dump their recyclables into blue containers that are collected each week.

A decline in Cherokee County's childhood obesity rate over the past few years has caught the attention of a national foundation dedicated to improving health.

Turkey's NTV television is quoting Istanbul's governor as saying 28 people were killed in the attack at the city's airport and some 60 people wounded.

Gerard Edwards has been named principal of Spartanburg Preparatory School, which is a member of the S.C. Public Charter School District.

moothie King and its menu of drinks for healthy-minded people on the go will open its first Spartanburg store on Thursday.