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Nine state lawmakers announced their endorsement of state Sen. Lee Bright, R-Roebuck, on Tuesday in Bright's quest for a third term.

The trial of a man accused of stabbing his mother to death in her Pacolet home continued Tuesday, though witness testimony and cross examination was cut short when the Spartanburg County Courthouse was evacuated due to a bomb threat called in around 3 p.m.

The Spartanburg County Courthouse has been evacuated after a bomb threat was called in Tuesday afternoon.

Upstate officials agree that funding early childhood education programs is necessary, but funding tied to a tax increase, similar to what Philadelphia has enacted, is not likely to happen here, they said.

Evelyn Trunise Young, 23, of 860 South Jonesville Highway, was arrested and taken to the Union County jail on Monday.

The Kids Count survey released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Children's Trust of South Carolina shows the state ranks 41st overall in a child's chance of succeeding. That's up from 42nd last year and the highest ranking South Carolina's achieved in the report's existence.

Suzanna Brown Simpson belongs in a mental hospital, not prison, public defender John Mauldin told a jury in Pickens County, South Carolina as her murder trial began.

The GOP-led Senate voted down proposals to bar gun sales to terrorism suspects Monday, notching another victory for gun rights advocates eight days after a gunman who had been on an FBI terrorism watch list killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

Mark Allen Bradberry Sr., 49, is charged with murder, armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Voters in Spartanburg County and Gaffney may get to decide in referendums this November whether to allow Sunday alcohol sales in stores.