Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart ...

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

New data from NOAA finds that South Carolina had its driest first three months of the year in nearly 40 years.

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, funded in part by the insurance industry, builds homes and exposes them ...

South Carolina man accused of walking into neighbor's home and shooting a child, then confessing to killing his wife, investigators said.

The Holly Hill and Eutawville fire departments merged to form East Lake Fire Rescue, covering 150 square miles with faster response times.

A man who was found by deputies covered in blood has been arrested after attempting to kill his family, according to the ...

A South Carolina man on death row prepares to be put to death by firing squad, as his lawyer says the case is a matter of ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, is to be executed at 6pm (10pm UK time) at a prison in state capital Columbia for the murder of 56-year-old ...

Mikal Mahdi, who was convicted of two 2004 murders, including the death of an off-duty cop, chose an upscale final meal ahead ...

The death row inmate is being held at a prison in Columbia, South Carolina, for the murder of a police captain ...

South Carolina gives its death row inmates a choice between lethal injection, the electric chair and the firing squad. Mahdi ...