Tim Scott has benefited from mentors along the way. He's hoping for another helping hand

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Tim Scott was a teenager, a Chick-fil-A manager named John Moniz offered him a sandwich, a job, and four years of indispensable mentoring about how to be a businessman and a citizen. Later, after that helping hand put Scott on a path that eventually led him into...

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. In return, they lost their jobs. Voters removed Sens. Sandy Senn, Penry Gustafson and Katrina Shealy from...

The Republicans who want to be Trump's VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country. But Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s shifting position on Donald Trump over the years from one-time critic of the...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

Times and Democrat. June 25, 2024. Editorial: Runoffs not perfect but keep them Voters return to the polls Tuesday for runoffs two weeks after the June primaries. Unlike in a general election in which the candidate with the most votes wins, a primary...

Soft-serve survivors: How Zesto endured in Nebraska after its ice-cream empire melted

On the hottest day of July 1948 in Norfolk, a second-page ad in the local newspaper presented readers with a flavorful way to cool off. The recently opened Baldridge Zesto Shoppe touted its “new and different … high quality dairy product” that contained 6% butterfat but was...

South Carolina General Assembly ends 2024 session with goodbyes and a flurry of bills

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina General Assembly met for what is expected to be the final day of the 2024 session Wednesday, taking up a flurry of bills and giving several lawmakers a chance to say goodbye. Legislators sent to the governor's desk a bill changing the way...

Defending national champion South Carolina to play in eight-team Fort Myers Tip-off in November

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Defending national champion South Carolina will take part in the eight-team, Fort Myers Tip-off tournament over Thanksgiving weekend. The Gamecocks, who at 38-0 became the first undefeated champion in eight seasons, open against Iowa State before taking on...

Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in South Carolina’s 3rd District on Tuesday, defeating a challenger who called himself former President Donald Trump's pastor. In November,...

Sheri Biggs wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices’ action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety...