Steve Houghton / Unsplash Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Republicans in Crucial Redistricting Battle The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Republicans in a crucial redistricting case that has Democrats screaming. By Warner Todd Huston, The Western Journal May 25, 2024
Town of Hilton Head Island Government / Facebook Woman Attacked by Alligator While Walking Dog, Seriously Injured After Creature Drags Her Into Water A woman walking her dog near a lagoon was dragged into the water by an 8-foot alligator and escaped with serious injuries. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal September 3, 2021
@NancyMace / Twitter GOP Rep. Nancy Mace Says She Has Started Carrying After Her Home Was Targeted: 'I'm Not Going to Be Intimidated' 'When this happened, it really changed everything for me. I'm not going to live in fear, and I'm not going to be intimidated.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 6, 2021
@GreenvilleNews / Twitter screen shot GOP Rep Vows to Replace 21 American Flags Burned by Cemetery Vandals South Carolina Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan took to Twitter on Tuesday morning with his response to replace the flags. By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal July 6, 2021
Columbia Police Department Man Arrested in Vandalization of 7-Year-Old Murder Victim's Grave Police in South Carolina have arrested a man for allegedly vandalizing the grave of a child who was murdered last year. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal July 2, 2021
@Hunt_Saenz / Twitter screen shot Lone Cop Faces Down BLM Mob as Agitators Set Fire to South Carolina Police Station This is like 2020 all over again. We saw police stations burned down last year. Now, it's happening in South Carolina. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal June 25, 2021
@thdef / Unsplash Man Fist Bumps Attorney After Avoiding Murder Charge; Earlier Confessed to Gunning Down 77-Year-Old A South Carolina man was found not guilty, even though he admitted shooting a former Hardeeville volunteer fire chief, Ernest Stevens. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 6, 2021
MSNBC / YouTube screen shot Sen. Booker Surprisingly Praises Sen. Scott in Front of Host Who Launched Racial Attacks at Him 'I'm telling you as a black man, Tim Scott is sincere in wanting to see us address these problems,' Sen. Cory Booker said. By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal May 26, 2021
@alien_crafted / Unsplash That Woman Filling a Grocery Bag with Gasoline? You Can Thank Anti-Gouging Laws Anti-price gouging laws ensured that prices remained unaffected during the gasoline shortage, allowing hoarders to fill every container. By Eric Nanneman, The Western Journal May 18, 2021
Zhanjiang Chen / Unsplash New York Times Attempts to Cover Up Gas Shortage, Says There's Not One and No Long Lines The same day as The Times' tweet, the platform erupted with users recording their experiences with various local shortages. By Jack Cowhick, The Western Journal May 11, 2021
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / Facebook screen shot Experts Warn Not to Swim with Strange Worms Infesting South Carolina Coast A frightening creature has begun its annual invasion of the South Carolina coastline, promting state officials to issue warnings. By Garion Frankel, The Western Journal May 2, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Nikki Haley Reveals She Would Support Trump in 2024, Not Run if He Does In an appearance at South Carolina State University, Haley said she won't be running in 2024 if Trump decides run again. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 13, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr SC Gov Blocks Biden from Housing Unaccompanied Minors in State's Foster Care, Residential Facilities 'South Carolina’s children must always be given first priority for placement into foster care and the state’s strained resources,' he said. By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal April 12, 2021
Cordray's / Facebook screen shot Five Dog Tags Found Inside Monster South Carolina Gator The alligator was allowed to be hunted as a 'nuisance alligator' under South Carolina law - and it turned out to have been quite a nuisance. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 12, 2021
Wally Gobetz / Flickr MLB's Georgia Boycott Backfires, Congressman Moves to Strip League's Antitrust Exemption South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan and other Republicans in Congress are pushing back against MLB over its Georgia boycott. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal April 5, 2021
WACH-TV screen shot 'That Guy Picked the Wrong House': Age 82 Vet Takes on Armed Intruder, Beats Him to Death A home invasion suspect 'picked the wrong house,’ a neighbor said, after the man was beaten to death by an 82-year-old Vietnam veteran. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal February 20, 2021
Emiliano Bar / Unsplash Prisoners in Other States Were Sent $42 Million in Unemployment Benefits from CA Over $42 million was sent to thousands of inmates in other states aside from California, all in the name of fraud. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal January 7, 2021
The Post and Courier via @AveryGWilks / Twitter South Carolina Just Debuted Its New State Flag - And Nearly Everyone Hates It Even though the new South Carolina state flag was historically accurate, most people did not find it aesthetically pleasing. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal January 4, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr 'You Will Fail Miserably': Sen. Graham Shuts Down Far-Left Efforts To Force His Resignation The South Carolina Republican dismissed a series of tweets by members of the 'squad' and other House progressives calling for him to step down. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal November 23, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr FBI: Whitmer Kidnapping Mastermind Allegedly Also Wanted To Murder Trump, Overthrow GOP Gov One of the alleged plotters to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reportedly also spoke of hurting President Donald Trump. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal October 30, 2020
Spartanburg Regional / Facebook screen shot Man Granted Dying Wish To Be Baptized: 'He Wanted To Show He Believed More Than Anything' Due to Jenis James Grindstaff's medical issues the staff had to creatively plan how to ensure his safety. They ended up doing that and more. By Kayla Kunkel, The Western Journal October 29, 2020