State

A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial recanted statements Friday that he saw defendant Howard K. Stern give the celebrity model excessive drugs.

A South Carolina man whose family became involved with Anna Nicole Smith has recanted statements critical of the former model's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern.

Authorities have arrested a South Carolina man they say ran over his estranged wife's new boyfriend with his pickup truck.

Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers' Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New England.

Legislators will consider a plan next year that would raise the gasoline tax in South Carolina by a nickel per gallon, begin taxing water, electricity and prescription drugs, and reinstate a grocery tax.

There are only two months left until South Carolina voters go to the polls, and the state's election officials want to make sure everyone who is eligible gets registered.

Authorities say a 2-year-old South Carolina boy whose body was found buried in cement in a trash can earlier this year died from a blow to the head.

A three-year-old marketing campaign touting South Carolina produce and farm products could create as many as 10,000 jobs a year, a study released Friday says.

South Carolina troopers are saturating the state's roadways this weekend to crack down on speeders and drunken drivers over the Labor Day holiday.

Hurricane Earl is weakening but the National Hurricane Center says gusts of more than 70 mph are still possible on Cape Cod and Nantucket Island in Massachusetts as the storm moves northeast.