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South Carolina ETV and Public Radio Chief Meteorologist Tim Miller reflecting back to Sept. 22, 1989, the 37th anniversary of the most infamous weather event in modern South Carolina history.
South Carolina News
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DPH urges tuberculosis testing for all Hartsville High Students, staff after new case linked to 2024–25 school year.
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Stroke specialists are primarily located in urban areas, limiting access for rural patients. However, the Medical University of South Carolina is delivering rehabilitation services to patients at home, using telehealth.
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I once found a freshly cut sapling beside a small stream, its base marked with clean tooth grooves. Somewhere nearby, a beaver was reshaping the landscape one branch at a time.
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Former South Carolina and University of Florida Head Coach Steve Spurrier spoke with ATC Host Reagan Knight on the current landscape of college football.
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A defendant in the 2018 Lee Correctional riot is set to be tried next week.
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South Carolina Public Radio News Updates
The State House Gavel shares updates about the South Carolina General Assembly, including legislative actions, debates and discussions. Featuring news and interviews, so you have access to the latest developments in policy and decisions that shape South Carolina’s future.
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ACLU-SC's "Youth Behind the Fence" report reveals that hundreds of children are still detained for non-criminal status offenses despite federal law barring the practice, alleges safety failures, and highlights 'widened' racial disparities within the state's juvenile justice system.
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As the nation marks 25 years since 9/11, a former White Knoll Middle School student turned Lexington County deputy looks back on the fundraiser that bought FDNY a firetruck — and the lifelong commitment to service it inspired.
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Discovered in Georgia three years ago, yellow-legged hornets have made their way to the Lowcountry. The elusive and skilled hunters threaten the lives of honeybees.
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A growing number of news stories show that more South Carolinians are (quite literally) striking back against automated license plate readers. The moment is prompting some deep questions.
Inspiring your mornings with classical music, then complementing your evenings with indie, jazz, and more, Sound Shift flows with your day.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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This week we will be talking with Carl McNair, brother of the late Dr. Ronald McNair, NASA astronaut and Lake City, South Carolina, native. Ron McNair’s story is told in the four-part series, Once Upon a Time in Space, currently streaming on PBS and ETV Passport.Ron McNair’s story is singular: he grew up in a segregated South Carolina and went on to earn a PHD in physics. With the beginning of space shuttle program, NASA chose 35 applicants from a pool of over 10,000 astronaut candidates. In 1984 he became the second African American in space. Though he lost his life in the Challenger disaster in 1986, his story continues to inspire generations of young South Carolinians who want to reach for the stars.
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With every growing season, the South is in danger of losing an ingredient that’s shaped our state’s flavor, history, and culture. This week, we will be talking with Chef Kevin Mitchell and food historian David Shields, hosts of the SCETV and PBS series The Savers of Flavor about their ongoing search for the vanishing ingredients of Southern cuisine. Over the course of four episodes David and Kevin embark on a quest to seek out and rescue those ingredients before they are lost forever.
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See the current conditions for your part of the state and stay up to date with stories from our South Carolina Emergency Information Network.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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On this episode of the Lede for September 22, 2026: we talk with Winthrop political science professor Dr. Scott Huffmon about the state of play for the midterm elections; new polling for the US senate race; and more.
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for September 12, 2026: we continue our look at the Democrats in South Carolina ahead of the November election; we’re continuing our time on the campaign trail with Dr. Annie Andrews and hear again from national figures like Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom; and more!
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This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Alec DeCastro about shin splints and stress fractures in runners.
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This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Kristen Rice Moore about maternal mental health in SC.
Nation and World
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This Saturday, Sep. 19, volunteers across South Carolina will take part in the annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep, the state’s largest one-day waterway cleanup.
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Today marks 25 years since September 11, 2001, a day that shaped a generation of Americans.
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This week, we're staying local and paying homage to our home region: the American South. We’ll ask you to name that southern state, test your knowledge of cinema set in the south, and share some tall tales that are maybe a little too tall to be true.
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This week, we’re heading back to school for an episode about America’s colleges and universities.
Watch live and recorded streams from the South Carolina sate legislature.
From lesson plans to teacher recertification, see the latest from SCETV's Education team.
More Headlines
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A new book by the late Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, has made headlines with damning allegations about King Charles III. Buckingham Palace responded with a strongly-worded statement.
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The fall equinox, which arrives Tuesday in the U.S., brings shorter days, and chances to witness alignment between Earth and the sun. It's a modern version of ancient observances of a celestial shift.
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The Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875 million push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control.
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Paramount's owners have made concessions to 12 Democratic state attorneys general to settle a lawsuit that endangered the media company's bid for its larger Hollywood rival, Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Hundreds of drones hit targets around Moscow ahead of Russia’s election on Monday.
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This week, world leaders convene for the U.N. General Assembly as war continues in Ukraine and the Gulf. And, President Trump has proposed that his arch serve as a military complex.
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While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on.
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The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it.
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German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms.
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United Nations head António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the global body faces deep divisions.