South Carolina lawmakers voted Monday to spend money that the state doesn't even have.

House lawmakers will consider requiring campaigns to report donations received in the two weeks between the final finance reports and Election Day.

Fire officials say arson is to blame for a fire that damaged one of the best-known homes on Lake Murray.

Investigators say a fire that destroyed a large vacant mansion on Lake Murray was intentionally set.

A massive home on Lake Murray has been seriously damaged by a fire, but the destruction reportedly may have been part of a pre-planned demolition effort.

ST. ANDREWS REGIONAL BRANCH: Teen video game challenge, 3-5 p.m. today and Thursday, Feb.

Toyota says dealerships should have the parts to fix its accelerator problem by the end of the week.

Ballentine Elementary in Lexington-Richland 5 is among five schools nominated by the S.C. Department of Education for the 2010 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, officials announced Wednesday.

Two homes were damaged by fire near Ballentine Thursday afternoon, according to Richland County authorities.

COLUMBIA - The South Carolina Department of Education is nominating one high school and four elementary schools for recognition in the 2010 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex announced today.

Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. Read more: Local , Ballentine , Lexington County , Fire Services , Fireplace The Lexington County Fire Service is investigating a Sunday Morning fire on Ballentine Lane.

According to Richland County officials, a garbage truck ran into a home on Persimmon Wood Court in the Ballentine area of the county at about 11 a.m. Thursday.

With a rash of big-box closings, the retail occupancy rate in the Columbia area dipped below 90 percent for the first time in roughly a decade in 2009, falling to 88 percent, according to two new reports.

Richland County authorities say at approximately 11:00 a.m. Friday, a garbage truck hit a home on Persimmon Wood Court in Ballentine.

Santa's sleigh got a police escort as it rolled through the Belmont area this week.