“Don’t text and drive. It’s the law.” Drivers will soon read this warning on state transportation message boards and signs around Mount Pleasant.  Police wasted no time in getting the word out following Town Council’s passage of a ban on texting while driving, making Mount Pleasant the first Charleston-area town to take such action.

If you, like thousands of people in South Carolina, live near a smelly landfill, it just got more difficult to get compensation when your life is disrupted by unpleasant odors wafting your way. The S.C. Supreme Court recently ruled that, while a company can be found guilty of trespassing when it produces dust or water

Gary Mihoces , USA TODAY Sports ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Millions of kids still play tackle football. The NFL still makes billions of dollars. But both are challenged by concussions, which don’t discriminate between pee-wees or pros. And a dip in youth participation has the NFL’s attention, too.

By The Associated Press Published: August 6, 2013 BEAUFORT (AP) — The widow of a Bluffton man shot to death by a tow-truck driver in 2010 has settled a lawsuit against the man and several co-defendants for nearly $2 million. The settlement of $1.75 million was approved by a judge last month, The Island Packet of

In a recent report for the Center for American Progress, authors Billy Corriher and Brent DeBeaumont highlight allegations that State Farm violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in the 2004 Illinois Supreme Court election by secretly contributing to the campaign of Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier. Prior to the 2004 election, State Farm

By SAMMY FRETWELL — sfretwell@thestate.com COLUMBIA, SC — The S.C. Supreme Court delivered a costly setback this week to the neighbors of a huge Lee County garbage dump that had been ordered to pay them $2.3 million in damages for sending powerful odors across the countryside near Bishopville.