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South Carolina

Arcs in and about South Carolina from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 1,402 stories · 7,023 articles · earliest story we hold Jul 9, 2020

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs6 named arcs in 2025

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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Gone quiet · 4

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every arc in 2025 at its own dates · opens on month
Jan 1 – Dec 31, 20254 arcs shown · 2 more this year
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Alex Murdaugh's overturned murder conviction and his coming retrial

1 of 12 stories this year

Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh's trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits · 7 articles, Dec 8
South Carolina's return to executions by firing squad

9 stories · gone quiet

S.C. executes convicted murderer · 7 articles, Jan 31Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad · 15 articles, Feb 21A South Carolina prisoner is the first executed by a firing squad in 15 years · 49 articles, Mar 4Brad Keith Sigmon final words before South Carolina execution · 10 articles, Mar 5South Carolina plans execution by firing squad for Mikal Mahdi · 9 articles, Apr 11South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks · 15 articles, Apr 11Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart · 6 articles, May 8South Carolina executes man who was serving death sentences in two murders · 8 articles, Jun 13A South Carolina man is executed by firing squad for 2004 killings · 11 articles, Nov 14
The 2026 South Carolina Senate race: Darline Graham's Republican primary win

1 of 43 stories this year · gone quiet

Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to run against Lindsey Graham in GOP bid for South Carolina Senate seat · 14 articles, Jul 28
The 2026 South Carolina governor race and Alan Wilson's Republican primary win

1 of 3 stories this year · gone quiet

Rep. Nancy Mace is latest Republican to announce bid for South Carolina governor · 23 articles, Aug 4
The return of measles to the US and the outbreaks in Texas and beyond · Jan 5, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026Boeing's 737 MAX reckoning: the door plug blowout and the crash case · Jan 6, 2024 – Aug 8, 2026

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Jul 6, 20200101
Oct 2, 2023310130
Oct 9, 20238171070
Oct 16, 202378752
Oct 23, 2023511646
Oct 30, 20238121056
Nov 6, 2023143512197
Nov 13, 2023242818195
Nov 20, 202335722
Nov 27, 2023162510116
Dec 4, 2023610788
Dec 11, 20239121054
Dec 18, 2023410857
Dec 25, 202319189117
Jan 1, 2024517868
Jan 8, 2024283217230
Jan 15, 2024435927511
Jan 22, 2024486424603
Jan 29, 2024397226641
Feb 5, 2024386721531
Feb 12, 2024122413119
Feb 19, 2024377322512
Feb 26, 2024335023431
Mar 4, 2024314427322
Mar 11, 2024254719334
Mar 18, 20248121566
Mar 25, 2024133117179
Apr 1, 2024142310131
Apr 8, 2024363022241
Apr 15, 202434018
Apr 22, 202405522
Apr 29, 202415317
May 6, 20246201083
May 13, 202416539
May 20, 2024204618245
May 27, 202417166103
Jun 3, 2024616574
Jun 10, 202447445
Jun 17, 202489652
Jun 24, 20240022
Jul 1, 2024110633
Jul 8, 202434823
Jul 15, 202448625
Jul 22, 202411110
Jul 29, 2024242718184
Aug 5, 2024264112339
Aug 12, 2024122814202
Aug 19, 2024718395
Aug 26, 2024612684
Sep 9, 202413410
Sep 16, 2024523594
Sep 23, 2024417618605
Sep 30, 2024325414466
Oct 7, 202404411
Oct 14, 20241607
Oct 21, 20242217
Oct 28, 202436326
Nov 4, 202452412148
Nov 11, 20244194114
Nov 18, 2024102412165
Dec 2, 2024610535
Dec 9, 20243141054
Dec 16, 202429424
Dec 23, 2024202513171
Dec 30, 202403114
Jan 6, 2025215548
Jan 13, 2025514974
Jan 20, 2025311438
Jan 27, 202589554
Feb 10, 202524216
Feb 17, 202543629
Feb 24, 2025211330
Mar 3, 2025142210124
Mar 10, 20251001
Mar 17, 202557727
Mar 24, 2025818884
Mar 31, 202518259136
Apr 7, 2025210231
Apr 21, 202515323
Apr 28, 202525116
May 5, 202548238
May 26, 2025318155
Jun 2, 20252305
Jun 9, 202553019
Jun 23, 202517131063
Jun 30, 2025321492
Jul 7, 202544526
Jul 14, 202505023
Jul 21, 20250235
Jul 28, 2025821796
Aug 4, 2025461022
Aug 11, 2025211428
Aug 18, 202527532
Aug 25, 202538134
Sep 1, 202514216
Sep 8, 20252419
Sep 22, 202558226
Sep 29, 20250327
Oct 6, 2025516677
Oct 13, 202547021
Oct 27, 20251146
Nov 10, 202534318
Nov 17, 20254119
Dec 1, 202543320
Dec 8, 2025711257
Dec 29, 202504012
Jan 5, 20262309
Jan 12, 202615110
Jan 19, 20260315
Jan 26, 202615115
Feb 2, 20260227
Feb 9, 202618245
Feb 16, 2026252217152
Feb 23, 20261114377
Mar 2, 20266195106
Mar 9, 202634216
Mar 30, 20261115
Apr 6, 20261305
Apr 27, 202623324
May 11, 20269199131
May 18, 202658630
May 25, 202658644
Jun 1, 20261001
Jun 8, 2026159959
Jun 22, 202635516
Jun 29, 2026394431364
Jul 6, 2026286737801
Jul 13, 202645112751317
Jul 20, 2026285326387
Jul 27, 2026226324654
Aug 3, 2026276122686
Aug 10, 20264796531169
Aug 17, 2026558734945
Aug 24, 2026315722366
Aug 31, 2026264615326
Sep 7, 202662212123
Sep 14, 2026245627408
Sep 21, 2026226115535
Sep 28, 202631410112

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else64 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about South Carolina that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 9– 10Drone drops steak, crab legs — and a side of contraband to SC prison20 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Nov 16– 18Group of South Carolina lawmakers look at the most restrictive abortion bill in the US17 articles · 13 independent sources
    4 left, 2 center, 2 right
  3. Oct 12– 134 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says63 articles · 36 independent sources
    4 left, 14 center, 6 right
  4. Oct 6Investigation underway after South Carolina judge's home destroyed in fire20 articles · 15 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 1 right
  5. Sep 23Poop spray causes $55K in damage in South Carolina school, teaching assistant arrested and charged6 articles · 4 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
  6. Sep 10Supreme Court allows transgender student to use boys' restrooms at South Carolina school9 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 1 right
  7. Sep 7Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  8. Jul 30– 31Radioactive wasp nest found at former nuclear weapons site28 articles · 14 independent sources
    0 left, 6 center, 1 right
  9. Jul 30Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to headline signature South Carolina GOP event6 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
  10. Jul 23– 2512-year-old boy killed by brain-eating amoeba after swim in South Carolina lake5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 3 right

Stories that name South Carolina

  1. Dec 5– 6Vanity Fair and journalist Olivia Nuzzi part ways23 articles · 17 independent sources
    4 left, 3 center, 3 right
  2. Nov 1Rep. Nancy Mace berated Charleston airport police due to missing escort, incident report says6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 4 right
  3. Oct 14– 15The Dark True Story Behind 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family'7 articles · 5 independent sources
    3 left, 1 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 26– 29US braces for storm expected to hit the East Coast as Hurricane Imelda in coming days26 articles · 22 independent sources
    3 left, 9 center, 3 right
  5. Aug 31– Sep 1Charles Bierbauer, longtime CNN correspondent and journalism dean, dies at age 837 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  6. Aug 25University of South Carolina issues all clear after unconfirmed active shooter report30 articles · 21 independent sources
    2 left, 8 center, 1 right
  7. Aug 23Up to 1,700 National Guard troops mobilizing across 19 states in immigration crackdown6 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 3 right
  8. Aug 13GE Appliances shifts more production to US as part of a $3 billion investment9 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 1 right
  9. Aug 12– 19DC Takeover: Here are the six states sending National Guard troops to Washington, DC38 articles · 27 independent sources
    3 left, 8 center, 6 right
  10. Jul 30– 31High Noon recalls seltzers mislabeled as energy drinks45 articles · 25 independent sources
    1 left, 15 center, 4 right

Local coverage

  1. Sep 5FCC taking steps that would allow US prisons to jam prisoners' cellphone signals6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Aug 17– 18Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington11 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Jul 29Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their boy on a South Carolina lake7 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  4. Jul 14Democrats preparing for 2028 presidential race in early voting states12 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  5. Jul 6Tropical Storm Chantal downgraded to tropical depression9 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
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