Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham said he readily agreed to the OCSO initiative after the April "Legacy of litter” series in The Times and Democrat.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday told lawyers for a South Carolina inmate scheduled to die in two days that he doesn’t plan to stop the execution because they didn’t have ...

Bond has been denied for a man accused of robbing the NBSC Bank in Murrells Inlet on March 4. Brandon Lee Christmas, 29, appeared before Judge Edward Cottingham on Monday for his first bond ...