A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection

The results of the audit found that $1.6 billion of the $1.8 billion believed to have existed was the "result of incorrect journal entries."

Speakers shared insights from their faith perspectives at the inaugural conference, the day before National Religious Freedom Day

OU men's basketball hosts South Carolina at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center. The game will air on ESPNU.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It turns out that $1.8 billion in South Carolina state funds weren’t just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent. Instead, it was an accounting error compounded over years instead of being reconciled, an independent forensic audit determined.

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates after the Final Four college basketball championship game against Iowa in the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Cleveland. South Carolina won 87-75. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) AP

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley signs a contract extension, making her the sport's highest coach. She will make $4 million a year

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been given a new contract that made her the highest paid coach in the history of women's college basketball.

South Carolina’s mysterious $1.8 billion in a bank account doesn’t exist. That’s the answer to the nearly year-long questions of “Where did this money come from” and “Who does it belong to?” State Treasurer Curtis Loftis says he’s accounted for every single cent.

South Carolina's Dawn Staley signed a contract extension Friday that makes her the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball history.

The Education Lottery Commission estimates the state is missing out on around $52 million a year — money that goes toward education programs, like college scholarships — by sticking with the cash-only requirement. So the commission is asking lawmakers to let people use debit cards to buy lottery tickets in South Carolina.