Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens ...

Governor Henry McMaster (R) has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Friday at all state buildings, grounds, and ...

Freddie Owens is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday. Petition includes more than 10,000 signatures; a ...

Governor Henry McMaster requested Monday a Presidential Disaster Declaration and a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ...

Letter writer urges Gov. Henry McMaster to spare the life of inmate Freddie Owens, whose execution is schedule on Sept. 20.

Columbia, SCV (WOLO) — The Governor’s Office has just released a letter confirming that Governor McMaster has denied clemency ...

Jesse Motte, right, protests the planned execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Columbia, S.C.

In recognition of SC Thrive's efforts to improve the lives of people across the state of South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster issued a proclamation declaring the week of Sept. 15-20 to be SC Thrive ...

The state is scheduled to execute Freddie Owens on Sept. 20, which will be South Carolina’s first execution carried out since ...

The governor has authority to grant clemency, but it's a power that has not been exercised in SC since the U.S. resumed ...

A death sentence for a South Carolina inmate was carried out on Friday following a 13-year pause on executions in the state, officials said.