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

Officials have confirmed that the body discovered in a house fire on Wednesday belongs to a teenager who was reported missing earlier in the week. Police are investigating her death as a suspected murder.

There is also a good chance a winter storm will develop around Texas next Monday, then track toward the southeast U.S. If the moisture from this system lines up with sub-freezing temperatures, then we could have a threat for snow or ice in South Carolina next Tuesday or Wednesday.

See the latest news regarding the highly anticipated matchup between South Carolina women's basketball and LSU on Jan. 23 in Colonial Life Arena.

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and lets crimes

Deputies immediately responded to both the juvenile’s home and high school. Deputies made the arrest when the teen attempted to enter the school. Authorities did not find any weapons after searching the juvenile. The teen told deputies that the post was meant to be a joke as the teen often used dark humor.

More introductions than normal were needed as the South Carolina General Assembly started its latest two-year session on Tuesday.