U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says an innovative port security program that grew out of the 9/11 terror attacks will continue, thanks to a federal grant. Graham was joined Friday by state Law Enforcement Division director Reggie Lloyd and other officials in announcing Operation SeaHawk will continue.

As the nation remembers the 9/11 terrorist attacks eight years ago, a lot of people may be wondering whether we’re any safer than we were just before those attacks. Law Enforcement officials in South Carolina say we are safer now. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

The State Law Enforcement Division is defending its recent spending of more than $600,000 on new vehicles and weapons, despite state budget cuts that forced the agency to lay off more than 100 people. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

The annual peach festival in Gaffney, South Carolina is a time to celebrate the town’s heritage, but this year’s festival has a new meaning after the town was terrorized by a serial killer. Members of the Gaston County Police Department were honored during this weekend’s festival.

Investigators say DNA and fingerprints link suspected serial killer Patrick Burris to two of three shooting scenes in South Carolina.

Authorities say a North Carolina parole officer should not be blamed for failing to tell jail officers to keep the suspected South Carolina serial killer behind bars.

Officials have decided a Dallas, N.C., couple will get a $30,000 award for calling in the tip that led to a man who authorities say was a serial killer who shot to death five people in South Carolina.

After investigators confirmed that Patrick Tracy Burris, who was shot by North Carolina police early Monday, was the man responsible for five murders in Gaffney, South Carolina Law Enforcement Chief Reggie Lloyd held up Burris’ rap sheet in front of television cameras. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

The man police have identified as the serial killer spent days “partying” in Gaston County while investigators searched for him. That’s according to the Charlotte Observer and NewsChannel 36, in Charlotte.

A curious neighbor who called police, helped solve the case of a violent serial killer that rocked the Upstate. Thirty miles away from a community gripped by fear, a Gaston County man’s phone call to 911 helped catch Patrick Tracy Burris.

The nine-day nightmare for Cherokee County is over. Investigators confirmed Monday evening that the man Gaston County, NC officers shot to death in an early Monday morning gunfight was the killer they were looking for, a man identified as Patrick Tracy Burris.

South Carolina law enforcement officials say a burglary suspect slain in North Carolina is the serial killer who shot five people to death in South Carolina in recent days.

We have the latest developments in SC Governor Mark Sanford’s scandal investigation. We will update this story as events warrant. Several newspapers, including ‘The Aiken Standard’, have called for Sanford’s resignation. Let us know in our web poll at the bottom of this article if you think he should resign.

South Carolina’s top cop says Gov. Mark Sanford did not improperly use state funds for visits with his Argentine mistress. State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd said Thursday that Sanford did not break any laws. The governor’s spokesman says he does not intend to resign.

South Carolina’s top law enforcement agency is taking part in a weeklong academy that organizers hope will energize young people about safety. The State Law Enforcement Division will participate Tuesday in the American Legion’s Nathan M. Wolfe Cadet Academy.