A lawmaker pushes hate crime bill, hoping S.C. will become the 49th state to pass it, despite years of the bill getting left ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A hate crime bill named for Reverend and Senator Clementa C. Pinckney will soon be in front of ...

South Carolina supporters aim to pass a hate crimes law enhancing penalties for bias-motivated offenses on the 10th ...

Eligibility for the Sen. Clementa C. Pinckney Memorial Scholarship will be determined by specific criteria including demonstrated financial need and the maintenance of at least a 3.0 grade point ...

he continued. The bill, named after Sen. Clementa C. Pinckney, who was killed in the 2015 Emanuel AME Church shooting, has yet to make it to the governor’s desk. Rep. Gilliard said as time goes ...

President Obama delivered a powerful rendition of "Amazing Grace" at the funeral of slain Rev. Clementa Pinckney, and called on the country to honor those killed in the South Carolina church massacre.

Learn more about the victims of the June 2015 shooting below. The Honorable Rev. Clementa Pinckney was the beloved and well-respected pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A hate crime bill named for Reverend and Senator Clementa C. Pinckney will soon be in front of lawmakers again. South Carolina is one of two states in the country without ...