2025 in South Carolina
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in South Carolina.
Incumbents
State government
Events
- March 1 - Grammy nominated singer songwriter Angie Stone is killed in a car accident.[1]
- March 2 – 2025 Southeastern United States wildfires
- March 7 – The state of South Carolina carry's out the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad. This was the first execution by firing squad since 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner from Utah was executed by firing squad.[2][3]
- March 16 - Grammy nominated singer songwriter Jesse Colin Young dies.[4]
- March 25 – 2025 South Carolina House of Representatives District 113 special election[5]
- April 15 – The Hub City Spartanburgers Minor League Baseball team plays its first game.[6]
- April 26 – 11 people are injured in a shooting in Myrtle Beach. The suspected gunman is shot and killed by police.[7]
- April 30 – Limestone University, located in Gaffney, announces it will close at the end of the semester after a $6 million funding drive failed.[8]
- May 25 – 11 people are injured, ten by gunfire, in a shooting on a charter boat in Little River.[9]
- June 3 - At 24 years old, Bishopville City Councilman Keishan Scott became the youngest member of the State Legislature, and the youngest to be elected to the body since 2016.[10]
- June 11 – State Representative RJ May is charged with ten federal counts of child pornography. [11]
- June 24 – 20 people are struck by lightning at a park on Lake Murray in Lexington, including 12 children. All of the injured sustain non-life-threatening injuries.[12]
- August 11 – State Representative RJ May resigns from office amid federal child porn charges.[13]
- August 16 – Governor McMaster directs the South Carolina National Guard to deploy 200 troops to Washington, D.C. to support the federal takeover of law enforcement in the capital.[14]
- October 4 – Three people are injured in a fire at an Edisto Island home, including former State Senator Arnold Goodstein. His wife, circuit court judge Diane Goodstein, is not home at the time.[15]
- October 12 – Four people are killed and 20 injured in a shooting at a St. Helena Island bar.[16]
- November 4 – 2025 Columbia mayoral election: Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann wins reelection.[17]
Deaths
- November 3 – Barbara R. Hatton, the first woman to serve as president of South Carolina State University[18]
See also
References
- ^ Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash". AP News. The Associated Press. March 2, 2025. Archived from the original on April 6, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
- ^ "A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years". Yahoo News. March 7, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ "Death row inmate executed by firing squad in US for first time in 15 years". Sky News. March 7, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ^ Farber, Jim (March 17, 2025). "Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to 'Get Together,' Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Reporting". www.enr-scvotes.org. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ "Well done: Texas affiliate debuts Hub City identity". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ "Police fatally shoot 1 after shooting in South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach injures 11". The Associated Press. April 27, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ Collins, Jeffrey (April 30, 2025). "A 180-year-old private South Carolina university is closing after a $6M fundraising drive fails". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Sarnoff, Leah; Reynolds, Darren; Hutchinson, Bill (May 26, 2025). "Shooting on South Carolina charter boat leaves 11 injured: Police". ABC News. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
- ^ Chornobroff, Shaun (June 4, 2025). "24-year-old city council member wins SC House race, keeping seat blue • SC Daily Gazette". SC Daily Gazette. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
- ^ Owens, Michael. "SC House Majority Leader calls to expel Rep. RJ May after arrest on federal child sexual abuse material charges". WISTV. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ "12 transported to hospitals after lightning strike on the water at Lake Murray". News 19. June 24, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
- ^ Bustos, Joseph (August 12, 2025). "Suspended SC state Rep. RJ May resigns as he faces federal child porn charges". The State. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ "McMaster orders SC National Guard troops to DC". WIS 10. August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ Cota, Kailey; Hamilton, Scott (October 5, 2025). "Video shows blaze that injured 3 at Edisto Island home of SC judge, former SC senator". The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- ^ "4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says". The Associated Press. October 12, 2025. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
- ^ Bassett, Marley (November 5, 2025). "Columbia mayor wins reelection". WISTV. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
- ^ "Barbara Hatton Obituary". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2025. Archived from the original on November 17, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025 – via Legacy.com.