2025 in South Carolina
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in South Carolina.
Incumbents
[edit]State government
[edit]Events
[edit]- 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.[1][2]
- March 25 – 2025 South Carolina House of Representatives District 113 special election[3]
- April 15 – The Hub City Spartanburgers Minor League Baseball team plays its first game.[4]
- April 26 – 11 people are injured in a shooting in Myrtle Beach. The suspected gunman is shot and killed by police.[5]
- April 30 – Limestone University, located in Gaffney, announces it will close at the end of the semester after a $6 million funding drive failed.[6]
- May 25 – 11 people are injured, ten by gunfire, in a shooting on a charter boat in Little River.[7]
- 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.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "12 transported to hospitals after lightning strike on the water at Lake Murray". News 19. June 24, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.