David L. Allen of Hartsville received the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor for service in South Carolina, on Monday as family, friends, fellow church members and former colleagues shared in the occasion at Wesley United Methodist Church in Hartsville where Allen is a member.

Gov. Mark Sanford keeps saying that it’s for others to decide if he should be impeached.

Gov. Mark Sanford said it was time for the state to move on from the weeks-long debate about whether he should stay or resign following his admission of an extramarital affair.

Gov. Mark Sanford’s chief of staff, Scott English, called the governor’s cell phones 15 times during the governor’s secret trip to Argentina to visit his lover last month. But the governor never picked up.

A small but vocal and adamant group of protesters rallied at the Statehouse on Thursday night calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign or for state lawmakers to impeach him.

Jeff Neipp of Greenwood campaigned for Mark Sanford during both of the Republican’s races for governor. Now, Neipp wants Sanford — caught in a scandal after disappearing from the country to secretly visit his lover — to resign.

Gov. Mark Sanford has found a way to cling to office, but holding on has had more to do with politics than heartfelt apologies.

South Carolina Democratic leaders are criticizing a state GOP vote to publicly reprimand Gov. Mark Sanford, rather than ask him to resign, as a meaningless move that provides him cover to stay in office.

Social conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire already were reeling from scandals surrounding two Republicans thought to be considering White House runs when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shocked the party by announcing her resignation.

After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should leave office.

The sexual scandal surrounding Gov. Mark Sanford is not the worst in the state’s history, says a veteran Winthrop University history professor. “We’ve had worse,” according to history professor Dr. Eddie Lee. “Admitting to adultery or having one, two, three or more mistresses in 2009 can ruin a political career. And that has happened before.

A spokesman says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will head to Florida to spend the holiday weekend with his family.

The Horry County Republican Party issued a written statement concerning Governor Mark Sanford extramarital affair.

The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman “inexcusable” but said Thursday she is willing to forgive him.

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