Simon Baruch was a Jewish doctor who served in the Confederate Army and later joined the Ku Klux Klan. His granddaughter Belle was an accomplished aviator and equestrian; she was also a lesbian.

A sharp-eyed art professor recently helped solve a mystery that began 13 years ago, when a legendary South Carolina equestrian’s multimillion-dollar art collection vanished from the sprawling estate ...

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCIV) — The theft of more than $1 million in paintings from a place steeped in history has been a mystery for more than a decade. Belle Baruch owned and lived on 16,000 acres that is ...

Belle Wilcox Baruch (1899-1964), whose legacies include the preservation of Hobcaw Barony, will be the seventh inductee for the Georgetown County Women’s Hall of Fame, at a luncheon in her honor, noon ...

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson University President James Clements is visiting the South Carolina coast to dedicate student housing at a university research facility near Georgetown. Clements is ...