1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (570+ words) MORNING HEADLINES" |" Officials and pet advocacy groups across the nation are sounding an annual alarm to remind folks to never leave their pets inside a parked vehicle during the summer months " particularly during a holiday heat wave." "Every summer, we…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago  (571+ words) MORNING HEADLINES" | The Norwegian Jewel cruise ship came and went Tuesday to become the last cruise ship to call on Union Pier terminal in downtown Charleston." The departure marked the start of a new era for the city's waterfront. Beemok's…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (712+ words) MORNING HEADLINES" |" A new judge in South Carolina's double murder case against convicted felon Alex Murdaugh, who is accused of killing his wife and son in 2021, on Monday set a retrial for April 2027. The case is returning to the courtroom…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (365+ words) Effective county council governance begins with asking the right questions and applying strategic foresight. The road list treats congestion the way that spot zoning treats land: project by project, with no view of the whole. That approach lacks a perspective…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (710+ words) MORNING HEADLINES | The U. S. Public Buildings Reform Board met last week to continue discussion on the possible private sale or transfer of several federal properties across the country, including the historic U. S. Custom House in Charleston. The grand structure, completed in 1879 to…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (244+ words) The Spirit of South Carolina, a two-mast replica of a 19th-century pilot schooner, fired two artillery pieces on Sunday to commemorate the day of the Battle of Sullivan's Island, a stunning patriot victory during the Revolutionary War. On June 28, 1776, the…...

4+ day, 56+ min ago  (340+ words) Charleston City Paper Editor's Note: This summary is taken from a 2025 story about the historical importance of June 28 for South Carolinians. Related links are at the bottom. Cities across the Palmetto State will come alive today with celebrations and commemorations…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (121+ words) Charleston City Paper Last week's mystery, "Fountain and more," showed one of two fountains in the private American Gardens in Charleston between Meeting and King streets near the Gibbes Museum of Art." According to sleuth Jay Altman of Columbia, "This…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1788+ words) By Jack O'Toole, Statehouse bureau" | Two-thirds of South Carolina's largest business enterprises leave" their computer systems vulnerable to common email scams " a hole that's helping to enable" a cybercrime spree that the FBI says cost state residents $264 million last year,…...

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