Charleston News

Plans are in the works to overhaul part of the Bi-Lo-anchored shopping center on Folly Road on James island.

The Charleston Police Department has reopened a lane of traffic on the southbound and northbound sides of the Septima P. Clark Parkway, known as the Crosstown Expressway.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for the Charleston area as heavy rain falls and more showers form to the northwest.

Parking along the Battery can be challenging for homeowners, but City Council is working to turn the north side of Murray Boulevard into two-hour residential parking.

A loggerhead sea turtle weighing more than 100 pounds was rescued from a sandbar near Fripp Island on Tuesday, and it is recovering at the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Hospital in Charleston.

Helping Out highlights some of the many charitable events and activities going on in the Charleston area.

A touching tribute Tuesday night for the "Charleston 9," who died six years ago battling a blaze at the Sofa Super Store in West Ashley.

Out on the islands, there's quite a bit of restaurant retooling underway. On Isle of Palms, Hucks Lowcountry Table has given way to Ken Vedrinski's spanking-new Coda del Pesce.

When a Broadway show, even one with the unlikely name “The Book of Mormon” rakes in nine Tony awards including Best Musical plus a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, chances are you'd like to find out what all the excitement is about.

Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon says accusations that his deputies are arresting too many blacks on pot charges are part of the American Civil Liberty Union's agenda to get marijuana legalized in South Carolina.

P.I.E. Bake Shoppe in downtown Charleston offers the “Best Deli Sandwich in America,” according to Restaurant Hospitality Magazine.

Officials remove a body from 4674 Thoroughbred Drive in North Charleston where police are investigating a possible murder-suicide.

North Charleston is a strong contender to produce and assembly the 787-10, which has a fuselage that may be too long to be ferried from the Lowcountry to Puget Sound.

On the Menu provides the latest news from the Charleston area's extensive culinary community, including new restaurants, new menu items and upcoming events, as well as details about local chefs.

Lavar Clinton, 20 of English Street, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime in connection with a shooting that happened on Burton Lane on May 11. Clinton surrendered to officers on June 17, police said.

Gov. Nikki Haley awarded the Order of the Palmetto to the commander of the Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District for his role in advancing the deepening of Charleston Harbor.

Charleston police have arrested a Charleston man accused of beating another man with a 2-by-4-inch piece of wood.

The sea turtles were rehabilitated at the Sea Turtle Hospital at the aquarium in Charleston after they were stunned by the cold off of New England last winter.

Megan Pinckney, 22, a Charleston native and student at the University of South Carolina, was named the fifth runner-up.

"The vestry decided that any property that becomes available we would purchase to clean up the neighborhood," Seaward Middleton, Junior Warden at New Israel Reformed Episcopal Church, explained.