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Charleston, SC - Like a good neighbor, Charleston, S.C. will open its doors this winter season and warmly welcome visitors from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia with special savings on area hotels and attractions.

One of the most essential of Carolina Lowcountry foods, visitors and locals can have a look here at who makes the best shrimp and grits THE SWAMP FOX: $13.25 lunch $18.25 dinner Rating: ? This was a decent-sized bowl of thick-like soup that was actually pepper jack grits dunked in a lobster and tasso ham gravy.

South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is touring a Navy brig that could one day hold Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Missing child information Name: Angel Miguel Perez Hair color: Short black hair Race: Hispanic Gender: Male Eye color: Brown Age: 1 month Weight: 11 lbs Description: The child's date of birth is 10/17/2009. The child was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue pants, white shoes, and a blue hat.

The North Charleston Arts Festival is still accepting your entries for next year's event.

She stood out even among the dense fog. The 866 foot, 78,000 ton passenger ship "Celebrity Mercury" captured lots of attention in the Charleston Harbor.

The Charleston Museum has been featuring a rotating gallery of quilts lately - the most recent, the Starry, Starry Nights collection, ends on Nov.

It was a calm day on the roadways for last minute thanksgiving travelers, but the trip was little more turbulent for people flying in and out of Charleston.

Some Lowcountry school buildings soon will be saving taxpayers money as a result of energy-efficient upgrades.

This might be a deal too good to pass up for oenophiles. The Charleston Grill's sommelier Rick Rubel has spent some time rooting around the wine cellar, hand-selecting more than 25 wines that he'll let you taste and sell to you at a discount.

A woman has settled a lawsuit after her son was stabbed to death in a South Carolina prison.

A huge right whale with a distinctive white knob on her head that shows up off the South Carolina coast every few years now has an official name, "Palmetto." The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Friday that the New England Aquarium has granted the wish of some South Carolina elementary school children to name the whale for the state's ...

Thirteen-year-old Hunter Benke is sure he's going to be a firefighter when he gets older.

Charleston, SC - Charleston city officials will be taking furlough days to save the city $1.1 million.

Last night, Charleston South Carolina became the second municipality in the state to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance protecting gays, lesbians, and transgender citizens in housing and public accommodations, WCBD Charleston reports : " The ordinances were presented to the mayor's office in August by members of Charleston's Alliance For Full ...

A South Carolina ETV documentary will tell the story about the 235 miles of Intracoastal Waterway in the state.

Two Palmetto Cash 5 players hit the top prize in Friday's drawing, according to officials with the South Carolina Education Lottery.

One of two bridges connecting an island to the to the South Carolina mainland will soon be closed to help the replacement of an aging swing bridge.

The South Carolina city of Charleston became the second in the state to approve GLBT anti-discrimination protections.

South Carolina's second largest city has approved rules prohibiting discrimination in housing, accommodations and services based upon sexual orientation and other factors.

A missing one-month-old baby taken from his mother's car outside a post office in North Charleston has been found alive, according to police.

South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina on Tuesday began debating a measure that ultimately would remove him from office.

The Charleston Fire Department would like to remind everyone of the potential dangers involved in frying a turkey this holiday season and how to safely operate a fryer.

Retailers heading into the traditional start of holiday shopping are facing consumers who are only a bit less gloomy than they were a year ago as they worry about a weak job market.

A jury has cleared North Charleston police in the 2005 death of a South Carolina teen who swallowed crack cocaine.

Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million to study wind energy, funding that officials at the South Carolina school said Monday could eventually lead to thousands of new jobs for the state.

South Carolina authorities are looking for a 1-month-old boy taken from a vehicle parked at a post office.

The Coast Guard and local rescue crews responded to and rescued an injured boater following a collision with the Charleston Harbor North Jetty Sunday morning.

A College of Charleston student who was third runner-up in Miss South Carolina two years ago was crowned Miss Darlington on Saturday night.

Boeing's decision to build an assembly plant in South Carolina for its new 787 Dreamliner could spark development of the state's defense industry.

When Kathy Ward's husband committed suicide in 2005 after a history of substance abuse and depression, she got mad.

There's nothing better than the pine scent of a live Christmas tree filling the house during the holiday season, but once the holidays are over and the tree dies, something has to be done with it.

Okatie Crossings is no Boeing. But, to Jasper County, it's more important. Over two days in October, a $450 million tax package that helped entice aircraft giant Boeing - and its 3,600 high-paying jobs - to expand in urban North Charleston unanimously sailed through the General Assembly.

The Noisette Co.'s offices are located in this old brick Storehouse Row building on Truxtun Avenue.

Clemson University has raised $4 million in public and private funding to create an Optoelectronics Research Center of Economic Excellence in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Some residents are upset about the police response to a report of a man with a gun in a s South Carolina town where three people were shot to death earlier this month.

The economy might be in the dumps, but the travel industry is still throwing praises at Charleston as a don't-miss tourist destination.

James Roosevelt Jr., grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will give a lecture about health care policy on Dec.

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 36 years in prison in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend's mother last year.

Boeing is breaking ground in South Carolina on a $750 million aircraft assembly plant - the largest industrial investment in state history.

More tourists could make a stop in the Holy City thanks to a global tourism guide.

A Democrat running for governor says South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds if it wants to grow its economy.

Three of Charleston's top arts organizations are joining together this holiday season to become Charleston Premier Arts .

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. Read more: Local , State , Community , Annual Scrooges and Angels , 2009 In the following news release, South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond announced today the fourteenth-annual Scrooges and Angels for 2009.

CMC South Carolina Steel Awarded the Boeing Project, Charleston, SC Boeing along with their Joint Venture General Contactor, BE&K / Turner have selected CMC South Carolina Steel as the Structural Steel Design Build subcontractor for the new Boeing 787 assembly building in Charleston, SC.

Charleston, South Carolina is far from a winter wonderland during the holiday season, but the lowcountry does not disappoint in its offerings of Southern holiday traditions.

South Carolina lawmakers took positions on either side of the first formal move to impeach Gov.

A federal judge has rejected an environmental group's request to stop a port expansion project in South Carolina.

A 41-year-old South Carolina man is accused of the stabbing death of an 82-year-old man.

South Carolina is renovating a park on the site of one of one of the state's earliest towns.

A person is being questioned in the shooting deaths of a South Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son at their home.

Police say they are looking for the people responsible for an armed robbery at the Kangaroo gas station at 6303 Savannah Hwy in Charleston.

East Cooper Montessori Charter School is receiving $2.7 million in a tax-exempt bond issue for financing of its new 13,000-square-foot building.

KATY STECH, The Post and Courier Several years ago, the region's top economic development officials and top business leaders rallied to lengthen the runways at Charleston International Airport.

South Carolina college students are doing their part to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness nationwide as the holiday season approaches.

Besides the notable exceptions -- a couple of funeral directors, a football coach, a pair of farmers -- the ranks of the South Carolina Legislature are filled with attorneys, businessmen and retirees, a makeup influenced by the state's 6-month-long session and low legislative pay.

The district will make many improvements to schools around the county. Occupancy sensors will be installed in many classrooms.

Charleston City Council will be weighing new anti-discrimination ordinances next week, providing fresh support for minorities in regards to housing and business.

A southern sugar maple, one of the plants that College of Charleston botanist Jean Everett went to remove from the future Boeing Dreamliner site in North Charleston.

The Coast Regional Transportation Authority is moving forward with plans for a new route from Myrtle Beach to Charleston, scheduled to start a month from now.

North Charleston, SC - On Wednesday, Nov. 11, the City of North Charleston will honor American veterans during a ceremony "Tribute to Our American Veterans." The event will take place at Sterett Hall located on the Old Navy Base in North Charleston from 10:30 am until 1:00 pm.

Mickey Bakst knew this would happen. Rally the hospitality industry together around a cause, let them go, and see the good karma pile up.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder stopped short Friday of ruling out that Canadian-born terror suspect Omar Khadr could be repatriated to Canada -- even as he announced the 23-year-old would continue for now to face prosecution in the military tribunal established at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Six candidates running for governor agreed Friday that agribusiness is crucial to South Carolina but each told an audience of farm and business leaders he has the best vision for the $34 billion industry.

You might say a yacht owned by a well-known South Carolina attorney is, if not one in a million, surely one in 10,000. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Thursday that attorney Ron Motley has been sent a tax bill of more than $395,000 from Charleston County for personal property taxes on his 156-foot yacht, the Themis.

A South Carolina man has been shot and killed at a rural country store and sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect.

Four South Carolina educators have been arrested after claims a former teaching assistant abused autistic students and others failed to report it.

Goga women's clothing shop at 377 King St. is tentatively set to close its lower King Street shop Sunday, depending on how fast or slow merchandise, mannequins and displays sell out, store manager Ruggie Ridgeway said.

Police say three men have been arrested for the armed robbery of a Dollar General store in North Charleston.

Authorities say three people have been killed and five injured in a shooting in a small town west of Charleston.

In time for Thanksgiving, a food bank on the South Carolina coast is getting an $85,000 refrigerated food truck.

A South Carolina special needs teacher has been charged with grabbing a student by the neck and shoving him.

It's been Taylor Swift's year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association's entertainer of the year award.

About 24 acres of land belonging to a South Carolina college professor convicted of investor fraud will be sold to help repay those who lost money.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford might not have much political capital these days, but his wife is using hers.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at NBC Studios July 15, 2007 in Washington, DC.

A Lowcountry, S.C. judge who has found herself at the center of two major scandals in recent years now finds herself confronting another mess - literally.

A new bus route to Charleston, debuting Dec. 12, will take people to new jobs opening up in that area, including the new Boeing plant in North Charleston.

A South Carolina Air Force reservist who piloted a jet headed to New York as the 2001 terrorist attacks unfolded says he'll run for Congress.

The following recalls have been announced: --- Charleston Cookie Co. of Charleston, S.C., is recalling packages of almond cookies sold as part of Dean & Deluca Americana cookie tins, because they contain milk products that are not listed in the ingredients.

WALTERBORO, S.C. A South Carolina coroner says three people are dead and at least five more have been hurt in a drive-by shooting in a small town about 40 miles west of Charleston.

The deputy secretary of the U.S. Agriculture Department will be the keynote speaker at the Agribusiness Summit hosted by the Palmetto Institute on Nov.

As Charlestonians try to bring new life to the downtown business district, they should look for inspiration to Greenville, a city of similar size in the northwest corner of South Carolina.

Black lawmakers want to make sure minorities get a fair chance at jobs at Boeing's new assembly line in South Carolina.

State Department of Education leaders said they will apply for a portion of $4 billion in federal stimulus money for school reform available to states, and they think they have a shot at getting it.

The appreciation for America's veterans was as easy to spot as old glory herself.

South Carolina is missing out on nearly $100 million in federal stimulus dollars for unemployment benefits, and it will be months before jobless residents see the money, if at all.

The National Park Service is letting the public get an up-close look at a lighthouse with an open house at Charleston Light on Sullivans Island.

Airlines are cutting money-losing flights during the current travel slump, and that can cause headaches for passengers who bought tickets on those trips.

The chances of getting hit by the swine flu are very real for Steven Kerr. His three children attend school in Mount Pleasant.

A photo simulation made as part of a South Carolina utility's research into wind power shows large wind turbines would barely be visible if built eight miles off the state's coast.

The Charleston Cookie Company is recalling some of its products. That's because there is a mistake on the labels of Dean & Deluca A mericana cookie tins.

We're coming up on the first Friday of the month, not to mention a little event called the Charleston Fine Art Annual .

Goga , Project Runway contestant Gordana Gehlhausen's King Street store, is closing.

Authorities say a baby sitter in South Carolina watching a 3-year-old girl who died in her care beat the girl with a belt after she used the bathroom on the floor.

Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives incensed over the Democrats' health care overhaul protested at the Capitol on Thursday, arguing that the legislation amounts to a government takeover of the nation's medical system.

EBSCOhost Mobile promises similarly "enhanced mobile experience" Will users immediately embrace handheld options? As if smartphones weren't already hard enough to put down, new, mobile-optimized interfaces are coming for both Summon , Serials Solutions' discovery platform, and a number of EBSCO resources.

Hannibal's is a beacon of Lowcountry soul food with a menu that includes such local standards as lima bean supper and okra stew, as well as less-frequently found dishes such as shark steak and turkey necks.

Police say a tractor trailer accident has shut down Highway 17 at the Charleston Colleton County line.

Charleston police arrested six people on drug charges during a three-week investigation of narcotics activity in the H Street area.

Carotenoidsa 'fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetablesa 'are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers.

Federal prosecutors say a South Carolina man is facing a possible 30-year prison sentence after admitting to shooting a law enforcement officer.

In the latest settlement for alleged sexual abuse involving Catholic Church officials, the Diocese of Savannah announced last week that it was paying $4.24 million to resolve all claims and "avoid the expense and burden of a lengthy trial," according to a diocese release.

Charleston, SC - Ten candidates battled it out for half of the Charleston City Council seats.

A 30-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to kill a federal officer, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins announced Tuesday.

Internal memos from the Charleston Police Department order officers to write more traffic tickets.

Charleston police are asking anyone with information in a downtown shooting to come forward.

More than five years after the deadly Comfort Inn fire, the state has done little to require more safety equipment at hotels.

Lt. Governor Andre Bauer plans to ask the state's Attorney General to take legal action to block the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Charleston.

Authorities are searching for a 42-year-old inmate who walked away from a minimum security prison in South Carolina.

A planet in peril, some experts say global warming could change the face of Charleston as we know it.

A new walking tour is being offered in Charleston based on places featured in the new Pat Conroy best-seller "South of Broad." The two-hour tour is available Tuesday-Saturday, departing from the lobby of the Mills House Hotel at 115 Meeting St., and ending outside the Gibbes Museum of Art at 135 Meeting St.

The Charleston Farmers Market, produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, is celebrating Halloween with a Goblins and Gourds theme parade, Saturday, Oct.

Conde Nast Traveler readers have voted San Francisco the #1 city to visit in the United States.

For many in the lowcountry, when it rains, it floods. That has certainly has been case in the Bridge Point neighborhood at Shadow Moss because of a mistake.

Police say they have arrested two teenagers for an armed robbery in Charleston Saturday morning.

A week before North Charleston landed a new Boeing jet assembly line, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham thought South Carolina had lost the deal.