Folly Beach News

Residents along the Southeast coast were warned of possible flooding Tuesday from former Tropical StormA BerylA that left up to 10 inches of rain in northern Florida and was moving northeastward before heading back toward the coast and into the Atlantic.

Even the lingering effects of Tropical Depression Beryl could not keep people from jumping into the Atlantic Ocean at Folly Beach on Monday.

A county jail guard ended up behind bars early Monday after a traffic stop on Folly Beach led to his arrest on a charge of driving under the influence.

Officials said surf at Folly Beach was so heavy that rescue crews had to use jet skis instead of boats to search for the man who went missing Sunday afternoon.

Love letters aren't necessarily meant to be made public. There's an intimacy between the lover and the beloved that can leave those who are not in the loop feeling like the third wheel, unsure of where they fit in the conversation.

A zip-line running from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Yorktown some 850 feet to shore is among the recreational possibilities being explored in a proposal to locate an adventure/eco-tourism-themed park at Patriots Point.

Somewhat cooler tropical seas and the prospect of strong shear winds suggest that the Atlantic might be a little quieter for hurricanes this summer, federal forecasters say.

One of the major tweaks in the 2012 plan is the elimination of the voluntary order, which was a bit of an oxymoron.

When someone dies, those left behind are said to go through five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

Wind associated with Tropical Storm Alberto likely was to blame for the smoke that settled in the Charleston area early Monday morning.

Except for the water stain where high tide slipped over another destroyed strand of the parking lot, Monday looked like just another day in eroded dunescape of the Charleston County park here.

It was 2002 when Medical University of South Carolina professors Barb Rohrer and Craig Beeson got to talking at a post-seminar dinner at Rita's on Folly Beach.

South Carolina isn't just getting rain; it's getting extraordinary rain. The kind of rain usually associated with tropical systems.

The idea is as ambitious as it is long: build a 32-mile safe cycling route stretching from the Isle of Palms through Mount Pleasant and peninsular Charleston before ending at Folly Beach.

The National Hurricane Center's director says his successor will face the same problem that has perplexed forecasters since Hurricane Andrew barreled into Florida two decades ago: predicting how bad a storm will be.

We love greasy food as much as the next Johnny Bellybuster - things like double-chili cheeseburgers and scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, and topped hashbrowns - but the time and place to eat those things is during much cooler months, like, say, during football season.

Juan Sanchez, left, and Gabe Mortinez stand around on a beach groin on the south end of Pawleys Island.

Meeting Street Piggly Wiggly co-operator D'Shawn Smith and store operator Jared Lott love to do the in-store P.A. announcements.

As a longtime resident of downtown Charleston, I must respectfully chime in with regard to pedestrian safety and alternative transportation on the peninsula.

A man who was detained by a crime victim and a witness last week is charged with breaking into four vehicles in Charleston, police said.