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File photo The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously approved an anti-lynching bill passed by the House and long pushed by U.S. Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from Charleston. The measure, which now falls to President Biden to sign…

A Ukrainian peace rally is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at Charleston City Hall - it's one of many rallies that are planned or have already taken place in response to the nation's invasion by Russia. Meanwhile, the…

It's officially "twosday" - the date that reads 2/22/22. It can be read backwards as a palindrome and it falls on a Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, there won't be another "two days" for another 400 years.…

As the city of Charleston explores what to do with a 12-foot statue of a man promoting slave labor in its basement, five white men representing Abbeville County volunteered Monday to host the depiction of John C. Calhoun's "home" to…

On this day in 1968, state troopers fired into a crowd of mostly black college students in Orangeburg. The bullets injured 28 people and killed three. The event became known as the Orangeburg Massacre and is considered a moment in…

Cheslie Kryst, 30, died on Sunday after falling from a high-rise building in New York City. His death is being investigated as a suicide. Kryst won Miss USA in 2019 and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a…

The SC Senate could begin debate this week on a bill to legalize some forms of medical marijuana in the state. The bill has been tossed about behind the scenes at the Statehouse for more than seven years – but lead sponsor,…

Governor Henry McMaster will speak about the accomplishments and goals on Wednesday during his annual State of the State Address to the General Assembly. He will address lawmakers at 7 p.m. His speech should echo his recent…

Students across the state are heading back to school this week as COVID-19 cases increase. Public school officials have updated quarantine and isolation policies to allow students to return more quickly after testing positive or…

HC's Department of Health and Environmental Monitoring will not report COVID-19 cases until Wednesday, but hospitals are already reporting a post-Christmas increase in Pee Dee and testing sites in the Lowcountry have experienced…

Despite the ubiquitous "help wanted" signs, more than 2.3 million people are employed in South Carolina. "We are very pleased to report that South Carolina currently has more people employed than at any time in our history," the…

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz, an Army Ranger from Summerville, will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously from President Joe Biden on Thursday, along with two other members of the United States Army. The Medal of Honor is…

Today, 80 years have passed since the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that led to the United States entering World War II. More than 2,400 people, including 25 residents of South Carolina, were killed as hundreds of…

South Carolina nonprofits are hoping that today's Giving Tuesday will fuel generous donations to allow them to continue providing the services they offer. They say today's annual Giving Day kicks off the year-end charitable…

Winter arrives early in South Carolina, in time for fried turkey and sweet potatoes. In the Lowcountry, the National Weather Service issued a frost watch from tonight through Wednesday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop…

South Carolina's murder rate has increased by more than 52% in the past five years, according to new crime figures from the State Law Enforcement Division. The report points out that statewide murders fell from 452 in 2019 to 552…

Polls are open statewide and nationwide today until 7 p.m. Across the state, many local elections are held to fill the seats of mayor, county council, city council, school board, etc. New South Carolina law means uncontested…

In the closing days of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, First Lady Jill Biden visited the Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston on Monday. She later stopped at Joint Base Charleston to congratulate the crews on their role in one of…

A new report suggests that South Carolina is the fourth most vulnerable state to climate change and the eighth least prepared state to deal with health issues. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Trust for…

Reverend Ruth Morse Woodliff-Stanley was ordained and consecrated bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina on Saturday. She became the group's first female bishop. In this position, she will lead 31 churches in the…

In response to the latest challenge to the Charleston County School District's mask mandate for students, staff and visitors, Ninth Circuit Judge Bentley Price denied a motion for an emergency temporary injunction and an order to…

Teachers and some state leaders say schools across the state are bearing the brunt of the latest wave of COVID-19 infecting South Carolina. Classes and schools are going virtual again. Teachers quit. And those who remain face…

Alex Murdaugh, a 53-year-old prominent lawyer from a well-known legal family in the lower state, was shot and injured on Saturday while driving along a rural road in Hampton County . The incident comes months after Murdaugh found…

A suspicious package closed the Arthur Ravenel Bridge connecting Charleston to Mount Pleasant on Saturday for three hours. On Monday, officials revealed the package was an abandoned liposuction machine in a metal box. The bridge…