Charleston SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston Habitat for Humanity held a day of service, remembrance and honor this morning in Charleston, in remembrance of the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001. This event brought together first responders, veterans, AmeriCorps members, public officials and community volunteers....

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Dorchester County man is facing charges in the Midlands over allegations of unemployment insurance fraud. The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division says Matthew Howard Morgenthaler, 29, of Summerville, is charged with obtaining property worth $10,000 or more under false pretenses,...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - North Charleston Police have charged a woman accused of leaving her two young children alone in a vehicle for more than a half-hour with the windows rolled up. Obdulia Lopez, 30, faces two counts of child endangerment, according to jail records. A judge has since...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A 30-year-old woman is facing two counts of child endangerment after police said she left her young children alone in a car. Obdulia Lopez is accused of leaving the children, aged one and three, unattended in a vehicle for about half an hour with the windows rolled up outside a […]

When an 18-year-old Septima P. Clark graduated from Avery Normal Institute in 1916, she landed a teaching job on Johns Island that was so isolated that it was only accessible by boat at high tide. During recreation breaks during school days, Clark and another teacher at the Promised Land School...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a fraud suspect who reportedly stole $5,000 in BestBuy merchandise. According to police, two credit cards were stolen from a victim and then subsequently used to purchase merchandise at a BestBuy located at 1987 Sam Rittenberg...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Lowcountry man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday in Horry County for shooting a man in the leg in the Longs area in July 2024, the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said. Xavier Christopher Knight, 27, of Charleston County, pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a […]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The North Charleston Police Department is searching for a suspect after a person was injured in a shooting incident at a motel on Ashley Phosphate Road. According to an incident report, Officers and other assisting units were dispatched to the incident location in reference...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - The City of Folly Beach announced it will now formally be offering police officer retirement to its firefighters in a city council meeting on Tuesday. The new resolution will officially enroll all full-time employees working solely as firefighters in the police officer retirement system....

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — A portion of King Street was shut down Wednesday afternoon for a reported gas leak, according to the Charleston Police Department. The stretch of King Street between Market Street and Horlbeck Alley was closed around 3 p.m. Police said Dominion Energy crews are on scene looking for the...