Charleston SC

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a North Charleston incident that killed a Summerville man on a construction site. John Stowers, 58, died from his injuries in the accident, Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said. Just before 3 p.m. on June 16, North...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Police arrested a man accused of firing shots in a North Charleston parking lot. Desmond Leondreae Davis, 35, is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted violent felon, possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of certain crimes, possession of a firearm or...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A College of Charleston student found the skeleton of a large sea lizard, and the condition of the fossil is considered to be “extraordinary.” In May, rising senior and geology major Monika Angner was on the college’s annual Dinosaur Expedition in the Badlands of Wyoming when she found the...

Hidden among the maritime forests and salt-kissed shores of South Carolina’s Lowcountry is a sight that stops you in your sandy tracks: the black-and-white striped beauty that is Hunting Island Lighthouse. Towering 136 feet into the Carolina sky, this iconic structure isn’t just a pretty photo op — it’s an adventure waiting to happen.

Written by David Wren, SC Daily Gazette. The $550 million in taxpayer funding that South Carolina lawmakers set aside for two projects at the Port of Charleston will now be used for just one — a rail-based cargo hub adjacent to the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston. The Navy...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A very hot week is expected with plenty of sunshine and only small opportunities for rain! A few clouds will develop today with only a small chance of rain this afternoon or evening. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 90s inland, near 90 degrees at the beaches. Heat index values will...

Nashville-based soul-pop singer/songwriter Stephen Day has announced a continuation of his Gold Mine Tour, which will take him through Oklahoma City, Lexington, Columbus and more this fall. This follows an extensive run earlier this year, which included a number of sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Nashville, San...

News, community and education highlights from around our area of the SC Lowcountry. Four local families celebrate Father's Day with new arrivals. The Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center welcomed four Father's Day arrivals on Sunday, including one baby from Ridgeland, one from Bluffton and one from Okatie. Angie...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Forecasters are expecting an area of showers and thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean to form into a tropical depression or storm sometime Monday. The area of low pressure currently referred to as AL90 is located around 600 miles east of Bermuda. It has a 70% chance of formation in the next...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A worker died last week following an accident at a construction site near I-26 eastbound in North Charleston. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department responded to the scene under the Weber Boulevard overpass on the afternoon of June 16. Once there, police learned that the...