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WEST ASHLEY S.C. (WCIV) — The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman who died in the Middleton Cove Apartment fire Sunday Morning. Rachel Fitzpatrick, 57, of Charleston died from injuries sustained in the fire, according to Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal. The City of...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston County Coroner released the cause and manner of death for an 11-month-old baby found dead inside a home in unsafe living conditions on June 16, 2026, according to North Charleston Police Department officers. The coroner says the cause of death was determined to be starvati

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Mike A. Brown was arrested Friday after he reportedly was found to be in contempt of court for failing to provide documents in a case that was ongoing against him for multiple months. Former North Charleston councilman Brown was reportedly arrested by the Charleston...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Students in Colleton, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties are headed back to school Monday morning, serving as the first of the Lowcountry districts that will be sending students back to the classroom in waves this week. After weeks of back to school bashes and school supplies...

MORNING HEADLINES | A local citizens group is expected to raise its concerns this week that the College of Charleston did not notify members before workers began to demolish the former YWCA headquarters at 106 Coming St., site of a proposed student dormitory. Meanwhile, the college’s board of trustees is...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A drunk driver reportedly struck multiple light poles at the Crosstown Monday morning, causing the surrounding area to be shut down, according to the Charleston Police Department. Officials state that just after 3 a.m. a single vehicle struck multiple light poles at Coming Street and...

It’s Monday, and that’s when we like to take a look at current business issues that are trending across our state and discuss them with one of our fellow news media friends. This week, Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC. John tells us about a big aluminum p

South Carolina knows how to do elevated dining right, and I mean that literally. Great food plus a wide sky plus a glittering skyline? Now that is a dinner plan. Rooftop terraces and breezy coastal decks pair serious cooking with skyline views that steal the evening. This state serves dinner beneath open skies and skyl

Community mourns the loss and celebrates the life of a true Folly original. If you’ve spent much time on Folly Beach over the past few decades, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Bubba Seal. Maybe it was the unmistakable pirate’s “Arrrggghhh!” echoing from his bicycle as he pedaled...

There is a bigger issue behind the loss of a parking lot near Charleston’s City Market. It is not really about parking. The City of Charleston has sold the Port property parking area to the Beemok Group, the organization behind The Cooper hotel. The immediate consequence is that hundreds of small, independent City Mark