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The South Carolina State Ports Authority retroactively voted on the nearly $1 million payout to its former CEO but denied it did anything to violate state laws.

Perez has raised more than a quarter of her $100,000 goal as of Sept. 23, according to her GoFundMe page.

For Charleston, 1919 was supposed to be a year of transition. World War I had ended, thousands of servicemen were returning home, and the city’s population and economy were changing. Instead, on the night of May 10, Charleston became the scene of one of the most serious episodes of racial violence in its history.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Three months after a late-night phone call altered her family’s life, Laquinta Pinckney is still waiting for answers about the death of her son, Zayvion Williams. “He was something special. He was a friend of everybody,” Pinckney said. Pinckney received a phone...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston City Council is set to consider a nearly $1.4M construction project Tuesday night for improvements to Joseph P. Riley Park. The proposal, which will go before the Ways and Means Committee and City Council, calls for awarding a $1,372,870 contract to Carolina Green Corp. as part of a

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — A Johns Island man has been arrested on a charge connected to the possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the South Carolina Attorney General's Office. Luis Alfonso Lopez, 28, was arrested Sept. 17 and charged with one count of third-degree sexual exploitation...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The City of Charleston gave an update on the Maybank Highway improvement project on Tuesday, addressing a bottleneck that slows the flow of traffic on Johns Island. According to city officials, Charleston County originally proposed widening a portion of the road to four lanes near the Stono Ri

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A demolition order for a 130-year-old church in Charleston’s East Side is on hold after city leaders stepped in, but preservationists warn the historic building may still be lost. The former Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel, built in the 1890s, has stood at 52 Cooper...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Emma Abbott Memorial Church has stood on Cooper Street since the 1890s. It was built through a charitable grant for East Side residents over a century ago. Five years ago, it was brought before the Board of Architectural Review with a plan for rehabilitation. But that plan never came to […

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Cooler and breezier conditions will arrive today as a strong cold front passes through the Lowcountry. Temperatures will “only” top out in the low 80s, making today the coolest day of September, so far. (It will be slightly cooler tomorrow through the weekend.)