Charleston SC

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A second man is facing charges in connection to an assault and subsequent moped theft that happened the day before Christmas Eve. Shaun Laval Jenkins, 38, is charged with first-degree assault and battery and strong-arm robbery. Jenkins was arrested Wednesday at a bus station.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — State lawmakers in Columbia honored a Lowcountry woman who died recently. Tammy McCottry, a media personality and community advocate, passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 3. She was 65 years old. McCottry was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. In the House of Representatives...

Influential Charleston historian Harlan Greene, who chairs the city of Charleston’s Commission on History, on Tuesday told members of city council that they needed to do more to protect and preserve the Holy City. He addressed members during Tuesday’s council meeting following months of controversy over a proposed...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The City of Charleston has announced today an interactive dashboard to let users track the progress of Mayor Cogswell’s Project 3500 affordable housing initiative. What is Project 3500? Led by Mayor William Cogswell, Project 3500 is an initiative to address Charleston’s growing affordability...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — A proposed housing development in north Mount Pleasant brought out a full room — and strong reactions — as neighbors gathered to learn more about plans for 110 rental homes near Highway 17. Landmark Properties is proposing what it describes as “paired...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Medical University of South Carolina is no stranger to flooding, which can cause major hazards in the area for health care workers, students, patients and the local community. From vital health care resources to academics, city officials say MUSC is an important part of...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Palmetto Life) — As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday this summer, Charleston’s Revolutionary War history comes into focus through the stories of three significant downtown locations that played crucial roles in the nation’s founding. Historian Mike Hebb recently guided a tour of...

He was hired to end her life— instead, he saved it. Aaron Wilkinson was down on his luck and looking for drugs in one of Charleston’s seedier neighborhoods when he was pulled over in early April 2013 for driving erratically, as detailed in Oxygen’s Dateline: Secrets Uncovered.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The third day of trial concluded Wednesday, who is accused of killing a man at a gas station in November 2023. Tyler Deshayne Heyward, who is charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, allegedly killed Francis Wayne at a Circle K in downtown...

Boeing is shifting the remaining 787 Dreamliner engineering work from its Puget Sound facilities in Washington to North Charleston, South Carolina, continuing a long-term consolidation of the program there. This move, announced last week after a Jan. 29 union meeting, has sparked concerns among SPEEA union members...