Charleston SC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Concerns are rising in the Lowcountry as four wasp nests have tested positive for traces of nuclear waste. The first nest was discovered in July and subsequently removed. Now, just a month later, four additional nests have been identified. Despite the alarming nature of these findings,...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The beginning of August is typically one of the hottest weeks of the year in the Lowcountry of South Carolina! Not this year. A stalled front to our south will bring us our sixth straight day of below average temperatures and our sixth straight day failing to reach 90°.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – A woman is facing a murder charge following a shooting last month in a Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Officers with the Mount Pleasant Police Department responded to Calais Drive during the morning hours of July 19 and found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound. According to police, the...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department is searching for a boy who has been missing for over a month. Darronn Chisolm, 14, was last seen June 30. Police say he is 5’5” and weighs 140 pounds. They believe he is wearing a red shirt,...

Goosebumps rose on Shana Robinson’s arms as she recalled her childhood memories of Sunday morning services at Hebron Presbyterian Church, which was built by formerly enslaved people on Johns Island. She recalled sitting on the front pew in the two-story wooden church with her family as churchgoers vigorously fanned...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Twenty-five years have passed since the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War-era submarine once thought to be lost at sea forever, was raised from the ocean floor just off the Charleston coast. The roughly 40-foot Confederate submarine made history when it became the world’s first successful combat...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) — More than one million gallons of hazardous pollutants have been removed from the USS Yorktown as a years-long environmental cleanup project stretches into its final months, according to the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR). The second phase of the remediation effort has...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The Mount Pleasant Police Department may enforce harsher punishments amid growing safety concerns with e-bikes. According to MPPD, in the year to date e-bike enforcement statistics for July 2025, they had 38 incidents reports and 13 collisions. Also, they have given out 12 citations and...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston officials announced that four city playgrounds are set for major upgrades to provide safe, modern spaces for local families. Three of the playgrounds, Mary Utsey Park, Stephen Washington Park and Brittlebank Park, are currently in the design phase with work scheduled to replace...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The American Heart Association of Charleston has installed blood pressure monitoring stations at various community centers and libraries throughout the Lowcountry. Supported by Blackbaud and the Medical University of South Carolina Health, the stations are free for the public and will help...