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ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) — The Isle of Palms Professional Firefighters Association is inviting residents to a town hall meeting Sunday to learn more about their first responders. On the Isle of Palms, firefighters not only put their lives on the line fighting fires, but they also they perform surf rescues and...

The Charleston Jazz Festival returns April 13–21, 2026, for nine days of spectacular performances, community events, and educational programming set across Charleston’s historic venues. Bringing together internationally acclaimed artists, celebrated local musicians, and dynamic cultural leaders, the 2026 Festival...

Before we pick up our forks, let’s invoke the ancestors: Southern culinary mentors like Martha Lou Gadsden, Louis Osteen, Robert Carter, Emily Meggett, and Joseph “Chef Joe” Glascoe Randall are the ones who taught us to never stir a pot of rice, and why it’s sacrilege to add sugar to cornbread or grits. Without their...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — SC State 1890 Coastal Extension is hosting a free “STEM & Agriculture Saturday Academy” for Lowcountry students ages 5 to 18, with the goal of preparing them for careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and agriculture. The academy holds events two Saturdays a...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — As Black History Month comes to a close, Reggie Burgess is making sure his story continues to inspire the next generation. The North Charleston mayor spent the week visiting elementary schools across the area, ending his tour at North Charleston Elementary School, to introduce a new...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — First responders and emergency crews are at the scene of a railroad crossing on Sanders Road in West Ashley on Thursday morning. Dispatch records show that a traffic accident was reported in the area just after 2 a.m. Details of the Incident and Ongoing Response. Local...

Plus, locally owned She Biology skin care to debut in new Palmetto Row Collective on King. Onward Reserve founder TJ Callaway hadn’t planned to open a store in Charleston in last year until he learned that 220 King Street was for sale. “I’d have a hard time naming 10 specific buildings in the country that make as...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston County deputies and other emergency crews responded to a scene off Bees Ferry Road Thursday morning, near the Sanders Road train tracks. Law enforcement was reported at the location early in the morning, and an Amtrak train appeared to have been stopped on the tracks.

A 34-year-old Moncks Corner woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Friday morning along North Highway 52 in Bonneau, authorities said. The post Pedestrian Killed in Hwy. 52 Hit-and-Run Crash in Bonneau first appeared on The Berkeley Observer .

LADSON, S.C. (WCBD) – A pet was killed during a Saturday night house fire in Ladson. The C&B Fire Department and crews from assisting agencies responded to a Hardwood Street home in the Woodside Woodview neighborhood of Ladson around 7:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived and found a single-family home on fire. It was...