Herb Frazier

Daniel Island resident Kenneth Scarlett will lead a new task force to erect a Patriots Memorial Wall at Liberty Square in Charleston to honor the estimated 7,500 men and women in South Carolina who died during the Revolutionary War.

Heavy summer rains combined with the slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby swamped Monrovia Union Cemetery, flooding grave sites and partially exposing at least one burial vault.

Charleston now has its first city-wide flood risk management plan that looks at what should be done to control the flow of water for the next 25 years.

The challenge of living with water on the Charleston peninsula began in the 1680s when European settlers moved Charles Towne from West Ashley to high ground between the Ashley and Cooper rivers that wasn’t “washed by the tides.”

A sand-carved etching on glass honors the 19th century legacy of Catherine B. “Kitty” Smith Springs, a little-known free woman of color whose philanthropy helped to build places to worship, learn and heal the sick in Summerville after the Civil War.

Hilton Head Island native Emory Campbell, a legend in the state’s Gullah Geechee community, laments the days when politicians couched the bitter politics of race, class and gender in polite terms to hide racist intentions.

Charleston attorney Stephen Schmutz is excited that a different kind of shingle will soon hang on his law office at 24 Broad St. It will reveal the building’s hidden past.

U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., recently told the Charleston City Paper that he fears the nation’s Electoral College is a potential barrier to a Harris-Walz victory, even if the Democratic team wins the popular presidential vote on Nov. 5.

Barbados-born Kevin Farmer ended his first visit to Charleston recently with the vision of an annual festival to celebrate the historic ties between his Caribbean homeland and South Carolina.

The S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) estimates it will cost $2.2 million to make safety improvements for walkers and bikers along the Septima P. Clark Parkway in Charleston where eight people have been killed since 2012.