Skyler Baldwin

North Charleston Mayor Reggie Burgess today announced the appointment of veteran Pennsylvania lawman Ron Camacho as the new chief of the city’s police department.

Charleston County voters appeared to send a solid “no” message Tuesday to Charleston County Council on its request to extend a half-cent sales tax to raise billions for road and other projects.

The Charleston County School District Board of Trustees may get at least two new faces based on Tuesday election results as of 11 p.m. after two years of being dominated by a majority faction of trustees backed by right-wing political group Moms for Liberty.

The City of Charleston is adding 52 new positions to the coming fiscal year’s budget, bringing the balanced draft budget’s total to about $330 million.

Charleston County Council members voted Tuesday night to request that the state Department of Transportation (SCDOT) continue its work on an Interstate 526 extension project after county voters rejected a sales tax referendum by a large margin on Nov. 5.

A two-panel outdoor mural tucked away near the corner of East Bay and Calhoun streets has for years presented passersby with a vision of Charleston’s potential future should water levels continue to rise.

Asheville and the North Carolina mountains remain on the road to recovery after being devastated by Hurricane Helene nearly two months ago.

The S.C. Board of Education on Tuesday voted on the fate of two books challenged by a parent under Regulation 43.170, a blanket school book-banning policy that took effect at the beginning of the school year.

Charleston resident Katie Dahlheim read about Jessica McClard’s Little Free Pantry in Fayetteville, Ark., more than eight years ago. Now, there are about 500 Blessing Boxes across South Carolina.

Drunken driving arrests are up in Charleston and North Charleston this year compared to last year, according to police spokesmen in both cities.