Proposal on illegals is tabled

Summerville plan would have affected renters

SUMMERVILLE -- Town Council tabled a controversial ordinance Wednesday night that requires employers and landlords to try harder to weed out illegal immigrants. Read More

Draft on casino boats to be reviewed

North Charleston will take a step toward legalizing gambling cruises from the Cooper River when the first phase of Mayor Keith Summey's proposal goes to the city Planning Commission next week. Read More

2 armed men rob King Street Grille

Charleston police are investigating a Wednesday robbery of a Charleston restaurant. About 12:45 a.m., police were dispatched to the King Street Grille at 304 King St. for a reported armed robbery. Read More

Breeder of fighting dogs gets parole

Tant had served nearly 6 years of original 30-year sentence

David Ray Tant Read More

Amid 'disbelief,' local Day of Caring took off on 9/11

The Lowcountry's Day of Caring grew from horrific coincidence. As volunteers set out on the first full-scale effort in 2001, a plane slammed into the World Trade Center, then another one. Read More

Community leader, educator Higgins dies

Leonard Higgins, president of the Maryville/Ashleyville Neighborhood Association and a past principal of St. John's High School, died Tuesday following a lengthy battle with cancer. Read More

Killer given 2 life terms

Man admits shooting woman, then her son

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‘Blue Shirts' dig in, get work done

You heard all the people in white shirts and ties talking earlier this year about moving five Charleston County schools due to seismic deficiencies. Read More

Crowd protests I-526 plan

Residents of Johns, James islands speak out

An auditorium full of people rose to their feet Wednesday night in silent protest of plans to finish the final leg of Interstate 526 across Johns and James islands. Read More

Obama sticks to his guns, economically

CLEVELAND -- Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans, and some fellow Democrats, just two months before bruising midterm elections. Read More

BP report spreads the blame for rig disaster

NEW ORLEANS -- BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig. Read More

Audit heads to campus

Investigators aim to wrap up by January

The Legislature's watchdog group is set to ramp up its investigation into what happened to millions of state and federal dollars for the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center. Read More

New year observance

Hannah Reynolds (center) and Andrea Griff (right) hand out the traditional Rosh Hashanah treat apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year to fellow College of Charleston students Wednesday. Read More

Records reveal rifts, confusion before rig blast

Something was wrong. BP was preparing to plug its well 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, and longtime technical adviser Jesse Gagliano was running computer models to finalize details. Read More

Dave Matthews Band to play in North Charleston

The Dave Matthews Band will rock the rafters Nov. 17 at the North Charleston Coliseum as part of their U.S. arena tour this fall. Read More