Wednesday Edition
June 26, 2019 — Your news feed made by humans, not machines.
When a service member isn't claimed by their kin, sometimes due to financial burden or estrangement, it falls on the Palmetto State's 46 county coroners, funeral homes and civic-minded volunteers to identify their cremated remains and bury them. Read more
Wednesday headlines
Just as a new effort to build a museum to the Medal of Honor has emerged in the Lowcountry, the museum group which announced last year that it was leaving South Carolina has narrowed its national search to two cities. Read more
The first of 10 new convenience stores planned for the Charleston area in a $50 million investment will welcome customers Friday. Read more
Two of the Carolinas' most prominent American Indian tribes are battling over geography and lucrative gambling turf. Read more
Second shot at federal office
Nancy Mace, the barrier-breaking Daniel Island Republican who became the first woman to graduate from The Citadel Corps of Cadets, entered the 2020 race for Charleston's congressional seat on Tuesday. Read more
SC medical news
The Medical University of South Carolina is suing the federal government over money it believes it should be getting to run its pharmacy school. Read more
2020 game plan
South Carolina Democrats feel pretty good about this past weekend. Read more
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Beat the heat
The Charleston area has a slew of places to quench your cravings for traditional ice cream, as well as gelato, pie-filled ice cream sandwiches and Life Raft Treat's Not Fried Chicken ice cream. Read more
Get in the game
Most sports are played on a field or a court, but some are played at Charleston's neighborhood bars. Read more
Local news
South Carolina Democrats feel pretty good about this past weekend.
When a service member isn't claimed by their kin, sometimes due to financial burden or estrangement, it falls on the Palmetto State's 46 county coroners, funeral homes and civic-minded volunteers to identify their cremated remains and bury them.
Charleston International and its two smaller sister airports will benefit from nearly $15 million in government grants while four other airports in South Carolina will pick up a combined $8.3 million. Read more
The first of 10 new convenience stores planned for the Charleston area in a $50 million investment will welcome customers Friday. Read more
In addition to its pledge toward the construction and design of the museum, the energy provider is also funding 1,000 museum memberships to people served by the Charleston Promise Neighborhood. Read more
The Medical University of South Carolina is suing the federal government over money it believes it should be getting to run its pharmacy school. Read more
Some consider the ILA Hall at 1142 Morrison Drive to be Harvey Gantt's best piece of architecture in Charleston, but there's no guarantee it will survive. Read more
Senators approved Tuesday making former Rep. Mike Pitts a Laurens County judge, several months after he withdrew his bid to lead the state's land preservation agency Read more
Stay up-to-date on which 2020 presidential candidates are visiting the Palmetto state with The Post and Courier's tracker. Continually updated as candidates campaign in South Carolina in the months leading up to the state’s February 2020 primary. Read more
South Carolina Democrats feel pretty good about this past weekend. Read more
The state's northeast corner has received only a handful of candidate visits in the first few months of the 2020 race, and the lack of early attention has not gone unnoticed. But that may change soon. Read more
The passage of the Raise the Age Law boasted overwhelming bipartisan support and marked a signature achievement for the state's embattled juvenile justice department. Read more
Senators approved Tuesday making former Rep. Mike Pitts a Laurens County judge, several months after he withdrew his bid to lead the state's land preservation agency Read more
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Charleston car dealership investigated for allegedly doctoring car loans
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Nancy Mace enters SC Congressional race against Joe Cunningham
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Officials identify 2nd Charleston-area teen killed in Upstate crash
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Gamecock frustration: Of 4 SC players taken in NBA draft, none played at South Carolina
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Charleston Waterkeeper calls on SC health officials to rate Shem Creek more polluted
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New open-fired pizza restaurant opening in Mount Pleasant this week; 3rd location in SC
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SC's Raise the Age law is about to go into effect. How it will be implemented remains vague.
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SC lawmakers overturn McMaster vetoes on USS Clamagore, restoring money to sink it
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SC's Mark Sanford returned from 'hiking the Appalachian Trail' 10 years ago today
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Sale of Charleston Longshoremen's hall moving ahead despite member opposition
South Carolina's 2019-20 basketball team will feature a mix of young and old. Read more
Latest posts in sports
No high school football program in the Lowcountry has produced more college players over the last decade than Fort Dorchester. From the look of things, that trend will continue. Read more
South Carolina's 2019-20 basketball team will feature a mix of young and old. Read more
Summerville native and Charleston Southern outfielder Josh Litchfield has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association's Gold Glove team. Read more
The Charleston Battery announced the signing of former Bishop England High School soccer standout James Cox on Monday, pending league and federation approval. Read more
The owners of Off Track Ice Cream originally planned to open their downtown Charleston shop by Memorial Day weekend but now say it’s on track to open Saturday, June 29. Read more
Recent Reviews
The Charleston area has a slew of places to quench your cravings for traditional ice cream, as well as gelato, pie-filled ice cream sandwiches and Life Raft Treat's Not Fried Chicken ice cream. Read more
Food editor Hanna Raskin is on vacation. While she's out of town, we're re-running a few popular Ask Raskin columns that you might have missed when they were first published. Read more
For many of us, our first seafood sandwich was the classic tuna fish. Read more
Just in time for the U.S. Open earlier this month, Kiawah Island Golf Resort opened its newest flat-screen TV-furnished sports bar. Read more
South Carolina Democrats feel pretty good about this past weekend. Read more
A dancer from Andrews, S.C., is 1 of 12 women and 1 of only 24 total dancers accepted into the Juilliard School's class of 2023. Read more
Fred Wilson, an award-winning visual artist with an exhibition scheduled for 2020 at the Gibbes Museum of Art, will deliver an address on Nov. 13 as part of the museum’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Read more
Charleston photographer Jonathan Stout uses the same Big Shot instant camera that Andy Warhol did in the '70s.
Most sports are played on a field or a court, but some are played at Charleston's neighborhood bars. Read more
