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January 21, 2019 — All the news you need, made by humans not machines.
Michael Bennett, the owner and founder of Charleston-based Bennett Hospitality — a veritable Lowcountry empire of hotels, restaurants and other properties — has been waiting for this for years. It has to be just right. Read more
MLK Day stories
Members of New Light Congregation in Pittsburgh joined Sunday worship at Emanuel AME Church to show unity between two houses of worship devastated by mass shootings. Read more
Forty-seven years since it was founded, Charleston's Annual MLK Celebration is the largest in the state and quite fitting for one of the world's greatest champions of human rights and social justice. Read more
The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday. Read more
Charleston-area development
Kiawah Island Golf Resort is crowd-sourcing possible names for its new waterfront hotel, which is one component of the resort's ongoing multi-phase expansion. Four parts of that expansion are set to open during 2019. Read more
Personal finance
Tax rules keep changing, so here are some valuable South Carolina income tax breaks to be aware of, and one that's hardly worth the trouble. Read more
Work to be done
None of us can be completely sure what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would say if he were alive today. But it’s a safe bet that he would see America's advances as a mixed bag — with much more work to do. Read more
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Bob DeVey will die of terminal cancer. He has chosen not to undergo radical surgery that might buy him a few extra months at the cost of his quality of life. Now he wants to make one final medical decision. Read more
In his words
"The point I want to make is that physician-assisted suicide is illegal in South Carolina, and I cannot figure out any logical medical reason for it." Read more
Local News
Forty-seven years since it was founded, Charleston's Annual MLK Celebration is the largest in the state and quite fitting for one of the world's greatest champions of human rights and social justice.
A fire broke out at a former Anderson County facility where Viva Recycling abandoned tens of thousands of tires
After delivering an all-time-high 145 Dreamliner jets last year, Boeing Co. 787 plants in North Charleston and the Seattle area are expected to repeat their record-setting performance in 2019. Read more
A dome-capped peninsular Charleston church dating back to the mid-20th century wants to tear down a few structures and build something new. Read more
Michael Bennett, the owner and founder of Charleston-based Bennett Hospitality — a veritable Lowcountry empire of hotels, restaurants and other properties — has been waiting for this for years. It has to be just right. Read more
Spirit Communications was never a household name in South Carolina, primarily because it operated behind the scenes with big companies, government agencies, hospital systems and other "enterprise" customers. Read more
Thousands of tourists stroll down Charleston's streets every day, taking in the historic houses with wrought-iron fencing and decorative additions in the South of Broad area. Read more
If anyone had predicted South Carolina might legalize medical marijuana a few years back, you would’ve sworn they were smoking something. But it could happen. Read more
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is making her first trip to early voting South Carolina since launching her exploratory bid for a possible 2020 presidential run. Read more
The powerful Republican legislator leading the charge this year on improving South Carolina's public schools knows firsthand that education is key to lifting children out of poverty. Read more
South Carolina’s business community is rallying support for narrowing the state’s mounting teacher shortage, linking arms with education advocates as lawmakers vow to reform an ailing school system. Read more
David Beasley tells a story about a recent trip to war-torn Yemen. Read more
Historian Sonya Grantham wants a statue on South Carolina Statehouse grounds honoring an African-American World War I infantry unit that includes a Medal of Honor recipient, but she will run into a stringent state law that makes adding or removing monuments from public building almost impossible. Read more
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More than 100 boat lines and approximately 140 exhibitors will be on hand for the show scheduled Friday through Sunday at the Charleston Area Convention Center Complex. Read more
Latest posts in sports
South Carolina hosts Missouri Monday in a rematch of a game that started a nasty off-the-court feud last season. Read more
The updated standings for the Trident Fishing Tournament. Read more
Dawn Staley's Havanese Champ Staley has his own circle of fans. Read more
South Carolina Stingrays goalie Parker Milner has become a food critic in his spare time. Read more
Three months after opening at the corner of East Bay and Queen streets, Tradd's has replaced its executive chef. Read more
Shrimp-and-grits hasn’t been a Lowcountry signature for very long, but the dish has more than made up for lost time with ubiquity. Read more
Every new restaurant brings something different to the Charleston-area dining scene, but it’s the rare venue that doesn’t have some sort of local precedent. To celebrate the newcomers and honor the stalwarts, we’ll look at a few of them side-by-side in this column over the coming weeks. The … Read more
David Williams lives in Summerville. Read more
When The Royal Tern posted a Facebook message alerting the owners of a wayward horse that it was grazing on their property, the Johns Island restaurant’s followers were unfazed. “Smart horse,” one wrote. Read more
Ichiban Grill owner William Chan moved to Georgia with one proven idea for an Asian-themed restaurant and came back with another. Read more
WASHINGTON — Half or a quarter of the way through this interesting experiment with an incessantly splenetic presidency, much of the nation has become accustomed to daily mortifications. Or has lost its capacity for embarrassment, which is even worse. Read more
Monday, Jan. 21 marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day. You may know King for his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and as the leader of the civil rights movement, but how well do you really know his life and legacy? Find out below. Read more
The Charleston peninsula boasts the highest concentration of murals, but painted exteriors can be found in North Charleston, West Ashley, Mount Pleasant, James Island, Folly Beach and elsewhere. Read more
The collaboration between the artists and the schools has been organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, “Southbound: Photographs Of and About the New South,” which includes an exhibition of 220 works by 56 artists displayed in two Charleston venues.
Get your vinyl here this weekend! Read more
