Sunday Edition
August 25, 2019 — Made by humans, not machines.
While Denmark has now turned into an example of failing infrastructure and injustice on the presidential campaign trail, views about the safety of its water have created lasting fracture points in this small city, about 20 miles southwest of Orangeburg. Read more
Sunday reads
U.S. Sen Lindsey Graham dropped by The Post and Courier to meet with our editorial staff. Read more
Boeing Co. is taking some heat for its latest Boeing Technical Fellowship class, a prestigious honor that includes 18 of the aerospace giant's top experts in key technology and science fields — but no women. Read more
Here are some of the local locations you'll see on the TV screen in HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones." Read more
Drama on the field
Moncks Corner Mayor Michael Lockliear and his adult son were playing on a recreation kickball team earlier this month, when a controversial call against the son caused the mayor to yell at the umpire. The town later asked that the umpire be reassigned. Read more
Watching the Atlantic
National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Dorian becomes fourth tropical storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season. Read more
road to 2020
Presidential candidates are magnifying Denmark, SC's ongoing water issue. Twelve years ago it was a rural Dillon County school that drew the national spotlight. Read more
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Old school entertainment
Across South Carolina, drive-in movie theaters are still hanging on
VCRs and Netflix led to the decline of the drive-in. Now, nostalgia is fueling their comeback.
South Carolina has three drive-in movie theaters about an hour outside of the major cities in the state. They include the Highway 21 Drive-In in Beaufort, the Big Mo in Monetta and the 25 Drive-In Auto Theatre in Greenwood. Read more
Return of the upstairs watering hole
Hot girl summer is over. But wiener bar fall has only just begun here in Charleston. Read more
Local News
The Charleston County Coroner's Office on Sunday identified a 60-year-old James Island man who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash late last week.
As development in suburban areas increases, school and municipal officials have to make changes to address inevitable back-to-school traffic.
It's too soon to say if it's been one of those particularly good years for hummingbirds. But for sure, they and their nestlings are appearing more around backyard feeders right now.
The W International site is expected to employ roughly 600 welders and fabricators in the next few years as the Defense Department awards contracts for construction of a next-generation Navy submarine and a new class of aircraft carriers. Read more
Former S.C. governor and U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's unprompted tweet reinforcing her friendship with Vice President Mike Pence was hyper-analyzed in a political world. 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
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College of Charleston coming to terms with its role in slavery. A documentary is one step.
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Ex-Citadel star pitcher James Reeves has been a dominant relief pitcher this season, setting himself up for a promotion to triple-A next season and hopefully a chance to play for the Yankees in the Bronx. Read more
A Waffle House hash brown coupon comes with a suggestion instead of an expiration date: "Please try to use by June 30, 2020." Read more
At the three-month-old KinFolk, brothers Joe and Kevin Nierstedt have built a menu around smoked meat, soft-serve ice cream and the sort of fried chicken that’s likely to play a leading role in wistful memories of summer. Read more
Google can figure out a better way than using well water to cool its Berkeley County data center, and it “should,” according to a draft permit that would allow one of the world’s richest corporations to pump 1.5 million gallons daily from a deep, ancient aquifer over the next five years. Read more
COMMENTARY
Over the next year, we will be in another lively political season. Before we all take sides, I would like to ask that we soften and … Read more
Donald Trump’s recent comments and quotes of other sources point out his lack of understanding of the world and his lack of respect … Read more
On Aug. 19, the planning group for widening S.C. Highway 41 and/or redirecting traffic at its intersection with U.S. Highway 17 anno… Read more
Hot girl summer is over. But wiener bar fall has only just begun here in Charleston. Read more
Thanks for all your lovely photos! Your next assignment: In the park. Read more
