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March 25, 2019 — All the news you need, made by humans not machines.
As Charleston County plots how to improve its most struggling schools, it faces pressure both from activists on the grass roots level and from the state, which could take over nine high-poverty, majority-black schools in the county. Read more
Monday's top stories
Led by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republicans on Capitol Hill cheered Sunday that no obstruction or collusion charges were coming after the release of the long-awaited Mueller report. Read more
Calling corporate espionage a threat to its competitive advantage in the all-terrain vehicle market, Honda of South Carolina is going to court to find out who posted unauthorized photos of its Talon side-by-side vehicles on the Internet. Read more
The new restaurant’s inspiration came from Mexico, and features a Oaxacan-style menu of tacos and mole. Read more
Reeling in new retail
Talk of a big-box outdoor sporting goods retailer promised six years ago in the Charleston area continues to surface. Read more
Anxiety starting to churn
Ocean fish species are shifting their range as seas warm — four times faster than land species, according to a recent study. Regulators are changing the rules to keep up with them. Read more
The price of renting
An Atlanta-based real estate company paid $106 million last summer for three Charleston-area apartment complexes, 10 years after they sold for $51.1 million. Read more
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'It's all part of the gene!'
All sorts of people are gaining insight into their family history through DNA testing. For Charleston resident and artist Robert "King David" Ross, the results proved particularly empowering. Read more
South Carolina campaign trail
The Post and Courier conducted a three-week poll of South Carolina's Democratic Party county chairs. We asked each to list four candidates drawing their interest. Here's what we found: Read more
Local News
The sights and sounds of spring in the Lowcountry are met each year with a great deal of expectation.
About 100 demonstrators convened at North Charleston's Riverfront Park on Sunday for the second annual March for Our Lives rally where participants and state lawmakers touted support for gun control measures.
Record-setting shipping container traffic at Wando Welch Terminal has come with growing pains, including complaints about truck traffic and noise. Read more
Venture capital firms made a record $9.3 billion in investments to companies developing artificial intelligence technologies in 2018, and one Charleston company got a small slice of the pie. Read more
The cost of a self-storage unit can really add up, month after month. Here are some tips for reducing the cost. Read more
Calling corporate espionage a threat to its competitive advantage in the all-terrain vehicle market, Honda of South Carolina is going to court to find out who posted unauthorized photos of its Talon side-by-side vehicles on the Internet. Read more
The Magnolia Cemetery Trust recently moved to lift its ban on commercial tours for Bulldog Tours, thanks in part to the company's pledge to share a portion of its ticket proceeds with the cemetery. Read more
Led by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republicans on Capitol Hill cheered Sunday that no obstruction or collusion charges were coming after the release of the long-awaited Mueller report. Read more
The youngest candidate in the Democratic field was in Columbia on Saturday. Read more
The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Mueller also investigated whether Trump obstructed justice but did not come to a definitive answer. Read more
Though O'Rourke jumped into the Democratic primary race later than many of his competitors, his breakneck pace and prolonged days on the trail — driving himself across the state in a Dodge minivan — have allowed him to quickly make up up for lost time. Read more
Legislation would require South Carolina's college students to take a course on the U.S. Constitution and other documents that formed America's democracy — and pass a test at the end Read more
State Rep. Lin Bennett, a Charleston Republican, says she found that QAnon was bogus after posting several comments supporting the controversial conspiracy theory that believes major Democrats and celebrities run a child-sex ring. Read more
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South Carolina played Florida State in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday. Read more
Latest posts in sports
Gene Sapakoff column: Palmetto State high school products Zion Williamson and Ja Morant were dazzling in the first week of the NCAA Tournament. And what if they both played for non-Big Dance participants South Carolina or Clemson? Read more
Designated hitter Andrew Judkins delivered a walk-off single up the middle in the bottom of the 10th inning to give The Citadel a 3-2 victory over VMI on Sunday afternoon at Riley Park. Read more
South Carolina played Florida State in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday. Read more
Porter-Gaud's Josiah James and Goose Creek's Shayla Nelson are The Post and Courier's high school basketball players of the year. Read more
The wait is over. Soft shell crabs have started showing up at restaurants around the Lowcountry. Read more
Charleston and New Orleans aren’t exactly the same, but when visitors who’ve been to The Big Easy first come to The Holy City, they’re apt to feel like they’ve found their friend’s straight-laced cousin who doesn’t cuss or fling his beer bottles on the sidewalk. The two places are united by … Read more
Food & Wine has named Graft owners Femi Oyediran and Miles White as two of the year's top sommeliers. Read more
Shannon Kohn, of Summerville, is one of 10 finalists competing in the Lodge National Cornbread Cook-Off, to be held April 27 during the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Read more
The nationally renowned burger at Little Jack’s Tavern has been restored to its rightful place on the Upper King Street restaurant’s menu. Read more
According to her research, Olivia Elder is the first person of Gullah descent to be chosen as the South Carolina Cherry Blossom Princess. Read more
We are three months into 2019 and there have already been teacher strikes in Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland and throughout West Virginia. And while the specific areas of contention are salaries, hours, working conditions and charter schools, these walkouts reflect our teachers’ profound dissat… Read more
Ron Davis of Docutainment Films is producing a new documentary on Dawn Langley Simmons, a Charleston resident who was one of the first to undergo gender reassignment surgery in the nation in 1968. Read more
The Indie Grits festival, in its 13th year, takes downtown Columbia by storm each spring.
Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in "Us," a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director's astonishing debut, "Get Out," that despite its deficiencies will leave all who enter its shadowy world convinced of Peele's growing command as a singular conjurer o… Read more
