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
The water fee represents a $1.83 per month increase for an 8,000 gallon per month user, according to the county. The new water and sewer fees will begin July 1. Read more
A State Law Enforcement Division helicopter crashed in Dorchester County Wednesday afternoon, leaving the pilot injured. Read more
With hundreds of upset homeowners overflowing the capacity of its meeting room, Richland County Council urged the two sides disputing the future of a closed golf course to find an arrangement they could live with to resolve the battle. Read more
Charleston-area development
The first of 10 convenience stores planned for the Charleston region in a $50 million investment will welcome customers this week. Read more
Future of museum a bit more clear
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
Summer roadtrip bites
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
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Get your game on
Bocce and cornhole competition are among the bargames organized by Chucktown Social — bocce at Fuel restaurant downtown and cornhole at My Father's Mustache in Mount Pleasant. Read more
Summer's sandwich
For many of us, our first seafood sandwich was the classic tuna fish. Read more
Local news
The water fee represents a $1.83 per month increase for an 8,000 gallon per month user, according to the county. The new water and sewer fees will begin July 1.
A State Law Enforcement Division helicopter crashed in Dorchester County Wednesday afternoon, leaving the pilot injured.
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 head of Savannah-based TradePort said the Southeast "is a retail growth area" as ports in the region start handling cargo that traditionally had been shipped through the Northeast and West Coast. Read more
With hundreds of upset homeowners overflowing the capacity of its meeting room, Richland County Council urged the two sides disputing the future of a closed golf course to find an arrangement they could live with to resolve the battle. Read more
The first of 10 convenience stores planned for the Charleston region in a $50 million investment will welcome customers this week. 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
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
“There’s places for Nikki and Nikki’s future is good,” Trump said. 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
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South Carolina's 2019-20 basketball team will feature a mix of young and old. Read more
Latest posts in sports
The Citadel has added a transfer linebacker who will be eligible for the 2019 football season, coach Brent Thompson announced Wednesday. Read more
Olivia Thompson may not be as talked about as her high-ranking freshman teammates, but she's as vital to the Gamecocks as any of them. Read more
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
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
For many of us, our first seafood sandwich was the classic tuna fish. 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
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
News flash: There’s a crisis at the border. 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
