State Rep. Nancy Mace says that she believes the power to stop offshore drilling rests with the state ... and the U.S. Senate will never pass Cunningham’s bill anyway. She has a point on the Senate, but her main argument doesn’t hold water — even with other Republicans.

In the shanty town where they grew up, the other kids called them “salty boys.”

For weeks now, Dominion Energy crews have been kicking around here, trimming tree branches away from the power lines ... and producing the same cringe-inducing results that folks have seen on James Island and in West Ashley.

The South Carolina Republican Party has come up with an ingenious plan to save taxpayer money.

While South Carolina was evacuating, and waiting, we missed North Carolina getting completely scrambled.

We were just getting settled in for burgers and beer — maybe even the beach — when the call came.

It's becoming a trend around here: People raise Cain about our ridiculous traffic, then raise even more when presented with a plan to fix it.

Sheriff Andy Strickland was only trying to help. He simply wanted to remind the 130 or so employees working for him at the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office that, in South Carolina, they have no legal right to their jobs.

This may be the most Charleston thing ever, 21st century edition: You type “where” into Google, and it automatically suggests “…is Jim Cantore?”

It’s about time Charleston put plans to rebuild the Low Battery in high gear. Tropical Storm Dorian lurking east of the Caribbean islands is a good reminder that there is no time to dawdle.

It may seem like simple, common sense, but a distressing number of people aren't locking up their cars, even if they leave a loaded gun inside.

Nearly a quarter of South Carolina Republicans say a 2020 presidential primary would only be an opportunity for President Donald Trump’s enemies to hurt him. So, of course, they shouldn’t hold one.

Even though the proposed road map looks like a queue line at Disney World, Mount Pleasant is hardly the happiest place on Earth.

It’s hard to overstate the importance of North Charleston these days.

They come in search of Twelve Oaks, and aren’t real happy to instead find “12 Years a Slave.”

The Charleston mayor’s race officially kicks off at noon Monday, when filing for the November election closes.

The more Mark Sanford warns us about looming dark days, the more he sounds like The Dark Knight.

Eric Watson began to form his ideas about community policing as a teenager.

If Dorchester County needs a campaign slogan for its November bond referendums, it should try this: SLOW GROWTH — VOTE YES.

Your SCE&G settlement check is on the way. Don't spend it all in one place, South Carolina.

Unfortunately, Dylann Roof wasn’t an outlier — there are hundreds more like him.

On Sunday, the Charleston congressman posted a short video on Twitter showing his phone screen as he searched for Donald Trump’s account and — gasp — unfollowed the president.

Charleston police take this seriously, but they face some serious challenges in this latest palmetto rose squabble. There’s a long history here.

Anyone looking for steady work that pays well should apply to the South Carolina Department of Corrections ... as a defense attorney.

Nikki Haley fans were no doubt thrilled to learn she is now one of America’s top 10 most admired women.

Federal Judge Bruce Hendricks heard a disturbing statistic from the DEA in March: The Lowcountry’s opioid overdose rate is 240 percent higher than the national average.

A new study says South Carolina is the 10th most obese state in the nation. And there are reasons why our skinny jeans don't quite fit.

The Charleston Animal Society finds itself in a most unlikely place — the doghouse.

The moon was just 75 feet away — not close enough to touch, but near enough to kill them.

Four candidates for Charleston mayor walk into City Hall …

Cheated out of an expected presidential bid – literally – Mark Sanford says now, a decade later, it might be his moment to hit the trail.

For real, this time.

Just when he’d reached the peak of his popularity among Republican primary voters, practically assuring himself of another term, our senior senator had to mouth off and sound all reasonable.

Summerville Mayor Wiley Johnson says he won’t seek a second term this year, and that has all of Flowertown talking.

So, when President Donald Trump made Nikki Haley an offer she couldn’t refuse, he may have been settling some family business.

Donald Trump predicted this Madness.

Well, this is just what southwestern Berkeley County needs — another 5,700 homes for volunteer firefighters to protect.

Republicans are already lining up to challenge congressman Joe Cunningham, apoplectic that they lost the 1st District seat last year to a Democrat.

The survivors will tell these stories for generations.

Charleston officials ask residents to give 'em a call when their house floods — and yes, that’s when, not if.

State Sen. Gerald Malloy recently suggested it’s time for voters to decide whether South Carolina is finally game for casinos.

Nikki Haley was in Jerusalem this week, attending a conference on U.S.-Israel relations, visiting the Western Wall — and polishing her image as a world leader.

Meanwhile, 6,000 miles away, other folks were doing their best to make her one.

South Carolina Democrats feel pretty good about this past weekend.

Some Charleston parents are less than thrilled that the school district asks local clergy to bless its sex education curriculum.

Poor Lindsey Graham.

Due to popular demand, and a good bit of peer pressure, there will now be a police officer in every school in the city of Charleston.

The folks on Mount Pleasant Town Council may bicker now and then but there are some truths that transcend even political rivalry.

One day, Charleston’s greatest soap opera will come to a merciful end.