The next Baxter-Patrick James Island branch is more than a library. It's a community gathering place, and a history museum.

When Chief Eddie Driggers retired, Mayor Keith Summey had the brilliant idea to forego a national search and instead promote Burgess. He was a great pick. Which is why Gov. Henry McMaster last week nominated him to lead the state Department of Public Safety.

Keith Waring, the only City Council incumbent to survive a challenge from one of the group’s candidates, says local politicians should take heed.

It’s too bad Graham’s up for reelection at the same time as the president because our senior senator keeps getting dragged into national affairs. These days, he catches grief wherever he goes — just for trying to keep his job in trying times.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers says South Carolina should have harsher prison sentences for hate crimes. And Wendell Gilliard says, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

John Tecklenburg proved he was not simply the next guy in line to be Charleston's mayor.

Nancy Mace is shocked — shocked — that a bunch of durn Democrats are digging into her past.

The Charleston County School Board's "mission critical" initiatives may not fix local schools. But then, we'll never know for sure ...