Kaitlin Stansell

Charleston County’s veteran treatment court is looking for mentors. The program helps veterans address the mental illnesses and substance use disorders that have led them to crime.

Warren says she is working around the clock to meet voters face to face ahead of the South Carolina democratic presidential primary in February.

One year since its inception, the First Step Program in Mount Pleasant is saving lives.It’s the first in the state to put Narcan in the hands of the community and approach the opioid epidemic with a unique and multi-faceted community response.

An initiative to fight the opioid epidemic at the Mount Pleasant Police Department has been expanded to other parts of the Lowcountry.The North Charleston Police Department has adopted the Paths to Recovery.

Environmentalists are calling for more transparency following the release of a summary of recommendations to deal with flooding and beach erosion in South Carolina.

A Berkeley County teacher’s license has been suspended for a year after claims that he made inappropriate comments to students.

The Coastal Conservation League has joined several other environmental groups to file a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration’s head of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers.

The Berkeley County home where children were found locked in a room was being rented through a property management company.

The Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council has almost reached its goal to reduce the jail population by 25 percent.

Town leaders are considering a plan to prevent elevated bacteria levels in James Island Creek they believe is caused by pet waste.

A man shot by a Charleston County deputy responding to a call about a possible home invasion received a $750,000 payout from the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund.

Google’s data center in Berkeley County has been given the go ahead to use millions of gallons of groundwater to cool its servers, a decision environmental groups and others argue could damage one of the region’s limited sources of groundwater.

The Berkeley County School Board is considering a change to the district’s mission and vision in an effort to shift the district’s curriculum.

Investigators with the FBI want DNA evidence from two men facing federal charges for armed robberies that spanned from North Carolina to the South Carolina Lowcountry. In a search warrant application filed this week in federal court, investigators detailed why they wanted DNA from two suspects con

The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments is asking for public input as officials update the area’s Long-Range Transportation Plan for the region’s rural areas.

While Charleston County works to address the dwindling supply of affordable housing units, some in the real estate industry argue the Lowcountry has already reached a critical point.

Five months after teachers marched on Columbia, education reform advocates in South Carolina are trying to expand their support by heading to the state capitol this weekend.

A temporary suspension of Summerville’s 150-year old “tree protection” law was short lived after Hurricane Dorian left behind damage in “the Flowertown in the Pines.”

Women who are living in the United States illegally were used as prostitutes inside a Goose Creek home, according to federal court documents.

It’s been more than three weeks since Hurricane Dorian impacted the Lowcountry, and officials say it could take at least another month for some areas to be cleared of the damaged trees and limbs left behind by the storm.

Mark Sanford, a former governor and congressman for South Carolina, is the third Republican to challenge President Donald Trump for the party’s presidential nomination. However, many consider his campaign a longshot as GOP committees in several states forgo 2020 primaries.

As Hurricane Dorian approaches, Crosstowne Church members have prepared, yet again, for potential flood damage at their house of worship off Bees Ferry Road. But all may not be lost. Leaders hope to learn from the storm’s impacts in the Church Creek basin.“For us it will be number four but for the

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro was the latest 2020 hopeful to visit the College of Charleston for the school’s “The Bully Pulpit” series.

Months after the state rolled out its new, centralized child support system in the Lowcountry, some parents are complaining about issues with their payments. South Carolina’s new child support system has battled delays for decades but is finally operational statewide. The Palmetto State is the las

One state senator believes there needs to be a law that covers threats against all public buildings and spaces, including churches and public parks.The broader approach of S.276 would give law enforcement more authority over those who threaten violence.

Two families are requesting an emergency hearing after their neighbors began building a fence that now blocks the only roadway in and out of their properties in Ravenel.

Berkeley County School District leaders are considering the demolition of up to 8 buildings, and officials believe the recommended projects could save the district at least $600,000 per year.

The next time Berkeley County students miss school because of the weather, they may not have to attend class to make it up. The Berkeley County School district has been selected to pilot the state’s eLearning program.

Just days before a Berkeley County teacher was out of a job and accused of being drunk at a high school, the district’s board approved a contract for more than $100,000 to randomly test its employees for drugs and alcohol.

Students in Berkeley County head back to class on Monday, but the district is still working to fill some teacher vacancies and bus driver positions before school starts.