In a new wrongful death lawsuit filed in Dorchester County, lawyers allege that the Summerville Station Apartments were a “veritable tinderbox” before a deadly fire broke out last September.
The family of a mother and her two daughters who were killed in a Mother’s Day 2022 crash involving a Charleston County deputy are speaking to reporters Wednesday morning.
A new lawsuit alleges that the deputy whose car crashed into three family members on Highway 17 last year after speeding through a stop sign was not the only law enforcement officer disregarding the rules of the road that night.
It’s been eight months since GPS monitors were first put on defendants’ ankles as part of the Charleston Police Department’s electronic monitoring program for violent offenders, and leaders behind program say they have seen success in a variety of ways.
Multiple Lowcountry brides have accused a wedding planner of leaving them scrambling to make their weddings happen and then not refunding their money for work they had to do on their own.
South Carolina’s new superintendent of education has put the brakes on a plan to return control of the Williamsburg County School District to the county’s school board.
By Blair Sabol, Steven Ardary, Dylan Leatherwood and Patrick Phillips
The family of a Charleston man murdered in 2002 will speak at the State House in Columbia Tuesday morning to demand lawmakers take up a judicial reform package this year.
With tourism season underway in the Lowcountry the City of Charleston has protections in place to keep visitors informed about local businesses, but not all were being followed.
In the Hollywood comedy-thriller, an American black bear goes on a wild killing spree after snorting millions of dollars worth of Cocaine. But the real story is crazier than fiction.
After years of conflict in the court system, commission members for the state agency that provides services for disabled and special needs adults have settled a wrongful termination case filed by its former director.
For millions of children across the country, schools are the only place where they can consistently rely on a nutritious meal for lunch and, in some places, breakfast as well.
In an 8-0 vote, Charleston County Council approved a new contract for a new medical services provider for the Al Cannon Detention Center, replacing Wellpath.
Potholes are the leading issue that drivers claim caused damage to their car in South Carolina, according to data obtained from the South Carolina Department of Transportation, in the last three years.
A South Carolina woman is desperately trying to get her grandson out of a youth mental health facility in the Lowcountry after she says he’s been beaten multiple times, taunted and has even tried to commit suicide.
The Charleston County Sheriff's Office has released hundreds of pages of documents hoping to set the record straight about the issues at the Al Cannon Detention Center.
The senate unanimously voted on a bill that would eliminate the Commission that oversees the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and re-establish it as part of the governor’s cabinet at the state house Tuesday.
A Charleston man says he learned during a routine trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles that Social Security Administration had incorrectly declared him dead.
Lawyers who represent the family of an inmate who died late last year at the Charleston County jail say the coroner took a rare, but integral step this week.
Though solar panel sales have reached a high in South Carolina, reaching a total of nearly 35,000 through July of last year, not everyone is happy with their purchase.
A Lowcountry pool company has left at least a dozen customers out almost $250,000 after customers say the company agreed to install pools they never began working on.
Following years of concerns from neighbors about stray bullets, the Hampton County sheriff is requesting a cease-and-desist order against a gun range in Yemassee.
Prosecutors at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial are asking a judge to allow jurors to hear from the son of the family's housekeeper who says Murdaugh promised to take care of them when she died in a fall, but kept a $4 million settlement for himself.
Nearly four years after a family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh and his family members, a judge approved a settlement agreement in the case, dropping the estate of Murdaugh’s wife and his surviving son.
Hampton County is a county that typically is forgotten, but in recent years it has been thrust into the national spotlight because of the Murdaugh family.
Following a deadly boat crash in 2019 with ties to a prominent Lowcountry family, disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh, along with his wife and two sons, would be thrust into a years-long saga of unveiled tragedies and criminal accusations.
Alex Murdaugh, the once-prominent former Lowcountry attorney who called authorities to report the murders of his wife and youngest son, will face a jury of his peers as he stands trial for the crimes in just a week’s time.
A psychiatric residential treatment facility for children and teens is facing new accusations, and documents show the Summerville facility has a years-long history of escapes, assaults and other issues.
Daily training logs reveal field supervisors noted difficulties a former Charleston County deputy who was involved in a crash that killed a Colleton County woman and her two daughters was having with driving while she was training for the job.
As the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs prepares to face the new year without a director, the state agency’s leadership remains in litigation with one of its former directors.
A former women’s basketball coach at South Carolina State University has gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars from South Carolina’s Insurance Reserve Fund after she sued the school and its former athletic director earlier this year.
A gun range in Hampton County has responded to a state senator’s request that the business be investigated by the Hampton County Sheriff's Office and the Yemassee Police Department.
Short-term rentals have taken off in the last few years and despite the City of Charleston’s best efforts, thousands of illegal advertisements continue to pop up.
The new chair of the Charleston County School Board of Trustees wants to do things a little differently – promising to bring transparency to board meetings and clarity to parents.