Новости за 08.05.2016

CLEMSON — Sharon Krall couldn’t stay much longer, so her son did his job quickly enough to give her a Mother’s Day she’ll never forget.

Wind power is such a low-tech idea that the engines are equipped to use it on every one of those Boeing Dreamliner jets coming out of the North Charleston plant. Modern sailors turn to it to fill not only the sails but also the batteries that power the boat’s electronics and appliances.

CAPE ROMAIN — A company seeking to build a wind farm off New Jersey wants to see how the wind blows off Bulls Bay and Charleston, too.

Overtime has not been kind to the South Carolina Stingrays this season.

Of the 400,000 calls, chats and texts to the National Domestic Violence Hotline in 2015, only 1,718 came from South Carolina.

Imagine looking for an apartment, and learning that the monthly rent for a particular unit could be $500 more, or less, depending on how many months the initial lease term runs.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort turned the big 4-0 this past week, still looking swell, no worse for the wear.

Isle of Palms fire officials responded to a fire at the Citadel Beach Club in the early morning hours.

WASHINGTON – Ask U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy to describe his dream job, and he’ll say he’s drawn to careers that "reward fairness" and "have rules attached."

Temperatures won’t be the only thing rising here this summer: The battle over a bike and pedestrian lane on the T. Allen Legare Bridge will heat up before both Charleston city and county councils.

What: Join Lynda Hatcher from Richmond, Va. for a rug show featuring hundreds of Turkish, Moroccan and Persian rugs, ranging in colors and sizes. This event is free and open to the public.

The Charleston County School Board is going to close Lincoln High on Monday, if they can withstand the pressure from angry McClellanville residents and the NAACP.

SUMMERVILLE — Stratford earned a 3-0 shutout over Summerville in the Class AAAA Lower State playoffs on Saturday.

It doesn’t really matter when you score runs in a baseball game as long as you have more than the other team when the last out is recorded. That’s how Summerville head baseball coach Banks Faulkner views the postseason.

The Porter-Gaud boys track and field team won its sixth consecutive state AAA title, while the girls team won its first title since 2001 at the SCISA state track and field championships on Saturday, hosted by Porter-Gaud.

I fail to understand why people who live on James Island and Johns Island want to complete I-526, considering the existing City of Charleston conditions at the end of the James Island connector.

The Faithful Sunday School Class of Folly Beach Baptist Church strongly objects to the Bizarro comic published in the April 22 Post and Courier, which depicted the Christian God as an ape. What do you think would happen if that same comic depicted the Muslim God as an ape? We know the meaning of bizarre; however, this comic goes too far.

The State Ports Authority has settled on a bidder for its big property between Concord Street and our beautiful harbor’s edge. The buyers don’t plan a gift to the city for a Waterfront Park expansion; they want a 225-room highrise hotel which could house 450 visitors or more.

I am finding it difficult to understand that our state government cannot solve the matter of how to find affordable electricity for the Century Aluminum facility to continue to operate. The cost of electricity from the S.C. state-owned Santee-Cooper operation is too expensive to allow a profitable operation.

I did not have to go past the first paragraph of the May 4 article by Paul Bowers to see a huge problem. This article is obviously written for sensationalization in stating that "some undocumented children may have been denied their right to a free public education while on South Carolina soil."

If you appreciate the beauty of historic Charleston, you appreciate the city’s Board of Architectural Review, whether you realize it or not.

As Donald Trump’s virtual clinching of the Republican presidential nomination became a startling reality last week, the party’s national leadership took stock of the situation and began making choices.

The day after the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, I started a Facebook page aimed at uniting American mothers in a fight against gun violence. Married and living in the suburbs of Indianapolis, I was a stay-at-home mom of five and not in any way political, aside from voting. But I’d seen the difference the women of MADD...

Despite having had a visionary mayor for decades and a promising new one for months, and despite great weather, and flat urban core, Charleston is a horrible, unsafe place to ride a bike. Our city and regional leaders have completely failed to plan for transportation.

"As law enforcement officers, you give so much. You ask for so little, and you are needed!"