Новости за 12.05.2016

Today should be mostly sunny in Charleston, with a high near 87, according to the National Weather Service.

An earlier wreck on the Mount Pleasant side of the entrance to the Ravenel Bridge has been cleared.

What: Join an expert to search for a variety of birds along the trails of Wannamaker Park, a known hot-spot for migrant birds.

A Jan. 22, 2014, Reuters dispatch began: "The Pentagon took steps on Wednesday to give individual troops greater latitude to wear turbans, head scarfs, yarmulkes and other religious clothing with their uniforms."

Diners without children may think restaurants distribute coloring pages and peg games to make kids feel comfortable. Not so, says Katy Kindred, who along with her husband, Joe, owns Kindred in Davidson, N.C. and parents three children.

The role of hero just seems to fit Joe Devin.

WASHINGTON — It should be obvious to all by now that Donald Trump knows nothing of what he speaks. His disastrous economic ideas are but the latest in a litany of nonsensical proposals.

Closing Lincoln Middle-High School was necessitated by the Charleston County School District’s dire financial situation. But finances weren’t the only reason for the school board’s decision.

The 2016 presidential race wildly violated traditional political formulas before this year even began. And in another equation that doesn’t add up, Hillary Clinton has virtually clinched the Democratic nomination despite losing 10 of the last 16 state primary and caucus contests to a 74-year-old senator from Vermont who calls himself a...

In the past couple of years I have noticed that when the three local school districts nominate candidates for teacher of the year none of these candidates are males.

I never thought that men and women possessing intelligence, high moral standards and sound leadership capacities running for the office of president would stoop to vulgar attacks on each other to gain the nomination. Obviously, some have a different path.

I’m writing to express my opinion on three points:

Rep. Jim Clyburn’s venomous attack on the Confederate Naval Jack displayed at The Citadel shows his distorted focus on South Carolina’s issues and history. For years Mr. Clyburn has presided over a district rife with crime, poverty and under-achieving schools.

When the history of the 2016 presidential election is written there will be a short list of Republican elected officials who were courageous enough to put the well-being of the country ahead of that of their party.

The first one hundred days of a new president, governor or mayor are often seen as setting the tone of their administration for the next four years.

As both the father of a high school marching band member and a previous high school and collegiate marching band member myself (say it softly around here, the World Renown Florida State University Marching Chiefs), I would like to thank Sen. Vincent Sheehen for introducing his bill that marching band count as a physical education requirement.

As residents of the Summerville community we are concerned and angry about the way homeless persons in our community are being neglected while various leaders argue whose responsibility it is to address the problem.

BROWN, Eva L., 87, of Mount Pleasant, an assistant minister with Macedonia AME Church, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Fielding Home for Funerals of Charleston.

ABBOTT, Alma, Moncks Corner

The ascension of Donald Trump to the top of the Republican heap, standing on the remains of 16 former rivals and pounding his chest in triumph, has got to be the single most remarkable political story of my entire lifetime — which at nearly six decades is starting to add up to something. It might even be argued that it’s one of the...

In this twilight of his presidency, Barack Obama is unlikely to deliver much in the way of meaningful legislation.

Bishop England head coach Mike Darnell sat propped in the corner of the dugout before Wednesday’s elimination game listening to his players at the other end discussing Boston Red Sox lore. The Bishops needed something to loosen them up.

Wilson Beattie pitched a no-hitter Wednesday to help the Green Wave stay alive in the Class AAAA Lower State Baseball Playoffs.

Junior Chris Moss rallied at No. 5 singles to lift Academic Magnet (13-0) to a 4-1 win over 2015 SCHSL Class AA state champion Bishop England in Wednesday’s Lower State final and into the Raptors’ first boys tennis state final.