Новости за 14.05.2016

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND – Cooper Stapleton loves playing outside and hanging with his friends just like any other 10-year-old.

Alabama won the national championship with undrafted Jake Coker taking snaps. A few weeks later, the Denver Broncos managed a Super Bowl 50 victory during a season in which Peyton Manning threw nine touchdown passes and 17 interceptions.

With more than 100 students enrolling in Trident Tech’s horticultural program each semester, the Charleston Horticultural Society realized the need for scholarships.

Years after Charleston started looking for a partner company to open a downtown bike-sharing program, a local business owner says he’s ready to go it alone.

This spring hundreds of volunteers and staff with the Charleston Parks Conservancy have been working to plant an estimated 20,000 trees, bushes, grasses, bulbs and other ground covers in an effort to turn Colonial Lake into Charleston’s signature public park.

Sea turtles aren’t the sweet teddy bears they seemed to be when five loggerheads were returned to the wild Wednesday, paddling down the beach to the ocean amid a throng of cheering onlookers.

South Carolina Stingrays forward Jared Staal rarely gets a chance to play in front of his famous older brothers.

College of Charleston rising seniors Phillip Oweida and William Rainey, both from Charlotte, birdied the 17th hole and scored a 1-up victory over Florence’s Michael Thigpen and Gregg Jones in the final of the Carolina Four-Ball Championship played at Camden Country Club.

The East Cooper Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association will hold its 13th annual "Celebrating Conservation" event at 6 p.m. Friday at Omar Shrine Temple, located at 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant. Tickets, which include annual CCA membership, are $60 single, $85 couples and children under 16 admitted free. Contact...

The end-of-school countdown is on. Students, teachers and parents are all counting the few days remaining, many of them with different thoughts about what transpires when school lets out.

Last summer on our way to Michigan, my family visited the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (www.fpconservatory.org) in Columbus, Ohio. Despite our varied interests, we found the conservatory has something for everyone.

2015-16 TRIDENT FISHING TOURNAMENT

SUMMERVILLE — Hutchinson Square, downtown’s main public space, is getting some sprucing up, the first step in a larger plan to make it reflect the town’s past while better serving its future.

BY CAITLIN BYRD AND DERREK ASBERRY

A shooting outside a Dorchester Road bar sent one man to the hospital early Saturday, and North Charleston police are still investigating what happened.

A shooting outside a Dorchester Road bar sent one man to the hospital early Saturday, and North Charleston police are still investigating what happened.

BEAUFORT, S.C. — Fans of noted author Pat Conroy have another chance to celebrate his life.

Paige and Brice Christian were well aware of the Emanuel AME Church shooting horror last year while they searched from Houston, Texas for a congregation to join here.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere vowed defiance — and other conservative states could follow suit — after the Obama administration told public schools across the U.S. on Friday to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

A warm and sunny weekend is on its way to Charleston, according to the National Weather Service.

What: The Johns Island Homegrown Market features local farmers and artisans, prepared food vendors and live musicians.

STATESBORO, GA. — Chris Okey, Chris Williams and K.J. Bryant all belted home runs to lead No. 23 Clemson to a 12-1 victory over Georgia Southern at J.I. Clements Stadium on Friday night.

The fight to remove the Confederate flag from The Citadel’s Summerall Chapel isn’t over yet.

The new ethics rules under legislative review would fill an important gap in public disclosure by requiring state lawmakers to list the sources of their income. Unfortunately, the rule wouldn’t provide any detail about the amount, and that’s a shortcoming that needs to be addressed.

Controversy isn’t new to Charleston’s city government, but it has reached new levels with debates over the Sergeant Jasper, "gathering places," unceasing hotel construction and, of course, I-526.