Новости за 22.05.2016

The sex-trafficking ring that was uncovered after an arrest at a North Charleston motel nearly two years ago was bigger than investigators initially reported, according to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.

Some Charleston County families will have to start their morning routines a little earlier this fall if the school district approves new start times that would affect 61 schools and programs.

An 18-year-old murder suspect who has been wanted by authorities for over a month in connection with the Park Circle shooting death of Eric Brantley was arrested Sunday on an unrelated crime.

Police have arrested the second 17-year-old sought in the shooting death of Eric Brantley in Park Circle, according to authorities.

YEMASSEE — The ruins of the nation’s first church built in a temple form have stood quietly in remote woods here for more than a century, but growing traffic is posing new threats.

Of the last three local bank sales, two were relatively speedy transactions.

In just a week it will be Memorial Day weekend, Charleston high school seniors will be preparing for graduation, and babies born on May 29 throughout South Carolina will be able to get some free money to start their college savings accounts.

What: The Lowcountry Racing Team will participate in the third annual Bike Law CCA Regional Crit Championships in Park Circle.

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You just knew this Berkeley County schools policy on transgender bathroom use would not pass unnoticed.

CONCORD, N.C. — A new format to NASCAR’s annual All-Star race left half the field confused to almost comical levels.

When my mother retired from selling real estate, she toyed with the idea that she — a talented cook who had long made her own croissants — might make a little money on the side by selling homemade baked goods.

When my mother retired from selling real estate, she toyed with the idea that she — a talented cook who had long made her own croissants — might make a little money on the side by selling homemade baked goods.

Our 11-year-old neighborhood book club comprises seven close friends, men of diverse career achievements growing older together, and maybe even a bit wiser, enjoying mostly well-researched non-fiction.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The $1.1 billion compromise struck in the U.S. Senate earlier this month to fund Zika virus research and control efforts is a welcome development, albeit one long overdue.

For the past four weeks I have noticed that the same downtown parking meter has been broken with no warning sign or instructions about where to report malfunctions or get a refund.

The Charlestowne Neighborhood Association (South of Broad) is opposed to any change in the current city law prohibiting short-term rentals. Our association is opposed to any further commercialization in our residential neighborhood, where the residential quality important to residents and visitors is already degraded by the constant flow of...

The least expensive seats for the theatrical production "STOMP!" coming later this year to the Gaillard Center are $198 — each. My family of four would have to pay almost $800 to see this production. That sum is ridiculous, and it doesn’t include fees and taxes. If we want a really good seat, tickets run $398 apiece.

Recent letters to the editor and thoughts expressed by Rep. Jim Clyburn address the removal of the Confederate Naval Jack from the Citadel Chapel. Whether we like it or not, it is an historical fact that The Citadel cadets fired the first shots of the Civil War under the Confederate Naval Jack. At the time the cadet enrollment was 100 percent...

Last August, 49,668 students began the school year in a Charleston County School District school.

Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson apparently doesn’t intend to strike a fatal blow to the city’s Board of Architectural Review after all.

The South Carolina Legislature hasn’t finalized much of major importance this session, a fact that speaks for substantially shortening the legislative session, beginning next year.

CANNES, France — Destiny’s Child alum LeToya Luckett will star as Dionne Warwick in a planned biopic of the R&B singer.

MILAN — A state maritime museum in Christopher Columbus’ birthplace of Genoa is challenging a Florence library to be the custodian of the recently returned 1493 letter in which the explorer described his voyages to Spanish royals.

Even though Daddy said the water was warm enough on the last weekend of May, it usually wasn’t until sometime in June; but the air and sun heated up our goose-pimpled flesh quickly enough to make that first shivering dip worth it.