Новости за 07.08.2016

CLEMSON — Maybe the hubbub over Christian Wilkins possibly moving to defensive end was all for naught.

A shooting during a recent home invasion on Johns Island is prompting investigators to take a new look at an unsolved homicide of a young mother.

If South Carolinians start contracting the Zika virus through local mosquitoes, Catherine Heigel, the state health department director, says her agency will disclose the counties where Zika patients live so that residents can better protect themselves.

The stairwell is rusting that leads up the leaning, weather-beaten icon of the Lowcountry coast. The glass is gone from the beacon light cupola 15 stories high. Salt air and storms tear at the Morris Island Lighthouse.

A 25-year-old woman was killed after the vehicle in which she was riding crashed as the driver fled an attempted traffic stop, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

A 25-year-old woman was killed after the vehicle in which she was riding crashed as the driver fled an attempted traffic stop, troopers said.

It’s the last day of South Carolina’s 2016 "back to school" sales tax holiday, so you have until midnight to take advantage of this strange tax break.

Helped by increased competition and lately lower fuel costs, airfares at Charleston International Airport and across the nation continue to fall.

Mostly sunny skies and warmth will wrap up the weekend in Charleston.

What: Evolve Holistic Health & Fitness and Charleston Pour House present Downward on the Deck, a yoga class out on the deck, before the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market. All levels welcome; bring your own mat.

Mount Pleasant may need a new slogan.

BY PHIL NOBLE

The discipline and elegance of a rowing crew gliding smoothly through unruly waves will soon return to the Ashley River along The Citadel’s waterfront.

BY PHIL NOBLE

BY JENNIFER RUBIN

BY CHARLES LANE

An Aug. 5 letter to the editor makes a reasonable proposal to build a four-lane bridge from the end of I-526 at Savannah Highway to Johns Island. Without calling this an I-526 bridge, lest I stir up I-526 opponents, this new bridge is badly needed.

I have never liked plastic grocery bags. Though I am a capitalist, some products, like plastic bags, make no sense. Clerks used to ask "paper or plastic?" Now they seem irritated if one asks for paper.

If not for the Historic Charleston Foundation and Board of Architectural Review, our beautiful Charleston would not have been named the No. 1 destination for the past three years. Preserving historical beauty is our goal.

The left would have us believe that the Koch brothers are the embodiment of evil. These men, both unapologetic patriots, dare to support conservatives in government and conservatives who aspire to serve. Both have donated a lot of money to conservative causes.

It’s lucky for Brian Hicks that he’s a columnist. That way he never has to be bothered by pesky details like sources or facts.

To people who live, work or shop there, parts of West Ashley are like a comfortable pair of old shoes. Other parts are a slog through traffic. Still others are neighborhoods sprouting one after another.

Angel Oak, a natural relic standing on Johns Island long before Old World settlers, has become more than a site of cultural heritage. In a rapidly urbanizing environment, it now stands as a reminder of the public’s power to conserve the natural value of our land.

NEW ORLEANS — The Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation is giving the National World War II Museum in New Orleans $3 million to include his story at the museum.

John Lane, author of "Coyote Settles the South" (reviewed on this page), will discuss the book and sign copies at Blue Bicycle Books’ Author’s Luncheon, noon Friday at High Cotton, 199 East Bay St.