Новости за 25.09.2016

The northbound lanes of Interstate 95 at Interstate 26 are closed while troopers investigate a fatal crash in Orangeburg County.

CLEMSON — The top seven teams in the Associated Press poll did not move, and therefore the stage is set for No. 3 Louisville to visit No. 5 Clemson on Saturday night at 8 p.m. on ABC.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Brandon McIlwain over the last several exciting days made his first college start, led the South Carolina football team to a joyous home victory and suffered a close SEC road loss. He got a warm welcome at Williams-Brice Stadium and faced a hostile crowd at Kentucky.

MONCKS CORNER — Saying it’s important to help children in need, Berkeley County Council is set to discuss on Monday giving away $250,000 to area nonprofits.

MIAMI — Jose Fernandez, the ace right-hander for the Miami Marlins who escaped Cuba to become one of baseball’s brightest stars, was killed in a boating accident early Sunday morning. Fernandez was 24.

Hezekiah Bing, an eighth grader at Morningside Middle School, spends most weekends during the school year at Waterfront Park. While other kids his age might be at home relaxing or playing with friends, Bing works for hours at a city-designated table, twisting palmetto fronds into roses and selling them to tourists for $2 each.

For 45 long minutes, Deputy Michael Walters tried to talk the suicidal inmate down from a ledge in his holding cell at the Cannon Detention Center.

Online search results for the Flats at Mixson show the waterlogged apartment complex — briefly one of North Charleston’s trendiest residential addresses — is closed. Shut down. Kaput.

There are nearly 20,000 homeowners in South Carolina whose houses are exempt from property tax.

WASHINGTON — For the first time since the Tea Party wave of 2010, all six South Carolina Republican incumbents in the U.S. House — and one in the U.S. Senate — will face a Democratic challenger on Election Day.

Lowcountry residents will have another chance to enjoy the sun before the weekend comes to a close.

What: The main event of the 36th anniversary of the Taste of Charleston at Boone Hall will feature more than 40 of the Lowcountry’s most popular restaurants serving samples of cuisine, along with chef demos, live music, beer and wine tastings, a waiters’ race and more.

That could have been us.

CONWAY — Tyler Keane threw for two touchdowns, Kenneth Daniels returned a blocked field goal 65 yards for a score and Ky’Jon Tyler scored on an 80-yard punt return in Coastal Carolina’s 41-21 win over Furman on Saturday.

BURLINGTON, Wash. — The suspect in a shooting at a Washington state mall that left five dead and sparked an intensive, nearly 24-hour manhunt is in custody, authorities said Saturday.

LEXINGTON, Ken. — South Carolina defensive end Darius English had three sacks at Kentucky, the most for a Gamecock since Jadeveon Clowney famously had 4.5 in a 2012 victory over Clemson.

A public referendum that asks voters to tax themselves should be as simple and straightforward as it can possibly be, if it hopes to pass at the ballot box. But the recent addition of four overpasses and the revival of the controversial I-526 extension to Johns Island is anything but simple, or straightforward.

When he won the White House, Barack Obama promised to run the most transparent government in history. It seems cyber thieves, if not federal bureaucrats, took him at his word.

One might think President Barack Obama would have asked his top military officials to weigh in on his administration’s decision in January to send $400 million in cash to Iran. After all, Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, and terrorists prefer cash to wire payments because it’s so difficult to...

In just a few days Berkeley County taxpayers will receive their annual tax bill as processed by Berkeley County Government (BCG). At a cost to taxpayers of $5,000, County Council voted unanimously to provide information in your tax bill about the history of millage increases made for Berkeley County School District (BCSD) and for...

WASHINGTON — It’s here, at last. The showdown we’ve all been waiting for: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump.

BY STEVE BAILEY

The Sept. 18 Post and Courier announced the bad news that Roxbury Park in Meggett will be closed for the peak months of wildflowers, butterflies and migrating birds. Meggett Mayor Buster Herrington said that the park needs "trimming and pruning."

I read Frank Wooten’s column about the excesses of MUSC’s board of trustees. I found it interesting that he thought $160 for a bottle of Barolo was extravagant. There’s a better story that didn’t make the faintest ripple.

In a Sept. 21 letter to the editor titled "Health care slide," the writer advances the notion that more government intervention will result in deterioration of our health care.