"We hope to build a professional, state-of-the art Frances R. Willis SPCA to serve the animals and the citizens of Dorchester County," said Jennifer Bunch, president of the board of directors. The project will take up to five years, officials said.
Could a new aquatics center do for West Ashley what Charleston Place did for downtown Charleston a generation ago?
COLUMBIA — Hundreds of proposed bills will die at 5 p.m. Thursday when the second half of the two-year Statehouse session comes to a close.
MOUNT PLEASANT — Customers of Mount Pleasant Waterworks will see their water and sewer bills rise for at least the eighth year in a row, if the utility’s budget plan is adopted in late June.
Classic liberalism exalted tolerance, reflected in a line often (and probably wrongly) attributed to Voltaire: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
LAS VEGAS — What’s the future of the physical store?
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft really, really wants you to upgrade to Windows 10.
GREENVILLE — The Charleston RiverDogs squandered early chances with runners on base, and one big mistake by RiverDogs starter Luis Cedeno proved the difference as Greenville eked out a 1-0 victory on Monday at Fluor Field.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry dribbled every which way and drained yet another 3-pointer in the waning moments, pulled his jersey up into his mouth and yelled to the rafters in triumph once more.
PITTSBURGH — Nick Bonino’s main job for the Pittsburgh Penguins is to get to the front of the net and create chaos. The well-bearded forward executed perfectly in his debut in the Stanley Cup Final.
Chamber Music Series organizer Geoff Nuttall is a violinist who plays in a string quartet, but his favorite instrument is the human voice. And in the last couple of years, he’s been introducing more singing to the series, a happy development.
ROUND O - A Dorchester County man working as a nightclub security guard was shot and killed Saturday in Colleton County, Coroner Richard Harvey confirmed Monday.
"I sit in my chair / And filled with despair / There’s no one could be so sad / With gloom everywhere / I sit and I stare / I know that I’ll soon go mad."
As the first anniversary of the shooting at Emanuel AME Church draws near, the Spoleto Festival and Gibbes Museum of Art are adding new voices to the conversation about the event.
Patrick Mason, a longtime fixture of Irish theater, has made a career out of directing wistful, often melancholy plays by the likes of Brian Friel (winning a Tony Award for his work on "Dancing at Lughnasa"), Frank McGuinness and Tom Murphy. But when he wants something a bit lighter, he knows just the Irishman to turn to.
Helmut Lachenmann’s "The Little Match Girl," performed for the first time in the United States at the Spoleto Festival, presents the familiar story as a series of feelings and images in sound. Under Mark Down’s and Phelim McDermott’s co-direction, the core of the libretto is made more explicit by the projected...
The artistic stars of the future might be performing onstage in coming weeks as part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival Rising Stars program.
The National Weather Service in Charleston reports heavy cloud cover should continue in the region Tuesday as the former tropical depression Bonnie moves out of the area into North Carolina.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Internet gambling has tremendous growth potential in the United States as ever-greater percentages of the public use smartphones, participants in a major gambling conference said.
A person was killed when the 1995 Cadillac they were driving went off Embassy Drive in Dorchester County and struck a tree Sunday at 11:11 p.m., according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly spending time in the Lowcountry after a Federal Aviation Administration flight restriction notice indicated he was scheduled to arrive in Charleston late Monday and leave the area Thursday evening.
I get invited to a lot of weddings. Mostly, I theorize, because invitation-senders realize people want to talk about sports during boring receptions. Football is a popular topic year-round but June brides bring college baseball buzz in these parts.
Charleston County will host a series of community meetings to discuss the proposed sales tax referendum being considered by Charleston County Council and receive public input. The meetings will be held in an open house format, with no formal presentation.