The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says the number of people who have filed their first claim for unemployment benefits continues to grow months after the coronavirus pandemic began having a major impact on jobs in the state.
Police responded to the Roadway Inn on 600 Church Street at 8:27 a.m. to a report of victims “covered in blood,” Georgetown Police Capt. Nelson Brown said.
The Charleston Police Department is investigating vandalism discovered early Friday morning at the memorial site for nine city of Charleston firefighters killed in a 2007 furniture store fire.
After more than 17 hours, workers have brought down the statue of former United States Vice President and South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun in downtown Charleston.
The Fourth of July holiday might be quieter this year as communities have called off fireworks celebrations, but a new study says South Carolina still ranks near the top when it comes to patriotism.
Five Democratic South Carolina House members plan to file legislation that would proclaim the month of June as “Black Lives Matter Month” in the Palmetto State.
During a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Tecklenburg said he will be sending a resolution to city council calling for the relocation of the statue.
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Ray Rivera,Patrick Phillips andPaola Tristan Arruda
Uplift Charleston held a peaceful protest Sunday morning along Charleston’s Battery to mark the loss of nine Charleston church members killed in a 2015 shooting.
Rep. Wendell Gilliard, who represents District 111 in Charleston County, said in a release on Tuesday that the John C. Calhoun statue should be moved to a museum.
About 300 people showed up to protest in Summerville on Monday afternoon. They started at Walmart on North Main Street and marched to Hutchinson Square.
The man who formed and led the now-defunct South Carolina Secessionist Party called for the end of Confederate flag demonstrations in an apology he released Sunday.
As the sun rose Sunday morning, business and property owners in downtown Charleston had already been at work sweeping broken glass and boarding up broken windows.
The chairman of Charleston County Council issued a curfew that takes effect at 11 p.m. Saturday night after hours of protests over the death of a man who died this week while in Minneapolis Police custody.
South Carolina’s attorney general sent a letter cosigned by 17 other attorneys general calling for Congress to launch a probe into China’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state’s education superintendent says school leaders are working on multiple scenarios to address what a new school year might look like after a global pandemic.
