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Many factors fed downtown Charleston’s renaissance under former Mayor Joe Riley. Among them were a commitment to keeping the streets safe, a devotion to historic preservation, an understanding of the

Some members of Charleston City Council squealed when they saw the price for reviving a dead pig.

The U.S. Senate voted 63-36 Thursday to suspend the nation's debt ceiling and impose new spending caps to avoid a looming national default.

The city of Charleston is asking for the public’s input to help select what is to become of the former Piggly Wiggly site in West Ashley.

Charleston City Council member Peter Shahid ran for council on a platform heavily built on redeveloping areas of West Ashley like the former Piggly Wiggly site at the corner of Sam Rittenberg Boulevard and Old Towne Road.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputy’s vehicle was struck Monday evening following a pursuit that ended in West Ashley. According to CCSO, the incident happened around 5:30 p.m. near Ashley Hall Road and Sam Rittenberg Boulevard. CCSO said that the suspect hit the patrol vehicle and a civilian car before […]

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The girls grandmother was found in a Big Lots store, and she told authorities that she was in the store for 25 minutes and left the car on with the air conditioning.

Several hospitalized after 5-car crash in West Ashley Charleston Police say the crash involved five vehicles and sent several to the hospital. (Source: Gray News) By Patrick Phillips | March 17, 2021 at 1:31 PM EDT - Updated March 17 at 1:31 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston Police responded shortly before noon Thursday to a multi-vehicle crash. The crash involved five vehicles and was first reported at 11:47 a.m. in the area of Sam Rittenburg Boulevard at Ashley River Road, accord...

photo: Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP University of Georgia students Himani Yadav and Elizabeth Esser took part in a tree-planting project as part of the MLK Day of Service in Athens in 2019. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only federal holiday designated as a day of service—a day to let go of work and find a way to contribute to your community. Though service might look a little different this year, below are a few great ways to get involved around the South, be it through pla...