Charleston News

No Charleston-area Starbucks are slated to be closed in the company's plan to shutter 600 stores.

Obama is polling strongly in South Carolina, but he'll need a large turnout from black and young voters if he hopes to win our traditionally Republican state. Well, South Carolina voter registration shows registrations among younger and non-white voters growing at a faster than some other demographics.

The South Carolina coast looks to be in for some nasty weather to blow in off the coast the next few days.

You probably didn't know it, but the city of Charleston requires that you register your bike. If you don't, your precious bike (whether trike or Trek) stands to be yanked from the streets by cops and sold off.

It's a long-hated policy that just got worse.

Bike taxis, pedicabs, rickshaws ... It doesn't matter what you call them, there's a new kid in town: the smart cart. OK, it's essentially a golf cart, but it's definitely making waves in the downtown transportation scene.

The 228 foot, $40 million mega-yacht SeaFair is in town through Saturday to promote the five-story ship as a platform to market "exclusive luxury products."

Now, we know it's not very likely most of us will set foot on it (the average guest has a net worth of $10-$15 million). But at least you know what the absurd behemoth in the harbor is, and, thanks to the wonders of technology, get a glimpse of the insides.

Jonathan G. Coburn, 18, entered his plea in front of Circuit Judge Paul Burch for the Nov.

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The popular reality show "America's Next Top Model" is coming to the Tanger Outlets in North Charleston on Tuesday in the search for greatness. Or at least good television.

Lightning strikes cause about 35,000 home fires each year in the United States. There were two lightning-related blazes in North Charleston on Thursday alone.

Fire crews responded to a North Charleston industrial site early Friday morning.

Memories of the deadly accident still burned into the brains of many who witnessed the flames and wreckage on 526.

Two more wrongful death lawsuits have been filed stemming from last year's furniture store blaze which killed nine Charleston firefighters.

A Summerville woman was killed Thursday night after losing control of the car she was driving on Interstate 26 near College Park Road, the authorities said.

Several Wando High School students arrested for the high-profile armed robbery of a Food Lion grocery store are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday amid fears that prison time or some level of incarceration is ...

Police have identified a man they said was marked by an exploding dye pack after a bank robbery on Thurs- day.

Firefighters and neighbors stand outside a house at 21 Sires St. where a blaze that started around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday caused significant damage.

A judge has sentenced a 46-year-old man to 20 years in state prison for kidnapping and torturing his estranged wife with a stun gun at a North Charleston motel in 2006.

Charleston firefighters and police survey the damage at 21 Sires St. after a blaze that started on a porch shortly before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Many of the thousands of coastal newcomers are "clueless" about hurricane season and the importance of having an evacuation plan, said the director of the Dorchester County Emergency Services Department.