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Park Circle Pride 2024 promises a week of inclusivity with over 40 events in June
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Park Circle Pride is returning for the fourth year in a row to North Charleston. Park Circle Pride 2024 is regarded as one of the most inclusive and diverse pride festivals in South Carolina. It will take place from Tuesday, June 4, through Sunday, June 9, to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the neighborhood of Park Circle in North Charleston.
LIVESTREAM: Upcoming Charleston Sheriff's Forum this LEO Appreciation Week
Everyone's invited to the Tri-County FOP Lodge #3 for a Charleston County Sheriff's Candidate Forum on May 16 at 6:30pm. News Radio 94.3 WSC personality Kelly Golden will moderate and all candidates for sheriff are welcomed. This event is open to the public, and the FOP 3 and voting public eagerly anticipate hearing from each candidate.
Charleston Moves to host traffic violence awareness event along North Bridge
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Hundreds in the Lowcountry are expected to participate in an annual event on Wednesday raising awareness for lives lost to traffic violence. The Ride of Silence, an international effort, is a police-escorted event that brings community members out to honor those lives. This year, Charleston...
Lowcountry events to mark 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education ruling
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - This week the nation is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the landmark decision Brown vs Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional. Before he became the first Black person appointed to the high...
Northern lights thrill people across Carolinas
MORNING NEWSBREAK | From the Lowcountry and Charleston across the Midlands and through the Upstate, South Carolinians caught a glimpse of a rare sight in the weekend night skies: the aurora borealis, or northern lights. Caused by an unusually strong solar storm over the weekend, the beautiful, ethereal greens, pinks...
Hit or miss storms on Wednesday, drying out Thursday
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Expect a return to some sunshine tomorrow with the chance still of a few showers and storms by the afternoon and evening. Highs will climb from near 80 today to the mid 80s on Wednesday. Temps will continue to climb as the week wears on with upper 80s by Thursday and Friday. Right now, the weather looks dry on Thursday with the return of a rain chance from Friday into the weekend.
8-year-old's signs may change the future of tree removal on Sullivan's Island
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — One Sullivan’s Island 8-year-old hopes to save the town’s trees with his homemade signs. After five years, Dominion Energy crews are back and preparing for another round of palmetto removal. With 523 trees slated to be cut down, the Town of Sullivan’s Island is considering new options to minimize that loss for the next cycle.
Where to celebrate National Buttermilk Biscuit Day in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Sit back and imagine that first bite of a warm, fresh out of the oven buttery biscuit. Do we have your mouth watering yet? If we’ve got biscuits on your mind now, you are in luck – it’s National Buttermilk Biscuit Day, and Charleston is full of restaurants offering the southern […]
CLASSROOM CHAMPIONS: Elementary teacher hopes to encourage learning while having fun
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Even though the school year is just a few weeks from being over, teaching is still happening at Pinehurst Elementary School in North Charleston. School administrators say Pinehurst’s student population is made up of 70% Hispanic, non-English speaking students. Jennifer Primiano, a teacher there, is...
Historic USS Laffey artifacts sent to France for D-Day 80th anniversary events
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Patriot's Point, the USS Yorktown Foundation, and the Commemorative Air Force joined forces Sunday to send parts from the historic USS Laffey to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. They sent a piece of the ship's hull, a valve control wheel, and a damage...
The Case for the Summer of Southern Gin
No irate letters, please. Bourbon is and shall always be the superstar, the top dog, the exalted grand poobah of Southern spirits. But at a certain point on the calendar, right about when afternoon temps start grasping for the upper end of the thermometer (in other words, right about now), even the most dedicated bourbon fans can find themselves preferring something a bit less warming, a bit cooler and crisper and reliably refreshing. Yes, for a not-insignificant swatch of Southern imbibers, summer is gin season.
FIRST ALERT: Fatal crash blocks traffic on Dorchester Rd.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department says a portion of Dorchester Road is closed because of a fatal crash. The two-vehicle crash has shut down the westbound lanes of Dorchester Road at Lowell Drive, police spokesman Harve Jacobs said. Two people were transported to the hospital...
Victim identified in fatal double-hit-and-run motorcycle crash in Ladson
LADSON, S.C. (WCIV) — The man killed after being struck by two vehicles in a fatal hit-and-run was identified by the Dorchester County Coroner's Office Monday afternoon. Christopher Ashley, 37, of Ladson, died as a result of injuries sustained in a collision with a car while riding a motorcycle. The coroner initially pronounced Ashley dead at the scene.
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