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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Cooler weather will arrive tonight with overnight low temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. Despite sunny skies on Wednesday, temperatures will only climb into the mid to upper 60s for highs. A weak disturbance will bring out next rain chance on Thursday before sunshine and cool temperatures return Friday through ...
SC confirms 29 deaths from Helene; Leaders say power restoration …
Sep 30, 2024 · WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and his “Team South Carolina” urged people to be patient as crews work to restore power across the state after Hurricane Helene caused massive outages. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety confirmed a total of 29 people had died as a result of Helene in the ...
26 indicted on federal charges in multi-agency Lowcountry ...
May 10, 2023 · 26 indicted on federal charges in multi-agency Lowcountry operation. Authorities announced more than two dozen arrests Wednesday in a three-part multi-county crime investigation involving drugs, firearms and wire fraud. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Federal, county and local authorities announced more than two dozen arrests Wednesday in a ...
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45K port workers across the East Coast go on strike as of Tuesday
Oct 1, 2024 · CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - Roughly 45,000 port workers across the East Coast started walking picket lines early Tuesday morning after stalled negotiations between the U.S. Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association. Negotiations between the maritime alliance and union representatives were first suspended on June 11 ...
Weakened Helene producing major flooding over Applachians, …
Sep 27, 2024 · CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - What is left of Helene is causing catastrophic flooding in Midsouth states as South Carolina works to recover from the damage. Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm around 11:10 p.m. Thursday in the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf Coast, and it quickly began weakening as it moved north-northeastward near ...
Milton tears through Florida overnight; part of SC under tropical …
Oct 10, 2024 · Portions of the South Carolina coastline are under a tropical storm warning as now Category 1 Hurricane Milton batters Florida. Live 5 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Bill Walsh said the biggest impact for the Lowcountry, based on current computer models, will be high tides and tidal flooding caused by onshore winds on Thursday afternoon and …
SC Supreme Court rules on filling wetlands in historic Charleston ...
Published: Oct. 9, 2024 at 10:06 AM PDT | Updated: Oct. 10, 2024 at 4:37 AM PDT. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - After spending years in court, justices have upheld the validity of a permit issued to the WestEdge Foundation, which will allow the filling of some Charleston area-wetlands to move forward. Arguments over Gadsden Creek, once taking up 100 ...
Williamsburg Academy student arrested in connection to school …
Oct 8, 2024 · KINGSTREE, S.C. (WCSC) - A Williamsburg Academy student is facing charges after deputies say they admitted to making a school shooting threat “as a joke.”. Williamsburg County deputies reportedly notified the Kingstree Police Department Sunday of the “potential threat” against the school. Both agencies launched an investigation into the ...
N. Charleston Police reopen I-26W after death investigation - Live …
Oct 10, 2024 · NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - North Charleston Police say the westbound side of Interstate 26 has reopened hours after being closed for a death investigation. Police said just after 4:15 p.m. Thursday the westbound lanes had reopened. Police and the South Carolina Highway Patrol shut down that side of the interstate because of a body on the ...