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Just to keep you up to date, here's what's going on Tuesday as the state holds primary election runoffs. Story now updated with winners (Wendell G. Gilliard, Bob Call, and Guerry L. Buddy Hill Jr.) More
A pastor from Christ Community Church in Conway has spent the past five months in a Russian prison after being convicted of smuggling ammunition into the country. More
Officials are still trying to figure out what went wrong with the city's pump system around East Bay and Calhoun on Friday, which left the area flooded as record rains drenched the city. More
Police have acknowledged that five robberies in the past year or so are linked, two of which occurred recently downtown and involved sexual assaults. But they aren't currently saying much else. More
The group hasn't had a district board in place for most of the past year, and there's been no one willing to step forward and fill the leadership void. Until now. More
It's true, Charleston's climate and culture are better than its jobs. A survey found that some 61 percent of a group of young professionals are transplants to Charleston, but that only 31 percent of people came for a job offer. More
An Orangeburg man drowned in a drainage ditch after trying to flee from police on Monday. Derrick Edwards fled after they spotted him in the drivers seat of a recently stolen 2001 Dodge Durango. More
The Legislature has reconvened to look at possibly overriding 20 of Governor Mark Sanford's vetoes, they will also consider 10 bills still in committees. The Legislature has three days to debate the issues. More
Charleston Coffee Roasters is holding a limited-seating coffee cupping every third Thursday, at 12:30 p.m. More
A new Charleston County program will call you on your land line or cell phone, or even send a text message alert, during emergency situations. More