Higher education institutions across the Palmetto State are deciding how best to keep their students safe from the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

On Saturday afternoon, Governor Henry McMaster requested “all utilities in South Carolina not suspend or disconnect any essential services for nonpayment for the duration of the current State of Emergency.”

A carnival cruise ship docked at the Port of Charleston is letting 3,000 people off into the Holy City Thursday morning as officials monitor to determine whether any of them should be screened for illness.

Authorities are looking for 84-year-old Jimmy McCants who has been missing since noon on Monday.

President Donald Trump told a crowd of thousands at the North Charleston Coliseum that it is “an incredible time for our nation.”

President Donald Trump is coming to the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday night

CNN has announced that the network will be holding two nights of town halls in Charleston featuring the leading Democratic presidential candidates.

South Carolina Lottery officials say a winning ticket worth $25,000 per year for life was recently purchased in Goose Creek.

President Donald Trump is expected to hold a rally in North Charleston next week.

An Ohio man is facing charges after Charleston County deputies say he fired a pellet gun at multiple vehicles and a home Saturday night.

All I-95 southbound lanes in Dorchester County have reopened after a tractor trailer overturned Thursday night.

Officials with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office say they are looking for 16-year-old Emily Elizabeth Cagle who ran away on Jan. 27 at around 10 p.m.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating an attempted sexual assault on a prison employee Sunday.

A Mount Pleasant man has been arrested on 14 charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.

A photograph of two legendary comedians at a popular Charleston bar went viral Friday with thousands of likes.

Officials with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office say Dewey Strang was arrested Friday afternoon in Norfolk, Va. and is awaiting extradition to Charleston County.

Officials with the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office are set to hold a news conference on the shooting death of a Summerville High School student.

The mother of a man fatally shot by a former North Charleston police officer in 2015 has passed away.

White supremacist Dylann Roof is appealing his convictions and death sentence in the killing of nine church members in downtown Charleston, according to a report by the Associated Press.

The son of one of the Emanuel Nine, who has been in the public eye since the June 2015 shooting, reacted Wednesday morning to the news that convicted shooter Dylann Roof is going to appeal his death sentence.

Investigators have arrested a 72-year-old woman in connection to a North Charleston murder.

The Charleston County coroner has identified the Uber passenger who authorities say was killed by a driver Tuesday night following an altercation on Johns Island.

A 33-year-old Orangeburg man faces a federal charge in addition to state charges in connection with an incident in which he allegedly fired at police officers.

The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office arrested a man they say was caught taking a package from a gun-toting homeowner's home.

Authorities in Berkeley County are investigating the death of a student after the 16-year-old was found dead in a car outside of Cane Bay High School.

The FBI in New York is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a fugitive who may be in the Charleston area.

Authorities are investigating a fatal crash involving an Amtrak train in Hanahan that killed a teenage pedestrian.

He beat the previous world record by almost three hours

Authorities say two young sisters from Colleton County who were missing have been found safe.

A Charleston County man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl.