Letter: Learning incentive
When I was in the fifth grade, a long time ago, someone came up with an idea to encourage kids to try their best in school.
When I was in the fifth grade, a long time ago, someone came up with an idea to encourage kids to try their best in school.
To state that a moped driver should be able to decide whether or not to use a helmet is like stating that seat belts or car seats in automobiles are optional.
Q I have a 7-year-old Lab who has not slowed down with age. She recently caught a squirrel. I felt horrible because she killed it. Afterwards, I wondered if she could get rabies from this. My husband said rodents don’t carry rabies, and since she is vaccinated, I don’t need to worry. What do you think?
LOS ANGELES — Newcomer Markees Christmas had a lot of firsts making "Morris from America ," a coming-of-age tale about a single father and his 13-year-old hip-hop-loving son who both move to Heidelberg, Germany.
LOS ANGELES — There’s something for everyone in movie theaters this fall. The calendar is jam-packed with romance, spectacle and jaw-dropping true life stories.
ALFORD, George Wesley, 60, of North Charleston, owner of AAA Tire Service and husband of Teresa Livesay Alford, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home of Summerville.
ABBA, Christopher, Goose Creek
Q: I have hardly any cell phone coverage at home. Is there anything I can do?
I’m no longer using passwords that look something like this: W#7s@Pq!. They were very difficult to remember and extremely frustrating to enter, especially using a phone’s tiny on-screen keyboard. I have changed strategies and my life is better.
COLUMBIA — A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers and enlisted leaders, the Marine Corps said Thursday.
SUMMERVILLE — Summerville Town Council on Thursday hired the only candidate of 17 applicants for police chief who came from within the Police Department.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham did not hold back Thursday in his evisceration of Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee who the night before said he admired Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Two people are in custody after a brief chase in Dorchester County, according to Sheriff’s Office Maj. Tony Phinney.
A 19-year-old Summerville man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a jury found him guilty of murder in the shooting of another man.
They first appeared in Greenville: Clowns promising candy, holding money, attempting to lure children into the woods.
COLUMBIA — Tight end Kyle Markway returned to practice this week for the first time since having a pin placed in his ankle before the season, and the sophomore will make the trip to South Carolina’s game Saturday at Mississippi State.
One person was taken to the hospital and a family of 11 was displaced after a fire Thursday in North Charleston.
It was June 6, 2013 and the clock read 3 p.m. California time on the day of the Major League Baseball Draft.
Exports of goods produced in the Charleston metro area topped a record $6.5 billion during 2015, a new International Trade Administration report shows.
Dozens of South Carolina charitable organizations will receive grants totaling $85,000 from a program operated by the State Ports Authority, the maritime agency announced Thursday.
MOJA Arts Festival organizers this year went to the young conceptual artist Fletcher Williams III for poster and program art. Williams, whose sculptures are made with found objects and Lowcountry materials such as sweetgrass and palmetto roses, created a work called "Vessel" for the festival.
COLUMBIA — Seneca is firing one of its police officers because after 13 months it no longer wants to pay him to be on administrative leave as he is investigated for shooting an unarmed teen, according to the officer’s personnel file.
NEW YORK — California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million on Thursday, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive internal sales goals.
The next time you’re at a computer, go to Google Maps and take a look at the Town of Awendaw. Its boundary looks like it was drawn with an Etch-a-Sketch. The bizarre border is a product of illegal annexations where the town repeatedly served private developers and landowners by commandeering thin strips of the publicly owned Francis Marion...
After two lackluster weeks of picks, our two prognosticators, The Post and Courier’s Andrew Miller and ABC News 4 sports anchor Scott Eisberg, finally got back to their winning ways.