Новости за 21.07.2016

Bicyclists cheered when Charleston City Council gave the go-ahead to a plan to convert a lane of the T. Allen Legare Bridge over the Ashley River to bike and pedestrian use, but the project still has to go through a county approval process.

A day after a new gate system unexpectedly shut down, creating traffic backups at the Wando Welch Terminal in Mount Pleasant, State Ports Authority officials said Wednesday they’re working to improve efficiency.

A state parole board on Wednesday denied convicted murderer Richard Valenti’s 19th bid for parole.

Dylann Roof’s attorneys want a federal judge to bar evidence from his death penalty trial and withhold those details from the public.

Passion to Forgive is hosting a fundraiser and cocktail hour to support the Myra Singleton-Thompson Scholarship for teenage mothers from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at No. 5 Faber.

Silvia Venturini Fendi, Demna Gvasalia, and Lotta Volkova crown Mayako Kano queen of fashion's emerging talent at the annual ITS competition.

Raven Saunders plans to depart for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 2, her trip to Brazil and stay in the Olympic Village in Barra da Tijuca paid for by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

With a successful New York Fashion Week: Men's outing and a Woolmark Prize win under their belts, the designers behind New York label Rochambeau look ahead.

In another sign that the Charleston area continues to grow outward, the suburbs are adding three new retail businesses: two grocery stores on opposite sides of Summerville and a furniture store near Johns Island.

They met 10 years ago through Charleston’s sailing scene, both about eight years old at the time.

The Center for Women has opened its first satellite office in Columbia as the Charleston-based nonprofit looks to extend its reach beyond the Lowcountry.

CHARLOTTE — No, really, the ACC Football Kickoff is more than a bunch of Dabo/Jimbo mumbo jumbo.