Brian Hicks

North Charleston High is making epic student achievement gains, but Principal Henry Darby and his team — who've built a true community school — want more.

Will Sen. Sandy Senn's court victory over dark money help her in her re-election bid against state Rep. Matt Leber? Also, Nikki Haley and early primary voting.

The town of James Island's decision to quit subsidizing residents' public service district tax bills has a lot of folks mad and complaining about "tax hikes."

At least one of Charleston County's eight constituent boards refuses to dole out discipline. North Charleston principals say that makes their schools unsafe.

The state Department of Transportation's planned safety improvements for West Ashley's two main roads won't ease congestion, because they can't.

A Charleston attorney who fights insurance companies regularly says the Statehouse tort reform for bars would actually harm every insurance policyholder in S.C.

North Charleston and Goose Creek police shut down comments on their social media Black History Month posts after racists started posting hateful rants.

Rapid growth and development on Johns Island has caused traffic problems. But residents oppose Charleston County's plan to fix it, and now it's been shelved.

South Carolina's school cell phone ban went into effect this week, and some parents are overjoyed while others are complaining, natch. The ban is smart, mostly.

Avoid awkward political discussions at Christmas by instead debating whether "Die Hard" is a holiday movie. That would be a much more welcome fight.