Eva Herscowitz

A Charleston prosthetist fit a Spartanburg man with a free prosthetic leg after he developed an infection in prison that forced a surgeon to amputate half of his limb

The cost of an average South Carolina funeral is $7,551. Add cemetery fees, and that cost can surge to $9,000. Even cremation can cost thousands in Charleston.

Health care access is limited for South Carolina residents in rural areas. From free clinics to mobile units, some unique models are striving to fill the void.

Duke Buckner, a former Walterboro City Councilman, and Justin Scott, a welder and small business owner, will face off in the June 11 primary for District 6.

In South Carolina, some harm-reduction strategies are neither explicitly outlawed nor expressly sanctioned. This legal "gray area" can present challenges.

As the search effort to find Charleston native Brad Solomon continues in Cozumel, Mexico, his family and friends recount missing man many call one of a kind.

Dozens of people demanded the firing of Dante Ghi, a Summerville police officer who aggressively arrested a 13-year-old palmetto rose seller.

Skye Basak has dug in the dirt since she was 2 years old. Now she runs a business with her husband Josh Basak where the company guides clients into South Carolina’s Chandler Bridge Formation in search of shark teeth. Hidden below the fossil hunter’s dreamscape, though, lies what Basak really wants: ancient dolphin skeletons from a time when Dorchester was the sea floor, and clues that could help inform us about how environmental change affects our planet’s life.

Mount Pleasant plans to build a sidewalk on part of Rifle Range Road. Residents worry it could cut into yards; the town pledged to mitigate property impacts.

The College of Charleston plans to replace a shuttered parking garage on Wentworth Street with student housing, offices and retail space.