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One Brazilian tourist was killed and 24 other people on board were injured. More>>
Your water bill could soon increase. Mount Pleasant Waterworks Commissioners are considering the increases to fund improvements to aging facilities and infrastructure. More>>
Isle of Palms police are directing traffic around what some officials are calling an apparent sinkhole. Palm Boulevard between 8th and 9th Avenues is closed as a hole that is about 2 feet deep and 2 More>>
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a traffic accident that happened at around 3:00 Sunday afternoon. A Charleston County sheriff's deputy was responding to a call of a separate accident More>>
Tonight's Powerball jackpot is up to a record $600 million. More>>
The attorney for Ford said the charges stem from bookkeeping errors More>>
Police are investigating a shooting in North Charleston. One person has been sent to the hospital after an apparent shooting at the Murphy's gas station on Rivers Avenue and Otranto Road. Officials tell More>>
Authorities are reporting few problems with the Spring Harley-Davidson motorcycle Rally along the Grand Strand. Troopers say no bikers have been killed so far during the weeklong event, but they warn More>>
A lawyer says a state Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for gamblers to sue for money they lose by playing illegal gambling machines. The court ruled Lauren Proctor could go forward with her lawsuit More>>
The Charleston International Airport confirms Delta flight 6194 made an emergency landing this morning about 9:15 after departing from Charleston. More>>
Get everything you need to prepare for the 2013 hurricane season Saturday at the James Island Hurricane Expo. More>>
Brittlebank Park is home to the second annual Charleston Beer Garden Saturday beginning at noon. More>>
A sign congratulating Candice sits outside a local business.Beaufort is abuzz with activity after Candice Glover claimed the crown of American Idol on the 12th season of the popular competition reality show. More>>
The National Weather Service is preparing to change the way they handle flood warnings. When a flood warning is issues, the entire county is covered by that warning. As an example, when the Santee River More>>
A traffic stop near Folly Road and Camp Road at about 1 a.m. Friday led to the arrest of two suspects who had committed an armed robbery 30 minutes earlier near Vanderhorst Street and Thomas Street downtown. More>>
The students of Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary went marching Friday afternoon, chanting, "Who are we marching for? MARY ASHLEY!" Mary Ashley Barbot is a special needs student at the school who More>>
Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin are scheduled to hold their final reunion in South Carolina.Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin are scheduled to hold their final reunion in South Carolina. More>>
Dwayne A. Thompson.A man is behind bars facing criminal sexual conduct charges for crimes dating back to 2008.
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Otis Rhodes. (courtesy - Walterboro City website)Walterboro's Public Safety Officer in no longer with the city. More>>
Police say Zyrale Jeter and an accomplice went to an address on Faglier Circle with the intention of robbing the homePolice have arrested a suspect in connection with an early morning home invasion Friday where two were shot. More>>
Police need the public's help in identifying these persons.Detectives are seeking to identify the individuals in the images from surveillance footage. More>>
The commission working to preserve the culture of slave descendants on the Southeast coast is holding its quarterly meeting. More>>
Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison.Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison. More>>
News 2 presents Academic Magnet High School with our cool school award More>>
When doctors diagnosed a third grade student at Beech Hill Elementary School with Leukemia, his classmates jumped into action. More>>
Crews say there was extensive damage to the home, but no one was injured. More>>
The school's living history project creates a fun lesson and helps to discover student talent. News 2 presents Northwood Academy with our Cool School Award
The city of Charleston is proposing a new ordinance requiring more responsibility for bar owners. But only one of those proposed regulations is raising eyebrows. The ordinance was brought to the table More>>
Candice Glover was crowned the new "American Idol" on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison. The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., looked stunned when "Idol" More>>
A stroke, sometimes called a "brain attack," occurs when an artery to the brain becomes blocked or ruptures. More>>
Adopted parents Pam and Mark Crawford are suing the South Carolina Department of Social Services, the Medial University of South Carolina and the Greenville Hospital System because their intersex child More>>
Shortly before 8 Thursday morning, Charleston Police responded to James Island Charter High School in reference to a large altercation happening in the court yard. Seven students were detained for fighting More>>
Your children spend more than six hours a day, 180 days a year in school. However, a Reality Check Investigation found, nothing in the South Carolina State Code regulates how often those school buildings More>>
This week is National Police Week. Officials at Joint Base Charleston Air Base demonstrated several ways military police officers do their job. Folks from Combat Arms were there to show numerous weapons More>>
Charleston County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for a suspected drug dealer who led several law enforcement agencies on a high speed chase Monday, spanning three counties. More>>
Wednesday around 10 p.m. North Charleston Police and SWAT responded to shots fired on Salamander Creek Lane. More>>
Damien Stokes, Tyrell Miles and Brandon Brown have been charged with 1st degree burglary.Authorities have arrested three people in connection with a home invasion in Summerville on May 1.Police have charged three people in a home invasion: Damien Stokes, Tyrell Miles and Brandon Brown have More>>
Deputies with the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, along with agents from S.L.E.D., conducted an investigation at the Hidden Cove in Moncks Corner on May 14, 2013. More>>
Health officials say they found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from Atlanta-area public swimming pools last summer. More>>
Early Wednesday morning police responded to St. Francis Hospital for a domestic violence incident. More>>
Courtesy: Associated PressAt least two children also died in the powerful explosion in eastern Kabul. More>>
Courtesy: Associated PressThere's a toilet paper shortage in the country, in addition to a shortage of milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal. More>>
Students at Academic Magnet are mastering a unique skill in high school. It's a signature program that is helping to produce outstanding scholars. More>>
Charleston Police officers say they have made an arrest after a traffic stop Wednesday night. Officers say they were able to catch the suspect. He is currently in custody.
Police tell News 2 they were performing a traffic stop near Highway 61 and Wappoo Road when the suspect fled the scene on foot.
With $360 million on the line, the winning numbers were drawn late Wednesday night. The numbers listed as: 2, 11, 26, 34, 41, and the Powerball is 32. If you didn't win, don't feel bad. The chances of More>>
Dozens of calls pouring into the News 2 newsroom reporting loud booms or explosions in Mt. Pleasant Wednesday night. Callers from several different areas in Mt. Pleasant including Park West, Dunes West, More>>
The nationwide manhunt for a "John Doe" suspected child pornographer ended a little more than 24 hours after a public appeal for information about his identity and whereabouts. More>>
It was on May 8th Deputies in Dorchester County responded to a gruesome mauling at Spring Branch and Dunning Roads. What makes the incident even more troubling for family members like Willie James was the helplessness of the 80-year old victim during the attack. More>>
Republican Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor whose extramarital affair sank his political career in 2009, is returning to Congress to reclaim his old House seat as he forges a comeback. More>>
In 2011, Congress reinstated funding for horse slaughter which prompted businesses around the country to plan new slaughterhouses, which existed before a 2006 ban. More>>
Charleston City Police confirm to News 2 that Wednesday afternoon a utility truck fell over the side of the Ravenel Bridge. More>>
A popular plant in Lowcountry yards is also deadly to your cats and dogs. The entire Sago Palm can not only make your dog sick, a Goose Creek veterinarian says if not treated, your dog is likely to die. More>>
A Harleyville man passed away on Sunday from injuries he received in a dog attack. The Dorchester County Coroner's Office says 80-year-old Carlton Freeman was riding in a wheelchair at Spring Branch and More>>
In the days following the April 13 boat accident that left the City of Charleston's newly incorporated fire boat extensively damaged, investigators questioned the training of the crew. More>>
Senators are threatening to walk out of a joint session of the General Assembly expected to elect a legislator's father to the Medical University of South Carolina board. More>>
2012 was the year of big jackpots, and 2013 is shaping up similarly. A $360 million Powerball® jackpot is captivating the nation.
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The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center will host a 2K "walk and roll" event on May 15, at 11 a.m. to coincide with National Employee Health and Fitness Day. More>>
Hurricane Irene severely damaged Folly Beach park in 2011.A stabilization project is underway to make repairs to the Folly Beach park that was severely damaged during Hurricane Irene in 2011. More>>
Colleton County officials are working to identify the body of a man found in a burned home near Walterboro.Firefighters were called to the home shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday.Fire-Rescue Chief Barry McRoy More>>
Wednesday Congressman-elect Mark Sanford participates in the ceremonial swearing in to take his seat in the US House of Representatives. More>>
The city's proposed tax hike would have applied to prepared foods and beverages. More>>
Chair Doug Cooper starting the meeting off with long statement directly addressing the SLED investigation of Berkeley County's recent school bond referendum. Cooper says he is not aware of anyone with More>>
SCDOT proposes a big change for the intersection of US-17 and Main Road on Johns Island.The intersection of US-17 and Main Road on Johns Island is about to get a major revamp. On Tuesday night the South Carolina Department of Transportation held a public information meeting to showcase their More>>
Tabetha Grooms died on May 9th at MUSCClay Pennington worked with 37-year old Tabetha Grooms for almost a decade. She helped manage his store Sonny's CITGO, off Boone Hill Road in Summerville. His voice quivered with emotion while he offered up some kind words. More>>
The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) is bringing awareness to a rare neurological disorder by declaring May 14 the first Apraxia Awareness Day. More>>
Tuesday morning, lawyers filed a groundbreaking and potentially landmark lawsuit in South Carolina state and federal court. Tuesday morning, lawyers filed a groundbreaking and potentially landmark lawsuit in South Carolina state and federal court. More>>
The images shown here have been pulled from a video depicting the sexual abuse of a minor. These images have been sanitized for public release.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is seeking the arrest of an unidentified man for producing child pornography and the rescue of a 7 to 9-year-old victim of sexual exploitation. More>>
Eddie Thomas is charged with three counts of breaking into a motor vehicle.A Charleston man was arrested on Monday, May 13, 2013 for breaking into three cars on Sweetleaf Lane and Fetterbush Lane between April 7, 2013 and May 9, 2013. More>>
Officers of the Horry County Police Department and agents with the US Marshal Service have captured two suspects wanted for murder in Virginia, officials said. On Monday, a Horry County Police Detective More>>
The proposed project is intended to improve safety and reduce travel delays through the intersection. Tuesday afternoon SCDOT will hold a meeting at C.E. WIlliams Middle School to discuss a proposed US 17 (Savannah Highway) and S-20 (Main Road) intersection improvement on Johns Island. More>>
Mayor Goodwin said the 20 finalists will make presentations to judges on June 16 and 17. More>>
The wooden building is being dismantled and will be taken to Washington, D.C., where it will be placed in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture.A slave cabin on Edisto Island is going to be preserved by the Smithsonian Institution.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported the two-room, wooden building is being dismantled and will be taken to More>>
Authorities say strong currents in the Ashepoo River likely contributed to the drowning of a 13-year-old Beaufort boy.The Beaufort Gazette reports that Norman Kirkland Jr. was swimming in the river with More>>
The museum is planned for the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.State House Speaker Bobby Harrell is honoring plans to build a Medal of Honor museum in South Carolina. More>>
Courtesy: Associated PressThe FSB says Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money when he was detained overnight. More>>
According to Dan Moon, spokesman at the BCSO, a victim was shot in the parking lot of Club Pluto in Goose Creek off Red Bank Road More>>
Dr. Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of first-degree murder.A Philadelphia doctor accused of performing illegal, late-term abortions in a filthy clinic has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive but acquitted in the death of a fourth baby. More>>
The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death-- this after 37-year old Tabetha Grooms was found unresponsive. More>>
A local community leader is speaking out at tonight's Dorchester District 2 School Board meeting. Louis Smith is the President of the Palmetto Robynwyn Civic Association. He says he feels like the school More>>
A high school student, initially banned from year-end events for posting a racial slur on a private twitter account was allowed to attend senior prom this weekend and will walk at her graduation ceremony after a last-minute decision to overturn the disciplinary board's decision. More>>
The suspect, Joshua Rashaun Taylor, should be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached. The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating Joshua Rashaun Taylor of McClellanville, SC. More>>
South Carolina assistant coach Sammy Esposito and strength and conditioning coach Billy Anderson will serve NCAA mandated one-game suspensions as a result of their ejections from South Carolina's May 12 More>>
Investigators say they have arrested an Orangeburg man who stole money from his grandmother, along with her electric wheelchair. More>>
Sunday police arrested a suspect in connection with a burglary and kidnapping at a West Ashley home on May 10, 2013. More>>
"Moonshine" is still illegal in South Carolina and so is transporting it. Friday evening police stopped a truck at Rivers Avenue and Tipson Street where they found 54-year-old Alfonzo Zuniga inside with an open mason jar of moonshine. More>>
A rigorous curriculum, and competitive environment, Academic Magnet High School in Charleston county is one of the top high schools in the nation. We're in North Charleston for our Cool School of the week.
The culture is known as Gullah in the Carolinas and Geechee in Georgia and Florida.A plan to preserve the culture of slave descendants of the sea islands on the Southeast coast has been approved by the Department of the Interior. More>>
Port of Charleston, SC.The South Carolina State Ports Authority has untangled a snag in its plans to build a $35 million inland port in Greer. More>>
A new tech project designed to show off Charleston's technology efforts to residents and visitors alike is taking off. More>>
Bringing history to life to create a fun lesson and help discover talents, that's the goal of a unique program at Northwood Academy More>>
Gina DeJesusTwo women who went missing as teenagers about a decade ago were found alive Monday in a residential area about 2 miles south of downtown Cleveland. More>>
One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home's doors and noticed plastic bags over the windows. More>>
Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found Monday in a home just south of downtown and likely had been tied up during years of captivity, said police, who arrested three brothers. One of the women... More>>
Former Governor, Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert-Busch will debate Monday April 29 at 7pm in the Courvoisie Banquet Hall at the Citadel. More>>
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says his cellphone has been swamped with hundreds of calls this week after House Democrats sent an email telling donors to call the number. More>>
From debating a cardboard cutout to flashing a wad of cash, there have been some interesting campaign tactics in the race for the 1st congressional seat. Brian McGee is a communications professor at More>>
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has a slight edge in cash heading into the final days of the heated congressional race in state's 1st District. More>>
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch are sharing the stage for the first time in their race for the state's vacant 1st Congressional District seat. More>>
Northwood Academy offers a Christian based education in a fun learning environment. We're in North Charleston for our Cool School of the week. More>>
News 2 presents College Park Elementary with our Cool School award More>>
Students at College Park Elementary are blasting off with math. An innovative and unique program has students eager to solve math problems. More>>
GEORGETOWN, SC (WBTW) - A Georgetown restaurant owner was arrested Tuesday after police said he solicited sex from teen boys at the restaurant. According to Georgetown Police Capt. Nelson Brown, Kenneth More>>
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) - More details were released Monday surrounding the sexual assault arrest of Myrtle Manor reality TV star Taylor Burt. Burt, 28, was arrested Saturday night and charged with criminal More>>
Innovative and unique programs, and motivated teachers and students, College Park Elementary School is making academics gains. More>>
News 2 presents St. John Catholic School with our Cool School award More>>
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