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MOUNT PLEASANT — A home builder has been ordered to stop work on five houses at Sullivan’s Pointe that would exceed the town’s height rules, although the town approved the plans and issued building permits.

It started with one child. An ornery first grader named Jawan Dent who’d pitch fits to avoid doing his school work.

An airman assigned to Joint Base Charleston died Sunday after crashing while riding an all-terrain vehicle.

A Summerville-based maker of specialty refrigerators, freezers and cryogenic equipment has been sold to a New England company in a deal valued at $31 million.

CLEMSON — Brent Venables remembers how gassed his guys were by early December, when the Clemson defense was on fumes trying to fend off North Carolina in the 2015 ACC Championship.

The verdict is still out on whether FEMA will provide money for residents in Charleston and Berkeley Counties impacted by Hurricane Matthew.

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin joined Bill Gates, Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg on a "first cut" list of possible vice president nominees from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, according to an email released by WikiLeaks.

A North Charleston man faces a criminal sexual conduct charge after being accused of inappropriately touching two children.

When Brent Thompson was coaching at Lenoir-Rhyne, he made the drive from Hickory, N.C., to Spartanburg to consult with Wofford coach Mike Ayers and his veteran offensive coordinator, triple-option guru Wade Lang.

In his latest antic, Charleston’s favorite celebrity Bill Murray made an appearance at The Alley last night and signed their Ghostbusters pinball machine.