Memories began to flood my mind, more than 30 years after that tragic day, as I trudge through the thick sand of what is now a nature preserve on Folly Island.

The Coosaw Sea Island Cotton Heritage Preserve is one of the few sites in the region that contains visible markers of sea ...

A juvenile male white shark pinged off the coast of Myrtle Beach, SC, recently. Here’s what we know. | Published January 1, ...

Newport's Rose Island Lighthouse, in the middle of Narragansett Bay's West Passage between Newport and Jamestown, has served ...

With fresh snow on the ground, The Bodie Island Lighthouse is framed by a thicket of pine trees, and their shadows cast by ...

South Carolina is set to execute another death row inmate by firing squad, a little more than a month after a convicted murderer was executed the same way. The March 7 execution of Brad Sigmon ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. − South Carolina women's basketball survived a tight Sweet 16 game against No. 4 Maryland on Friday and after a 71-67 win, is playing in its fifth straight Elite Eight.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks just struck gold in the transfer portal by landing Ta'Niya Latson on Monday. Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks just struck gold in the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Monday rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad later this week for the ambush killing of ...

Most of the jellyfish you see in South Carolina are harmless ... Fire Department at 843-588-2433 on Folly Beach, the Sullivan's Island Fire Department at 843-883-9944 on Sullivan's Island ...