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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Charlie Strange about the diagnosis and treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Dr. Strange is a Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine at MUSC.

On this special episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 23, 2021, host Gavin Jackson is joined by his brothers for a test of who knows Gavin best. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lede!

“C” is for Camp Sorghum. In the wake of a yellow fever epidemic among the federal prisoners in Charleston, Confederate authorities transferred some thirteen hundred to fourteen hundred Union officers to the South Carolina interior in late 1864 to prevent them from infecting the local populace.

"S" is for South Carolina Plan (1944). On April 3, 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. Allwright, that the white primary in Texas was unconstitutional.

Galileo, whose full name was Galileo Galilei, was one of the great figures in the history of science. What may surprise you is that Galileo’s father,…

There are many people who say they love classical music, but not “that modern stuff.” What’s interesting is that some of “that modern stuff” is well over…

"O” is for Orangeburg (Orangeburg County; 2020 population 12,402).

“R” is for Ravenel, St. Julien (1819-1882). Physician, chemist, inventor.

“T” is for Textile industry. From the late nineteenth century through most of the twentieth century, the textile industry dominated South Carolina manufacturing.

“W” is for Watermelons. Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) are members of the gourd family native to Africa. Both enslaved Africans and European colonists were probably responsible for first introducing the fruit to South Carolina.