Charleston County

New sheriff Carl Ritchie leans on community ties as he makes changes in the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.

Former Mount Pleasant police chief Carl Ritchie has won the Charleston County Sheriff's race, returning the office to Republican leadership as it was for decades.

Charleston County is opening its emergency operations center as it does during hurricanes to quickly respond to threats and misinformation on election day.

Blue lights and crime scene tape surrounded several blocks of a Charleston area suburb Sunday night as SLED was called out to investigate its seventh officer involved shooting in as many weeks.

Charleston County religious leaders met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month as the feds warn of an increased risk of attacks on houses of worship.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating two South Carolina jails for possible civil rights violations following a string of deaths in Charleston and Richland Counties.

Four months after Dr. Eric Gallien was named Charleston County’s new school superintendent, the district board has accepted a settlement agreement releasing him from his duties. The unanimous decision was made after board members revealed an investigation into a complaint Gallien had created a hostile work environment showed he did nothing wrong.

A daylong manhunt has ended on Johns Island with the deaths of the suspect and a K-9 with the State Law Enforcment Division. Authorities say Ernest Burbage lll shot the K-9 before brandishing a weapon and being killed by police.

A 19-year-old inmate is accused of assaulting a detention center deputy so violently his head was "bouncing off the cement floor".

A Charleston County Sheriff’s Office pilot is recovering after his helicopter crashed Tuesday afternoon near Charleston International Airport, halting flights at the state’s busiest airport for nearly two hours.