North Charleston

Four activist groups are urging a South Carolina city to create an independent body to oversee efforts to reduce racial disparities in its police department. The recommendation for the city of North Charleston comes from Charleston Area Justice Ministry, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Charleston's Black Lives Matter chapter and the American Civil Liberties Union. The Post and Courier reports that the groups say public oversight is needed as the city works to address findings of an audit. That audit found racial disparities in police department practices, including field interviews, use of force, arrests and traffic stops.

Four people have been charged with manslaughter in a shooting last month at an illegal concert in South Carolina that killed a 14-year-old girl and hurt 13 other people. North Charleston Police say the May 22 shooting happened when two gangs started shooting at each other at the same vacant lot where a stage was set up and didn't care who was between them. Police aren't ready to say how many people fired guns that night or how many bullets were shot, but the investigation continues, The illegal concert was publicized with flyers and included a bar.

A man who dreamed of winning the lottery bought a scratch-off ticket the next day and won $300,000. WCBD-TV reports the lucky winner purchased a $10 Money Maker lottery ticket from the Rania Mart in North Charleston. He scratched it while sitting in the parking lot and says he was thrilled when he saw the result. He called the win "life changing." The man told lottery officials he called out of work and drove to Columbia to collect his prize. The store received a $3,000 commission for selling the ticket.

A 14-year-old girl is dead, and more than a dozen others have been wounded in a North Charleston mass shooting the police chief says should have never happened.

More than a dozen people were shot during a concert in North Charleston, SC, including a 14-year-old girl who was killed, police said Sunday.

It's almost midnight and Henry Darby is stocking shelves at a Walmart in North Charleston. He zips down the aisles unraveling cans from plastic packaging,…

North Charleston Mayor Kieth Summey: "...now is the time to leave."

North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey: "...if you've flooded before, you'll flood again."