MORNING HEADLINES | If you missed your chance to buy a Powerball lottery ticket for Wednesday’s $1.2 billion drawing, you have another opportunity.
With no one picking the six correct numbers Wednesday, the pot grows to an estimated $1.5 billion for Saturday’s drawing. Each chance costs $2.
The new jackpot will be the seventh largest in history for the two biggest national games, Powerball and Mega Millions. Your chance of winning: 1 in 292.2 million. But you can’t win if you don’t have a ticket!
Speaking of pot, the Washington Post editorialized late Wednesday that the federal government should legalize marijuana and let states sort it out: “President Donald Trump is going green. On Thursday, he plans to sign an executive order to loosen restrictions on marijuana. That’s fine, but it’s going to do little to fix America’s overall approach to the drug. It would be better to legalize pot federally and let states decide if they want to restrict it any further.”
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CP NEWS: Confederate marker materializes on Marion Square in Charleston. A controversial 2.4-ton road marker honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee appeared last week without hoopla at Marion Square on King Street, surprising some history buffs around Charleston. Within 24 hours, the story got more than 900 comments on social media.
Conservative push for library board re-do of membership doesn’t fly. Charleston County Council was set to reconsider its appointments to the county library board, but that vote now won’t move forward.
Colleton zoning group to meet over AI data centers. The Colleton County Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled to meet today to talk about a case that could permit construction of AI data centers in land designated for wildlife and rural use. In Orangeburg County, a Texas data center supplier is investing $7.4 million in Orangeburg Co. facility
- Lost job: Tracking snapper, grouper populations. This story is about a woman who tracked declining snapper and grouper fish populations along the southern coast — until she lost her job at NOAA. More on the impact of Trump’s upheaval of federal workers.
Woman faces charges for stealing ambulance. A 30-year-old Hilton Head Island woman is facing felony charges for allegedly stealing an ambulance on Dec. 2.
Measles cases rise as holiday travel begins. There have been almost 2,000 confirmed cases of measles in 43 states this year, which threatens to undo the nation’s status of having eradicated the disease. South Carolina has had 142 cases as of Dec. 16.
State lawmakers have pre-filed 327 bills in December. House members filed 258 bills Tuesday ahead of the 2026 session, while State senators filed 69 bills last week.
3 Charleston council members say goodbye. Three members of Charleston City Council said goodbye at the group’s final meeting of the year.
1 dead in North Charleston apartment shooting. Police are investigating a Wednesday night shooting at an apartment complex that left one dead.
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