MORNING HEADLINES | The Lowcountry didn’t get as much snow as some expected, but the bitter temperatures numbed fingers and noses across the weekend – and that will continue today.
Some areas of the Lowcountry got little more than a half-inch dusting of flaky snow on Saturday night, as others got up to three inches. Northeast of Charleston, parts of the Pee Dee and Grand Strand got as much as nine inches, according to reports.
Today’s Charleston-area forecast calls morning temperatures in the mid-to-upper 20s, with wind chills about 10 degrees colder. After reaching the mid-40s after lunch, nighttime lows will return to the lower 20s inland to mid-to-upper 30s along the coast. Rain showers are expected late Tuesday through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Other stories of note:
- CP PHOTO ESSAY: More cold ahead
- Schools announce e-learning for Monday
- Tracking closures across the state
- Charleston airports sees cancellations, delays
- Dangerous temperatures raise morning black ice concerns across Lowcountry
- SCDOT treated roads with 6 million gallons of salt brine ahead of winter storms
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In weekend headlines
CP OPINION, Brack: Invest more to get out of plantation economy. New Census numbers show South Carolina is the nation’s fastest-growing state,adding almost 80,000 new residents between July 2024 and July 2025. Growth was fueled, the Census added, “by a sizable net domestic migration increase of 66,622 … the increase of 1.5% was the highest of any state.”
CP NEWS: Kronsberg to be new leader of Charleston Parks Conservancy. Charleston native and veteran parks leader Jason Kronsberg has been named the new executive director of the Charleston Parks Conservancy. Its board announced his appointment Thursday.
CP WEEK IN REVIEW: Democrats raise alarms over S.C. immigration bill. After the killing of a second Minnesota protester last weekend by federal immigration officers, two Charleston-area Democratic lawmakers and the party’s leading candidate for governor are raising alarms about a bill in the S.C. House that they say could put local law enforcement officers and residents at risk.
- CP Issue tracker: Casino gambling on back-burner
- Why Jermaine Johnson says he’s running for S.C. governor
- Some fear property tax cut could add to S.C.’s growing pains
- Bathroom bill passes S.C. House
- S.C. measles cases top 800, with 671 in just the last month
Longtime Post and Courier business reporter found dead. Jim Parker, a fixture on the business pages of The Post and Courier from the early 1980s until his final article was published in 2019, was found dead near his home on Saturday morning.
Charleston says it had no control over Lee marker in Marion Square. “We don’t have the ability to move it … and I know that frustrates people,” Charleston Mayor William Cogswell said.
- Charleston looks at e-bike regulations
- Roper Hospital’s move to North Charleston will reshape city, officials say
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