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MORNING HEADLINES  |  Law enforcement officials confirmed Sunday that a task force conducted a targeted sting operation in Ladson Saturday night into Sunday morning. 

Few details are available on what was called a “targeted enforcement operation” on Sunday in a Facebook post that generated more than 2,600 comments.  

More information on what is believed to be an immigration enforcement operation is expected this morning during a press conference with officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, State Law Enforcement Division and Charleston County Sheriff’s Office.

According to various reports, an operation involving dozens of officers took place early June 1 near Ladson Exchange Park that targeted a nearby club.  On Sunday, Latino residents, many of whom are worried by an increase in federal deportation efforts, apparently were warned through a community grapevine to stay away from the area.

In other headlines:

CP OPINION, Brack: National chaos, carnage has to stop. “Mainstay American values – truth, justice, exceptionalism and fairness – are shivering as greed, retribution, cheating, lying and corruption gnaw at the foundations of two of our branches of government – the legislative and judicial.”

  • Johnson: We’ll pay for Graham’s support of gutting Medicaid. “The U.S. Senate is poised to take up the reconciliation bill — also known as the “Big Beautiful Bill” in the coming weeks. Our senator, Lindsey Graham, has indicated his enthusiastic support for it, tweeting that the sooner the bill gets signed into law, the better.”

CP FESTIVALS: Celebrating 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s “Horses” during Spoleto. Punk poet Patti Smith will perform at Spoleto Festival USA this year, 50 years after her iconic “Horses” album debuted.

Hurricane season starts. June 1 marks the official start of the 2025 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s expected to be an above average season with 13 to 19 named storms.

BOOKS: Sack offers soaring history of Emanuel A.M.E. Church, which endured massacre. A reviewer offers a lauding review of reporter Kevin Sack’s new book on the history of Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston where nine worshippers were killed in 2015 by a racist gunman. The book is officially published June 3 — two weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the murders.

S.C. WEEK IN REVIEW: GOP budget would hundreds of thousands in S.C., experts warn. A Republican budget bill that would slash more than $1 trillion from federal health care and food-assistance programs, cut taxes primarily for wealthy Americans and add almost $4 trillion to the national debt is raising alarms among experts and advocates across South Carolina.

Breeze to fly between Charleston and Burlington, Vt. The New seasonal service will operate weekly on Mondays and Fridays.

Feds look at drilling off S.C. coast. While South Carolinians generally oppose offshore oil drilling, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is rewriting its five-year plan — which evaluates potential sites for drilling.

Trident Medical Center to open new brain rehab center this week. The North Charleston hospital is set to open a $10 million Neuro Rehabilitation Unit.

Charleston rethinks charter school strategy. The Charleston area, a beehive for charter schools, is rethinking its education approach, this story says.

Charleston Animal Society to help manage Berkeley Co. shelter. The Charleston group is partnering with the Berkeley County shelter.

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