Decades ago, South Carolina shifted patients from psychiatric hospitals to community treatment. The move has done little to improve their fate as lawmakers shortchanged them on resources. And jails ...

South Carolina is hardly alone in struggling to care for the mentally ill inmates filling its jails. But other states have made greater strides in devising potential fixes.

The disaster that struck at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and the dogs and their offspring who survived, ...

There are only a few weeks left in the 2026 legislative session and a decisive Republican primary campaign for governor. It’s ...

A Post and Courier investigation found dozens of defendants who bounced between the criminal justice and mental health ...

Pay down the credit card or buy clothes? Build savings or buy a set of tires? Big tax refunds this year can help improve ...

For the first time since it’s grand reopening, Finlay Park will shut down for the day for a private rental for University of ...

Some inmates with mental illness refused treatment, pushing them closer toward crisis. They ate their own waste, destroyed ...

Including benefits, a janitor position costs Greenville County Schools about $49,000 a year. At an average annual cost of ...

Visitors to the West Ashley Branch of the Charleston County Library can now expect to see butterflies floating and bees ...

A delegation from Synagogue Emanu-El in Charleston joined a procession of 7,000 people who two miles between the World War II ...

This year's Run United, an annual fundraiser to support United Way of Aiken County, had nearly 1,200 participants on board to ...