Lift as you climb.

As the federal #shutdown nears the 30-day mark, #SNAP funding is set to run dry come November. Read about how food banks and pantries around SC are preparing for a surge in this @postandcourier.bsky.social story from me and my colleagues: www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...

I spoke with the Charleston mother who is suing Delta Air Lines and its ground service operator after an employee took her kid's lost iPad and used it to take photos and obscene videos. Read what she said about the saga in @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Good vibes and love poured out from the stage at Tiki Taco in Summerville as bands played a tribute show honoring late Lowcountry musician Kelly Farmer last weekend. Read about the show in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

In addition to #FourthOfJuly, Friday marks a week since Charleston police started enforcing the city's new curfew for minors in the central business district. Read about how the first night of enforcement went in @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

A Summerville man was arrested after allegedly threatening to blow up the first Circuit Solicitor's Office in St. George on June 25. Authorities said they used a truck he was selling to catch him. Read about about what happened in @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

ICYMI: Last week, Jacinda Trader - the now ex-girlfriend of the man who allegedly killed West Ashley salon artist Janet Crouch - was denied bail after a hearing where Crouch's family asked Judge Jefferson to keep Trader behind bars. @postandcourier.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/j...

An influx of SC law enforcement agencies are joining ICE's 287(g) program, including the previously defunct task force model with a history of civil rights abuses. Mitch Black & @kadissem.bsky.social broke down a troubled history and murky future in the state. www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-sled...

A North Charleston man was denied bond in the April hit-and-run death of Kelly Farmer, a Lowcountry musician and Goose Creek public works employee. Read about the hearing and how Farmer's family is feeling in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

An #ICE official told my colleague Kailey Cota that there are "mountains of paperwork" for arrests at the Alamo club in Ladson but that the public "won't get it." Read our story about what remains unknown about the raid in @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/a...

Over 200 members of the #SC Bar signed an open letter expressing their disagreement with the Trump administration's deportation of migrants to El Salvador and executive orders targeting law firms. Read about the letter in @postandcourier.bsky.social. #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Over 100 people have been killed in hit-and-runs in the Tri-County area in the past decade. Read how police go about solving these cases and where SC stands nationally in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/c...

The SC AG's office and defense team for Michael Colucci argued evidentiary questions ahead of the Summerville jeweler's June retrial for the 2015 death of his wife. Read about the issues raised in the hearing in @postandcourier.bsky.social. #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/c...

A New York couple was on a weekend trip to Charleston when they witnessed a man get hit by a car downtown. While helping him, they were then hit by a U-Haul fleeing from police. Read about what happened in @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Family & friends of Kelly Farmer, a Goose Creek city employee and Lowcountry musician, are keeping his memory alive as they look for answers in his hit-and-run death on April 13. Read what his loved ones cherished most about him in @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Arrest affidavits allege that Jean Lesperance and his girlfriend, Jacinda Trader, devised a distraction and planned getaway in the fatal shooting of West Ashley salon artist Janet Crouch. Read about their plan in @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/j...

911 calls and police audio have been released for the April 26 U-Haul chase and deadly crash on Meeting Street in downtown Charleston. Read what we learned in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. #chsnews #scnews www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/9...

One person is dead and others are injured downtown after a police pursuit that began in North Charleston when a box truck fled from a traffic stop. Read more about what we know in @postandcourier.bsky.social,with 📸/🎥 by @glennsmith.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/n... #chsnews

Nearly a year after Keonna Brown was shot and killed at a graduation party in Ladson, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help to solve her case. Read more in @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/c...

A new documentary is highlighting the issue of derelict boats in SC waterways. Read what inspired filmmaker Jeff Phillips to produce "Free Boat to Good Home" in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/free-bo... #chsnews #freeboattogoodhome

My colleague Kenna Coe and I spoke with police officials and community leaders about the trust built between local police and Latino residents and how the growing presence of #ICE in SC could jeopardize it. Read our story in @postandcourier.bsky.social: www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...

The Charleston County Coroner's Office has ID'd the inmate who died after experiencing a medical emergency at the county detention center on April 7. Read what we know so far in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/charles...

Neighbors are rallying to support a Moncks Corner family who lost two of their sons on Christmas Eve this past year and their home in a devastating fire this week. Read their story and find out how to help in my piece for @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

I spoke with some volunteers this weekend after a Wounded Nature cleanup on Drum Island. Read about some of the crazy things they found in the tidal marshes in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Today, Summerville police announced the arrest of three #TrendeAragua gang members for shoplifting from a gun store. Read more in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Berkeley County officials are pulling out all the stops to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. Read my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social about what they're planning and why they say commemorating the war is important. www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

SLED and the Charleston County Sheriff's Office joined the #ICE program that allows state and local officers to carry out immigration enforcement. Read about what the partnership will allow the agencies to do in my story for the @postandcourier.bsky.social: www.postandcourier.com/news/sled-ch...

CCSO released the incident report for the 1-year-old found walking alone during evening rush hour near a busy West Ashley intersection on March 3. Read my article for @postandcourier.bsky.social about what more we know. www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/c... #chs #chsnews

I'm in court for day two of the Robert Mayes II murder trial in Berkeley County. Read about what happened in the trial's first day in @postandcourier.bsky.social: www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/h...

An SCDOT worker was hit and killed on a rural highway in Dorchester County by a wheel that detached from a passing semi-truck. Here's what we know from @postandcourier.bsky.social: www.postandcourier.com/news/scdot-w...

Nonprofits that help survivors of domestic and sexual violence have already seen funding cuts in recent years. The #Trump administration's efforts to freeze federal funding is creating more uncertainty. Read about the impacts in @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/federal...

Multiple Lowcountry police departments received hateful and racist comments on their Black History Month posts on Facebook. Read about how each department responded to the negative comments in my story for @postandcourier.bsky.social. www.postandcourier.com/news/black-h...

Read the eulogy that Mondale wrote before his death: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Charleston police are looking for help identifying a man suspected of stabbing two men just after midnight on Dec. 14 near the corner of King and Hutson streets. #cpd #chs #chsnews www.postandcourier.com/news/charles...

Breaking news: A student at a private, K-12 Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin killed two people, a teacher and a student, and injured six on campus on Monday, police say, revising the death toll. The shooter is also dead.

Charleston city officials have canceled this year's 'Holiday Parade of Boats' due to hazardous wind conditions. #chsnews www.postandcourier.com/news/charles...

I was trying to think of something fun to say for my first Bluesky post, but I got nothing, lol. So here's an article I did recently instead! www.postandcourier.com/news/charles...