Jennifer Berry Hawes
Post & Courier
Charleston, SC, United States
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The week when everything changed
The new coronavirus hit South Carolina like a hurricane this week, with cases rising at an exponential rate and state and public officials scrambling to find ways to contain an → Read More
One toddler. One loaded gun. Boy's shooting death keeps SC among the deadliest for kids
When 3-year-old Aiden Martin shot himself in the head with a gun he found laying around, he joined a tragic march of children's deaths in unintentional shootings. → Read More
Federal authorities to seek death penalty against Dylann Roof
Nearly a year since gunfire interrupted a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church, federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old suspect in the attack that killed nine people. → Read More
Emanuel AME shooting victim Ethel Lance’s family launches foundation
The family of Ethel Lance, who was killed in the Emanuel AME Church shooting last summer, has launched an education-focused foundation and awarded its first scholarship on Thursday. → Read More
Citadel tackles policies regarding transgender cadets
By coincidence, as a cadet went public about being transgender, The Citadel’s leaders spent the recently ended school year tackling the college’s policies regarding transgender students. → Read More
Citadel cadet realizes his transgender identity
The Citadel’s imposing barracks stood oddly silent just before last weekend’s commencement, a long dumpster awaiting the spoils of yet another year from the 173-year-old Corps of Cadets. Kenton Pendery, a senior, strode briskly across t → Read More
Family of librarian killed in Emanuel AME shooting launches literacy effort
Growing up, when Cynthia Graham Hurd’s four brothers raced outside to play in their free time, she’d park herself on the front porch with a good book. → Read More
Emanuel AME shooting victims’ families receive money from Hope Fund
Emanuel AME Church distributed $1.5 million in donations this week to families of the nine victims and survivors of the horrific mass shooting on June 17 in its fellowship hall. → Read More
Joey Meek pleads guilty; friend of Dylann Roof admits he was told of plan to attack Emanuel AME
UPDATE: Joey Meek admitted that Dylann Roof told him he planned to shoot people at AME Bible study and had visited the church in Charleston. → Read More
Slain Emanuel AME pastor’s wife pens stirring description of Obama
The wife of slain Emanuel AME Church pastor the Rev. Clementa Pinckney has penned a stirring description of President Barack Obama in Time magazine’s top 100 influential people issue. → Read More
Families hurt by gun violence to demand action at Emanuel AME event
Hundreds of families devastated by gun violence, from Greenville to Myrtle Beach, will unite at Emanuel AME Church on Sunday to pray and demand lawmakers close loopholes in background checks for gun purchases. → Read More
Lawsuit filed by shooting victim’s husband against Emanuel AME dismissed
Both parties have agreed to dismiss a lawsuit filed in the fall against Emanuel AME Church seeking an accounting of millions of dollars in donations it received after a June 17 shooting left nine people dead. → Read More
New pastor of Mother Emanuel seeks healing amid the clamor
Morning fog lifts with the bustle of Sunday worshippers in fine suits and hats who climb the twin staircases to Emanuel AME Church’s front entrance. Two white tourists in jeans pause on the front sidewalk to read a makeshift memorial covered i → Read More
Rev. Norvel Goff’s former parishioners deny defaming him
The Rev. Dr. Norvel Goff is suing 18 members of his past church for defamation and negligence, but they contend they are private citizens who simply want to see their own church’s financial records. → Read More
Emanuel AME Church plans event to feed the homeless
In the space where an avowed white supremacist killed nine black worshippers last summer, Emanuel AME Church members will feed local residents who are facing homelessness and hunger. → Read More
Schools continue struggle with exodus of students under school choice
For almost 30 years, the Charleston County School District has added more and more public school-choice options for parents: magnet schools, charter schools, Montessori schools, you name it. → Read More
Emanuel AME Church pastor sues for defamation
The interim pastor of the Charleston church where nine black members were massacred in June is suing his former parishioners in Columbia for defamation after they raised questions about his handling of money at their church. → Read More
Episcopal Church makes settlement offer to let parishes take $500 million in property
The Episcopal Church and its local diocese have pitched a huge settlement offer that would allow 35 parishes that left the national church in 2012 to take their more than $500 million in church properties with them in what could be an unprecedented o → Read More
Episcopal Church makes settlement offer to let parishes take $500 million in property
The Episcopal Church and its local diocese have pitched a huge settlement offer that would allow 35 parishes that left the national church in 2012 to take their more than $500 million in church properties with them in what could be an unprecedented o → Read More
Haley has not read domestic violence bill
Gov. Nikki Haley said she has not yet read the criminal domestic violence bill passed by the General Assembly last week. → Read More