A coroner has ruled that an author who wrote books about some of South Carolina’s most infamous murders drowned in the Pee Dee River near the U.S. 76 bridge.

A man died while fishing on the south end of Pawleys Island Thursday afternoon.

After a drowning, a presumed drowning and 12 rescues all in a week’s time Sullivan’s Island Town Council will meet at 6 pm tonight at Town Hall, but it remains to be seen if there will be discussion about protecting the beaches with lifeguards.

Mayor Carl Smith says lifeguards on Sullivan’s Island have not been necessary because of the anticipated cost and the town is not trying to attract beach visitors.

A Colorado teenager grieving over the lost of his drowned friend rescued a 5-year-old boy drowning in a river.

After 2 drownings and 1 near drowning within a week at pools in Lowcountry housing communities it might be time to look around and see what safety features these pools without lifeguards should have.

Guy Stamps made regular trips to the public pool at Spring Valley Mobile Home park before drowning there around 9:30 Wednesday morning.

The family of 6-year-old Jah’quez Hamilton spent the day holding each other closer and remembering why the youngster brought so much joy to their lives.

A North Charleston Family is in morning Tuesday night after a 6-year-old boy drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool.

Water may be fun to play with — but it can also be deadly. Consider child safety tips for home pools, natural bodies of water and common household hazards.

Ameriocan Academy of Pediatrics researchers are warning parents and caretakers that their research suggests that informal swimming instruction (i.e., through mom, dad, etc.) had no effect on drowning rates at any age.  They are recommending formal swimming instructions for children 5 and older.

Now, a new study questions the wisdom of waiting to teach young children to swim. In the March issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, researchers report an 88 percent reduction in the risk for drowning in children one to four who had received formal swimming lessons.

One toddler is dead and another hospitalized after being found in the swimming pool at their daycare. 

An arrest warrant for 22-year-old Saquan Celiak Meekins is out for his involvement in the drowning death of a 10-year-old victim.

Police are investigating a possible drowning in a neighborhood pond in Summerville.  A neighbor found the body of 51 year old Nathaniel Irick in a pond at the back of the Palmetto Park neighborhood Wednesday evening.