Saturday is Halloween.  It can be fun, but only if you stay safe.  We have a number of things you need to know to stay safe while out trick-or-treating.

When it comes to childproofing your home, these are some important areas you don’t want to overlook.

An autopsy confirms that part of the meat from a hot dog was lodged in Jeremy Sailem’s airway. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The new head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Inez Tenenbaum,  will brief foreign counterparts on new requirements under the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which Congress passed partly in response to public uproar over Chinese lead-painted toys.

Floods have enough power to change the course of rivers and bury houses in mud. And flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they combine the destructive power of a flood with incredible speed and unpredictability.  Read these warnings and stay safe.

Top Obama administration officials outlined several new initiatives to safeguard the country’s food supply, saying the recent spate of food-borne illnesses is unacceptable.

Dangerous heat is expected over the weekend, here is how you can beat the Lowcountry summer heat.

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.

Valentine’s Day is not only a day for romance but also a day to show all your love ones how much you care. 

It’s not hard to find an example of a fire around Charleston that began with a space heater.

Toy stores will be playing by new rules in February.

California authorities say it was three members of the same family that drowned on Thanksgiving after being swept out to sea.

The folks who do the safety testing on the cars, trucks and SUV’s we drive are out with the latest test results, and they say next year’s fleet of vehicles is offering some of the safest rides ever.

Police say three men robbed a high school student at gunpoint and took off with her car.

As Halloween approaches, here’s what can be frightening for grown-ups – it’s now the “eating season.” Halloween is only the start of a season filled with good things to eat. Next: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.