Special Reports

Day Care Roulette

Weak laws, poor enforcement and lack of ratings leave parents guessing in their search for quality child care

You've heard it before. The Charleston County Jail is overcrowded. But what does overcrowded really mean? In 2007, reports, photographers and videographer for the Post and Courier spent time in the Detention Center, trying to answer that question.

The Mercury Connection

The Mercury Connection: Is mercury pollution poisoning you? The Post and Courier tests people to find out.

The Sofa Super Store Fire

A special section with every story, photo galleries and audio & video clips from the fire that killed nine fire fighters.

(June 2007)

The China Effect

The Post and Courier sent reporter Tony Bartelme and photographer Alan Hawes to China to report on several topics that affect our readers.

The Education Lottery

Is it a good bet?

Read this five-part series and decide for yourself

School bus breakdown

A three-day series of articles on why South Carolina's public school buses are the nation's oldest, most polluting and least safe.

An Unexpected Journey

Ken Burger is executive sports editor for The Post and Courier.

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Feb. 2, 2007. In an effort to educate and inform, this weekly series of columns will document his journey to defeat the cancer.

"A Violent Encounter"

The Post and Courier's four-day series that began Dec. 2. The stories chronicled the May 12, 2003, shooting of Doc Norris in Georgetown and his painful recovery.

At a Crossroads

Development can be seen everywhere in the Lowcountry. But what's causing it? What's it changing? Where's it leading us?

The Post and Courier examined these questions in an occasional series that began Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005.

Under Fire

An ecological jewel north of Charleston, the Francis Marion National Forest faces unprecedented pressure from developers, road-builders and other forces. The Post and Courier's award-winning series, "Under Fire," examines and exposes these and other threats. In response, regional leaders are attempting to protect huge tracts of land in and around the forest. Follow-up stories trace this effort and other issues affecting the forest..

The Bridge Builders

The first of two special sections produced by The Post and Courier on the Arthur Ravenel Bridge.

In this special report we set out to "find out who was putting their handprints on" the new bridge - Charleston's newest and largest landmark.

Charleston's New Symbol

The second of two special sections produced by The Post and Courier on the Arthur Ravenel Bridge. This comprehensive special section examines the engineering marvels of the new bridge, takes a fond look back at the old bridges, exlpains the new bridge's features and looks to the future it might bring the Lowcountry.

A Fighting Chance

More of our servicemen and women survive the grievous wounds of war in Iraq due to a state of the art hospital in the air run by doctors, nurses, medics and pilots from Charleston Air Force Base.

Global Warming

Global warming is a complex scientific and political topic that leaves some citizens cold.

The Post and Courier breaks down the standard pro-and-con arguments and evaluates competing claims in this unique 2005 "User's Guide" package.

Tarnished Badges

Cops who commit crimes can remain on patrol across South Carolina because the system to stop them is broken at every stage.

Post and Courier reporters Glenn Smith and Ron Menchaca recently received third place honors for investigative reporting for their work in "Tarnished Badges" in the National Headliner Awards, one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing journalistic merit.