South Carolina

City and state officials are hoping for federal money to make up a major funding gap.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation and the city of Columbia, South Carolina; the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration, will host an in-person public meeting next month about the Assembly Street railroad separation project to reduce traffic congestion caused by train crossings.

Police in Charleston, South Carolina, are investigating after an Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian this morning.