The S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs said it will close the Webb Center in West Ashley as a way to deal with the state's trimming of 11.5% of group's budget.

Th Webb Center offers day care and education help to children with physical and mental disabilities.

But the department hopes that closing less-critical facilities like the Webb center will allow it keep larger, more critical facilities like the Coastal Center in Ladson open.

Go read all about the closures at The Post and Courier. NBC News 2 has some of the reactions by local parents.