Dorchester News

Removing this railroad across King Street Extension near Discher Street is among the possible changes in the Neck area of Charleston.

' Another local government is giving workers time off to take their children to school the first day.

Dorchester Democrats will hold its Breakfast Meeting on Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Sweetwater Grill, 103 S. Main St., Summerville.

Recruits for Army and National Guard service are pulled more often from rural communities, according to a St.

Finding space for new students is always a concern for Dorchester School District 2 Superintendent Joe Pye.

A planned survey of state Department of Corrections employees was canceled after the South Carolina prison chief sent an e-mail ahead of time advising workers of the survey.

Josh Raglin, general manager of facilities at Brosnan Forest, displays a long leaf pine cone.

A person of interest in the killing of Colleton County Deputy Dennis Compton was arrested in Dorchester County last night.

Whiskey Trail: McCrady's barman Ben Mill and chef Sean Brock have launched a whiskey education program.

Norfolk Southern has donated a conservation easement to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust that will protect nearly 12,500 acres of the Brosnan Forest from development.

The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office is asking for the the public's help in locating 37-year-old Alvin Ladson.

The bear that strolled through a Branchville resident's yard on Saturday morning is indicative of the increasing bear population in South Carolina, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources' bear specialist said ...

Rising gas prices are driving down state Transportation Department revenues. As a result, the state agency no longer can depend on its traditional funding source - the gas tax - to pave and maintain roads, ...

Firefighters and officials agreed Tuesday to move ahead as quickly as possible with building a new fire station to replace the building a Dorchester County codes inspector closed earlier this month.

The Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the American Red Cross has seen an 81 percent increase in the number of people needing help after house fires this month compared to July 2007.

The Lowcountry's city and county leaders say they need to unite but can't do that without the help of the public.

Nevill Robert Miller Jr. , Edmund Ray Varner, Rusty Stallings and Tommie Dangerfield play on a drum Saturday at the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs Needs Assessment Survey Collaboration in ...

Before the wax is barely scuffed on the floors of the new Ashley Ridge High School that opens next month, Dorchester County residents are likely to be asked to approve a referendum to build more schools.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn plans to attend an open house at the Dorchester County Democratic Party's new headquarters Sunday.

Single-gender classes in the Palmetto State are improving some students' self-confidence and determination, according to survey results released Thursday by the state Department of Education.