Johns Island News

Dwayne A. Thompson, 44 of Bohicket Road, is charged with committing a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 and simple possession of marijuana, jail records show.

Approximately 25,000 rubber ducks will be dropped from I-526 into the Wando River for the seventh annual Rotary Charity Duck race.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with robbing a store on Johns Island last week.

A 'superstreet' at the busy intersection of U.S. Highway 17 and Main Road was one of the proposed ways to alleviate congestion at the gateway to Johns Island.

Eddie Thomas, 27 of Sweetleaf Lane, is charged with three counts of breaking into a motor vehicle, according to Charleston police.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is holding a public information meeting on plans for the intersection of U.S. Highway 17 and Main Road from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria at C.E. Williams Middle School at 640 Butte St.

A reward of $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects who robbed a Johns Island pharmacy last week.

Fallon Stafford , Donald Kinne, Kirstyn Johnson, and John Tabor were arrested on drug charges Friday by Charleston police after drugs were found Thursday at a house where a 2-year-old was staying.

A reward of $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects who robbed a Johns Island pharmacy last week.

Courtney Ness shops for produce Thursday at the Vegetable Bin. Ness says she always buys produce from the local market.

Charleston police are searching for a man accused of robbing Kangaroo gas station, 1786 Main Road on Johns Island, at gunpoint on May 7. Charleston police officers are searching for a man who robbed a Kangaroo gas station on Johns Island at gunpoint on Tuesday night.

Election Day - Polls are open in the 1st District today until 7pm. To find out if you live in the district, visit scvotes.org . The media scrutiny around the race has ramped up in the past few days as polls show the race tightening in favor of Mark Sanford .

Hot Properties highlights recently sold or leased commercial properties in the Charleston region.

Charleston police are searching for two men who robbed a Maybank Highway CVS about 9:55 p.m. Friday, May 3. Charleston police officers released images of two men who they said robbed a CVS pharmacy on Johns Island on Friday.

Weber USA executives Elliott Summey and Fritz Meyer look over the ruins of the Ingleside Plantation house, which will be conserved as part of a plan to develop the 2,000-acre property in North Charleston.

Dance artist Erin Leigh works with third-graders Nolan Hart , Dy'lasia Fogle, Berklie Duffy and Lucas Zemaitis at Jennie Moore Elementary School as they create movements to accompany music and poems.

Thursday's vote by Charleston County Council to terminate plans for a tax increment financing district for an upscale development on Johns Island should be applauded by the taxpaying public.

County investigators and a forensic anthropologist were trying Saturday to discover the identity of skeletal remains found Friday near the West Ashley Greenway.

Both candidates are playing the numbers game, working to turn out as many of their potential supporters as possible on Tuesday, but state Sen.

Elizabeth Colbert Busch is making a bus tour in the final days of the heated 1st District congressional race.