Ridgeville News

RIDGEVILLE a ' A tow-truck driver was shot in the face and back with birdshot Sunday when he tried to repossess a man's pickup truck.

The Charleston Regional Business Journal and TheDigitel have concluded their Twitter race to see which of the two local media powerhouses would hit 1,000 followers first.

A Ridgeville man died in a one-car crash in rural Dorchester County early this morning.

CHAPIN a ' Bill Dukes was just a boy in the 1920s when the rural Ridgeville bank where his father worked as cashier failed and the town folk, scared and broke, accused his dad of stealing the money.

A state correctional officer and another man are accused of selling cocaine to undercover Dorchester County deputies.

North Charleston Police arrested and charged seven women with prostitution this week.

A South Carolina prison officer and another man have been accused of selling cocaine to undercover sheriff's deputies.

A Ridgeville correctional officer is being charged with distribution of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine.

It was a highly unusual political convention in Berkeley County last weekend. Republicans elected new leaders under the oversight of state party officials.

SC National Heritage Corridor aims to incorporate stretch into series to showcase destinations 'off the beaten path' Monday, April 27, 2009 RIDGEVILLE a ' Workers ran telegraph lines from Charleston to Augusta in the late 19th century, making their way through the Lowcountry past marvels like an American Indian tribe, stagecoach houses, sprawling ...

Citing judicial error, the state Court of Appeals today ordered a new trial for the man convicted of the 2003 rape and murder of Julie Jett, a promising College of Charleston honors graduate who was killed while moving out of her West Ashley apartment.

ST. GEORGEa 'Sooner or later the old courthouse will come down. That's no big loss to this little town.

As the state continues to make budget cuts, towns and municipalities brace for change.

SUMMERVILLE a ' A consultant's math won't trash Dorchester County, its outraged residents vow.

DORCHESTER a ' We're going to war, Sons of Confederate Veterans member Dickie Phalen had said half-teasing. But this time, the war was as civil as the wounds are raw.

The Dorchester District 4 School Board meet at 7 p.m. at Harleyville-Ridgeville Elementary School, 1650 E. Main in Dorchester.

LEBANON a ' In the old days, families used to climb in wagons for a long ride across the swamp to church or to town.

Ridgeville, SC - Business is getting worse for a small community struggling to bridge a gap.

A large truck struck an overpass on I-26 Westbound, near the 191 mile marker. Highway Patrol is routing all traffic to Exit 194 through Jedburg and onto US 78.

Senior Aleshia Harrah arranges the candle votives created by her entrepreneurship class at the Givhans Alternative Program.