Washington Park News

Councilman Doug Mercer believes Beaufort County should provide funding to the city to help pay for recreation programs that use city facilities and in which county residents who are not city residents participate.

A holiday to honor Southerners who fell fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War is officially observed in nine states of the old Confederacy, but they're held at different times of the year.

The ceremonies are being held on Saturday at Washington Park near the Four Corners of Law in the heart of Charleston's historic district.