Colleton County News

A St. George man walked into a Colleton County truck stop with multiple gunshot wounds Friday evening, and now officials are trying to figure out where the shooting happened.

Dorchester County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say shot another man in the leg Tuesday as part of an "ongoing dispute." Martin Louis Ballard, 27, is wanted in connection with the shooting, which occurred about 4 p.m. on Pidgeon Bay Road, Maj.

Authorities say a 35-year-old Walterboro man pleaded guilty Thursday to the September 2008 beating death of 47-year-old Brenda Bailey.

Colleton NAACP president urges unity Colleton NAACP President Reverend Raleigh Williams voiced appreciation for all ministers throughout Colleton County that have offered counseling and support to victims, victim families, alleged suspects families, community members and schoolchildren.

Colleton schools offer parent workshops Today's schoolchildren attend schools that are practically a world or planet away from where many of their parents attended decades ago.

Police in South Carolina have charged a man in connection with a drive-by shooting in which three people, including a 20-month old toddler, were killed.

For the third time in the last week there was a shooting near Walterboro, South Carolina.

Fear increased for folks in Walterboro Saturday as another shooting marked the third in a number of days.

The Colleton County Sheriffa s Office is looking for Anthony Terez Frasier, 28, who has been accused of firing several rounds at girlfriend Latonia Brown Saturday morning at her home on Peurifoy Road near Walterboro, according to a release from the Sheriffa s Office.

Investigators say shots were fired on Peurifoy Road early this morning. Officers say a man shot at a woman's car several times.

Walterboro residents are on edge after another shooting occurred Wednesday night.

Danziel Chapman, 19, of Walterboro was arrested late Tuesday, charged with murder, booked and detained in the Colleton County Detention Center in Walterboro, South Carolina.

Walterboro Mayor Mayor Bill Young said there will be a large increase in the number of law enforcement officers in the area due to the recent shootings.

Two more shootings in Walterboro Wednesday night send two men to the hospital, just says after three people were killed in a drive-by in the area.

Two nights after a drive-by injures nine and kills three, including a toddler, there's now a second shooting in Walterboro.

I am a concerned citizen of Colleton County. I think it's a shame the way the young people of our town have rally taken this gang and territory thing this far.

The echoes of a possible high-powered rapid fire weapon resounded several blocks from the gruesome scene of a deadly drive-by shooting at a home on the corner of Girardeau and McDaniel streets in Walterboro that left three dead, including a toddler and six others were wounded.

Police in South Carolina have charged a man in connection with a drive-by shooting in which three people, including a 20-month old toddler, were killed.

Mary White comforts Perry Kittrell, brother of Charles Kittrell, who was one of three people killed in a drive-by shooting at a home on the corner of McDaniel and Gerideau streets in Walterboro Monday night.

Authorities say three people have been killed and five injured in a shooting in a small town west of Charleston.