Dorchester County News

Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying.

A preliminary report on a South Carolina plane crash last month that killed four says the pilot made meticulous preparations for the flight.

Matt and Amanda Blue knew something was wrong with their 6-year-old son, Zachary, on the night of Oct.

A miniature portrait of Czar Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame - owned for decades by an Arizona family that didn't realize its historic significance - has been auctioned for $1.3 million.

October 30, 2009 - 11:41 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Two years after arriving in Oconee County, Walhalla Fire Chief John Ekaitis is leaving the Golden Corner for the Lowcountry.

By David Berman and Michael Tannebaum Summerville Journal Scene Authorities received word earlier this month of an alleged incident on Aug.

Police say they are on the lookout for two suspects who shot a juvenile in Dorchester County.

By Jenny Peterson Summerville Journal Scene The Dorchester County Council voted to cut $4 million from Dorchester School District 2a s current operating budget at a meeting Friday morning.

A coroner says four men who died when a small plane crashed in South Carolina last week were killed from the impact of the crash, not from the ensuing fire.

Officials say the mid-year cut may mean teacher furloughs as soon as next year. "How much money?" Mrs.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:09 p.m. Dorchester County Coroner Chris NisbitA confirms three of four peopleA killedA in a small plane crash WednesdayA morning at the Summerville airport were Summerville natives on their way to a conference in the Bahamas.

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed Wednesday shortly after departure near the South Carolina coast, officials said.

3, died Saturday of organ failure from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner.

A police report says a teen fatally shot by an officer at his South Carolina high school had two knives when he attacked the officer.

A South Carolina man shot and wounded by a police officer following a traffic stop has died from his injuries.

A man with a gun robbed an Old Trolley Road restaurant as it was closing Tuesday night.

One county's trash is becoming another county's problem. Charleston County considering a deal to send 250 tons of trash a day to a private landfill in Dorchester.

Police say they are on the lookout for a man who robbed an ice cream store in Summerville Tuesday night.

A commuter bus route serving Cross, St. Stephen and Bonneau was officially opened on Monday as TriCounty Link celebrated the first year of its Commuter Solutions Program.

Willie Smalls stacks wood behind his family's 'tent' for the St. Paul Camp Meeting.