Dorchester County News

The Charleston County School Board has become so dysfunctional that its members can't even agree on the rules for how to run its meetings.

Quintin McGrew embraces wife Chantel McGrew after finding out that the case against him is going to trial.

A girl from the Summerville area who faked her disappearance by scribbling morbid messages on her car, then abandoning it, could face charges, Dorchester County officials said.

A Dorchester County judge on Friday ruled that there is enough evidence to try a man whose two-month-old baby died after being mauled by a dog inside the family's home.

Alford will become the assistant superintendent of instruction in Dorchester County School District 2 this summer.

The Summerville Planning Commission gave its recommendation to expand the town's historic district during a meeting held Tuesday at Town Hall.

According to a Dorchester County Sheriff's Office incident report, Thorne Randall Scott Thomason of 118 Cotillion Crescent in Summerville called the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office in regard to a disturbance involving an argument with his mother.

Students from all over Dorchester County participate in Summerville YOUTHDREAMS.

Keep Dorchester County Beautiful celebrated 15 years being an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

A letter published on May 23 stated that County Council candidate Roger Goodman was suing the county.

"Tag! You're it!" Don't some of us delight in recalling innocent days of childhood and playing street games during summer? Tag was one of them.

Dorchester County Councilman Larry Hargett believes the county is fiscally sound and planning to stay ahead of the growth curve, and he wants the opportunity to continue his work for four more years.

EMTs tending their "patients" during a mass casualty exercise held May 15. The exercise, which is a coordinated effort between EMS services, emergency responders, and all hospitals throughout the tri county area, simulates a major disaster, in this case a nightclub fire, that might result in hundreds of casualties.

All sides of the local justice system presented a united front Monday in support of the county continuing a pilot project in the magistrate's court.

Allyson Duke, chief financial officer of Dorchester School District 2, presented the district's budget request at Monday's council meeting.

A man suspected of twice robbing a Summerville-area gas station was arrested Sunday because he called deputies at the height of an argument with his mother, according to a statement.

South Carolina's seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped for the ninth straight month to 8.8% in April, the state Department of Employment and Workforce announced on Friday.

Dorchester County Council is scheduled to vote on and pass today an incentives package for a $200 million expansion by Showa Denko Carbon Inc.

A second teenager arrested on a murder charge in the case of a Domino's delivery driver's shooting death was set to appear at a preliminary hearing this morning, yet he was never transported from the Dorchester County Detention Center.

Summerville DREAM along with the Third Thursday sponsor, The Summerville Journal Scene, is reviving last year's popular event -- Summerville's Got Talent" live talent competition at May, June and July's Third Thursdays.