Bonneau News

S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley's campaign for governor has announced that First Lady Jenny Sanford is endorsing the Lexington Republican for governor.

Politicians and other state officials privately crafted a $450 million incentive deal to land Boeing Co.

How long would it take for a person to accumulate 1,484 volunteer hours? Ask Diamond Smith, an eighth-grader at Southeast Middle School and she'll tell you six summers, hours of after school time and some holidays thrown in the mix.

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.

PORT D'ANDRATX, Balearic Islands -- Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday.

State Sen. Larry Grooms said he has a a oevery good feelinga about landing a business that economic development officials have dubbed Project Neptune.

COLUMBIA - The former top Coast Guard officer in Charleston introduced state lawmakers Wednesday to a new bend in the winding road toward building a marine terminal near the South Carolina-Georgia border.

A 31-year-old woman died Wednesday night in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 17-A, near Cherry Hill Road, authorities said.

Republican gubernatorial candidates sought to prove their conservative credentials Tuesday in a wide-ranging debate that invoked stock GOP principles and included even a few kind words for the fiscal conservativism of embattled Gov.

Republican state Sen. Larry Grooms swept into South Carolina politics in 1997 by capturing a safely Democratic seat in coastal Berkeley County, unexpectedly ousting an established black lawmaker in the process.

For the first time in Charleston port history, a cruise ship will set sail once a week, every week, from the passenger terminal -- and sometimes more often than that.

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce last week released its 2009 Legislative Scorecard to let its membership know how their elected officials voted in the last session when it came to key economy-related issues.

Republicans hoping to succeed South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will appear in their party's first debate later this month.

GOOSE CREEK a ' State Sen. Larry Grooms of Bonneau emerged as the overwhelming favorite for governor among Berkeley County Republicans who voted in a straw poll Saturday morning.

State agencies would have to catalog their historic buildings and tell local lawmakers how they plan to maintain and preserve them if state Rep.

Gov. Mark Sanford's recent scandal is expected to reverberate across South Carolina's campaign trail for the next 11 months as several candidates vie to succeed him.

One of Gov. Mark Sanford's major Republican Senate allies and the chamber's majority leader on Tuesday joined calls for the governor to step down after Sanford revealed more details about his extramarital affair and admitted to dalliances with other women.

One of Gov. Mark Sanford's major Republican Senate allies and the chamber's majority leader today joined calls for the governor to step down after Sanford revealed more details about his extramarital affair and admitted to dalliances with other women.

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By Molly Parker mparker@scbiznews.com Published May 11, 2009 A senior railroad executive said the Port of Charleston is at risk of falling further behind its competitors if it doesn't find a solution to give both Norfolk Southern and CSX competitive access to the Port of Charleston's customers.