Johns Island News

Plans are in the works to overhaul part of the Bi-Lo-anchored shopping center on Folly Road on James island.

Strawberry season has come and gone, but luckily blueberry and blackberry season is right on its heels.

Helping Out highlights some of the many charitable events and activities going on in the Charleston area.

Three Charleston County schools made enough improvement to come off the list of the state's lowest-performing schools, but five county schools remain on that list.

The Human Resources Committee voted 4-0 in favor of the proposal, which will now go before the full board of the Charleston County Aviation Authority for a final vote.

BLANTON, Edith W., 85, of James Island, a retired business office manager, communications and computer systems employee with MUSC and widow of Oscar T. Blanton, died Sunday.

Charleston County deputies and rescue workers spent Sunday evening searching for a missing 12-year-old boy who was later found dead on Johns Island.

The body of a 12-year-old child has been found in the water near a dock at Johns Island in Charleston County.

Charleston County deputies were called about 7:13 p.m. to 3549 Joe Wright Road to check out a report that the child was last seen near a dock there and could not be found, Maj.

Owls eat mice, insects and small birds, but the screech owl is often preyed upon by larger owls and hawks.

Kitchen garden: Plant basic cooking herbs in a sunny raised bed near the kitchen door, in a planter box or as part of the vegetable garden.

Berkeley Electric Cooperative will hold the grand opening and dedication of its new Awendaw district office 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

A North Charleston logistics and materials-handling company has transferred ownership of its third-party logistics and warehousing operations to CWP LLC on Johns Island.

After the death of her husband Pastor Willis Goodwin, it occurred to Eartha Goodwin, with her two sons in agreement, that a good way to keep his memory among family and friends, and among many whom he adored, was to record the work he did in developing Johns Island and to share stories about him and by him.

Certain months are synonymous with food - the big bird and your Aunt Sally's mac 'n' cheese in November at Thanksgiving.

Some Johns Islanders complain about traffic going to and coming from Kiawah and Seabrook.

There are more than 20 miles of riding trails at Mullet Hall Equestrian Center at Johns Island County Park, a facility owned by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission.

Dave Dolber and Joe Hodapp are two Waterway South residents who fear that the completion of Interstate 526 onto Johns and James islands will significantly hurt the value of their property.