Johns Island News

A proposal to slice $15 million from the Maybank Highway improvement project was approved Tuesday night at a meeting of Charleston County Council.

Jill and Scott Shortreed talk about some of the items they create in their Charleston Balloon Co.

What: Charleston photographer, Susana Berdecio, will present a collection of Lowcountry scenes in "Discovering a Sense of Place."

CHARLESTON, S.C. Charleston County Council's finance committee met Monday evening to talk about possibly diverting money from a proposed project on Maybank Highway to a project to alleviate problems at Camp and Folly roads.

Simmering frustration over the stalled Maybank Highway project could end up bringing much-needed relief to another problem area for motorists - the daily traffic snarl at Folly and Camp roads.

A local man has been charged in connection with two recent burglaries in downtown Charleston and James Island.

A local man has been charged in connection with two recent burglaries in downtown Charleston and James Island.

Charleston police and Charleston County deputies arrested Feraud Dashaun Lemon, 24, of Jules Drive and Antonio Orlando Simmons, 31, of Bohicket Road.

James Blake Jr., 32, of Humbert Road on Johns Island was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of second-degree burglary.

Authorities are calling on members of the public to participate in a walk Saturday on Johns Island to raise awareness about the toll of domestic violence.

Patrick Bryant, Harbor Accelerator and Amey Nicoll, Simply Inspired Spaces, both of Mount Pleasant, talk with Jon Chalfie, president of the Mount Pleasant Business Association.

The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments is developing a plan to protect the natural and historic character of Riverland Drive on James Island.

Madison Elizabeth Wheeler, 20, of Wadmalaw Island was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on Johns Island.

Charleston County Sheriff's deputies responded to the crash at Main Road near Mary Anne Pointe and Chisolm Road about 3:15 a.m., Maj.

Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner play NFL moguls in "Draft Day," which will open the Charleston International Film Festival on Wednesday.

A federal judge has ordered that $35,000 be paid to the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League for money it spent on lawyer fees.

Thomas Ravenel, the former state treasurer and current reality TV personality, sold his South of Broad home for $3.3 million this week.

Anne Lundgren of West Ashley reads a reference book with her children Jonathan, 8, Charles, 9, Benjamin, 5 and Ella 8, in the children's section Tuesday at St. Andrews Regional Library.

A dolphin was filmed in the Ashley River in January that might have been the young white dolphin seen in Wappoo Creek the past few weeks.

Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach will hold a series of open houses the week of April 7 at two of their campuses: the Johns Island campus and the Neighborhood House in downtown Charleston.