Mount Pleasant News

Mega-ships like the 1,065-foot-long MSC Rita, which was tied up at Wando Welch Terminal on April 1, are becoming an increasingly common sight at the Port of Charleston.

North Charleston resident Sandra Bourgeois and her dog Peppy, a Chihuahua and Jack Russell terrior mix, faced down an alligator that lurked Wednesday night in a ditch behind the backyard fence at her home off North Oakridge Circle.

Boats search the waters of the Cooper River after a boat capsized sending one man to the hospital Friday, May 24, 2013 in Mount Pleasant.

Sophie deBrux, Hayes Martini, Amelia Norcott, Benjamin Stevens, Wiley Tschantz, Spivey Woodward, Julia McKellar, John Hutto, William Abel, Grier Abercrombie, Anson Clark, Brennen Evans, Jack Lipscomb, Harmon Kerrison, Macey Brooks, Ella Drew Dodd, Austin Gallman, Hampden Geer, Emma Nodine, Cecilia Ollis, Justin Story, John Thomason, Sam Boyd, Henry ... (more)

They finally managed to incorporate correctly - it only took four tries - and had put their fight with the city of Charleston, and Mayor Joe Riley, behind them.

Wine and Design has announced an expansion into Summerville through its recent partnership with Kids Art of Charleston to offer adult painting classes four days a week.

Mediterranean Shipping is asking anyone interested in job opportunities to send their résumés to info@msc.us. Gov.

Antonio Burns , Troy Eddie and Roger Lemon of Mount Pleasant's Public Services department remove a parking kiosk at the Memorial Waterfront Park.

The Community Education Foundation of the Charleston Dance Institute announces the availability of scholarship funds to offer formal dance education classes at the CDI studio in Mount Pleasant to children in Charleston County schools, who show innate dance ability and who would enjoy dance instruction but who lack the funds to pay for dance ... (more)

He survived and escaped civil war in Liberia and he's not afraid to take his chances on a campaign for Mount Pleasant Town Council.

The Baker Motor Company company awarded the first recipients of the new Tommy B. Baker Scholarship Fund.

This week is full of visual arts openings and exhibits to help you stretch out your cultural appreciation muscle before Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto start on Friday.

Before the start of last Wednesday's sparsely attended Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration meeting, Frank Heindel turned around in his seat to ask a question of the woman sitting behind him: "You don't think I'm crazy, do you?" Heindel, a Mt.

Tanabe smiles as he jogs towards the dugout and his teammates. He had never played baseball before coming to the United States.

Hot Properties highlights recently sold or leased commercial properties in the Charleston region.

Two-year-old Elijah Washington died of blunt force trauma. on March 19. Mount Pleasant police charged 25-year-old Bryan Okeith Seabrook of Mathis Ferry Road with homicide by child abuse on May 9. The state Department of Social Services on Friday called the abuse-related death of toddler in Mount Pleasant “an awful tragedy” but the ... (more)

Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin are scheduled to hold their final reunion in South Carolina.

A fireworks display Wednesday night was a little too loud for some in Mount Pleasant.

CHARLESTON, S.C. Two utility crewmen are recovering from injuries after their truck plunged four stories from the Ravenel Bridge linking Charleston and Mount Pleasant.

A great opportunity to honor those we remember on Memorial Day, the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission is proud to introduce the inaugural Run to Remember 5K on May 23.