Ridgeland News

Police say the body of 20-year-old Shaquille Grant was found in a car parked behind the Days Inn hotel on E Main St. sometime Monday night.

Ridgeland police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a hotel parking lot earlier this week.

Two Ridgeland police officers Jermain Johnson and Joseph Christopher Goethe were injured when they responded to a call about a man refusing to pull over for a traffic stop on U.S. 17. The man refused to stop, which led to a chase, and then crashed his motorcycle on Bees Creek Road in Ridgeland, according to police.

Tree will be an ideal pet for any family. He is a friendly 4-year-old and loves to rub his head against people.

An inmate at the Ridgeland Correctional Institution caught trying to retrieve contraband in the jail yard -- and inciting a near-riot in the process -- might have crawled through a ceiling tile to get outside at a time when prisoners are supposed to be confined to a common area, S.C. Department of Corrections officials said Wednesday.

A package of contraband that was thrown over a fence at the Ridgeland Correctional Institution late Monday triggered a five-hour inmate uproar, according to S.C. Department of Corrections officials.

Jasper Animal Rescue Mission has puppies and kittens. The puppies featured are part of a beautiful bull mix litter - all with stunning blue or green eyes.

Royal Live Oaks Academy fourth-grade teacher Gregg Dixon was named the 2013 S.C. Public Charter School District Teacher of the Year.

Thomas Heyward Academy headmaster John D. Rogers Jr. says the seniors graduating from his school tonight are as good as any he has seen in 47 years in education.

Stephanie was adopted, but her owner passed away. She's a resilient kitty and can't wait for someone new to love her.