Summerville News

Derrick Ladon Clark, 25, of Summerville was sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted of first-degree burglary, first-degree assault and battery and unlawful possession of burglary tools.

There was hardly a dry eye in the house on Wednesday when Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and two members of the boyband Restless Road all broke down on The X Factor.

Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Amflag on Dorchester Rd., in Summerville on Nov. 20, for a possible hit and run.

The Church of Saint John the Beloved will present Lessons and Carols, a service of scripture and music in preparation for Christmas during the Advent season.

While directing traffic at the site of a collision, Nov. 20, on West 5th North Street, a Summerville Police officer encountered a vehicle that attempted to drive him.

Construction employment expanded in the Charleston metro area and fell in both Greenville and Columbia in October, compared with the same month a year ago, the Associated General Contractors of America reported.

SUMMERVILLE BUSINESS COUNSELING: The coastal chapter of SCORE offers free business counseling for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

A man was rushed to the hospital Saturday afternoon after Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies say he was shot at a Summerville area apartment complex.

This letter is in reply to the Nov. 10 article titled “On a new track.” To convert the present mile and a half of out-of-service track to a greenway would require Norfolk Southern Railway to abandon the line.

Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies responded to Red Hill Ct., in Summerville Nov. 12, in response to a burglary.

So Medlock, a Summerville High School graduate, went to DCSO in '77 as a full time deputy and worked his way up to captain over a 12-year period.

Jacob Obrien of Summerville is charged in connection with a robbery at Petro Express in Ladson on Sunday, according to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.

File/Journal Scene Red Cross worker Williette Simmons helps Bentley Cheatham of Summerville at last year's blood drive as he donates his gift of life.

Chinese whispers or operator is a game played in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group.

The Summerville Christmas Tree lighting ceremony is planned for Tues., Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in front of Town Hall and on Hutchinson square.

The third quarter saw many "existing tenants consolidating and repositioning into more functional spaces and the continuance of the national trend of users purchasing their facility ... the mix of tenants is realizing a fundamental change, as existing manufacturers are growing and new manufacturers are considering the Charleston area," Colliers ... (more)

Greg Elmore survived a car bomb blast in Iraq that killed 47 people. He was left with broken ribs, damaged ear drums and 68 stitches.

Heavy traffic whirs down four-lane U.S. Highway 78 past several hundred acres of mostly wooded land on what's known as Ingleside Plantation in North Charleston.

The Post and Courier and ABC News 4 have teamed up to bring you video highlights from Friday night's high school football matchups.

At approximately 9:29 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 21, Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies responded to Walgreens at 9998 Dorchester Rd. in reference to an armed robbery, according to Cpt.