Summerville News

A panel of regional planners has OK'd the state highway department's proposal to cut most of the trees in the Interstate 26 median from Summerville to I-95.

A Christmas Social for community members in need will be held at noon Saturday at Doty Field, 320 N. Laurel S., in Summerville.

Trees that line the median of Interstate 26 between I-95 and Summerville are on the chopping block.

A Dorchester County Sheriff's deputy was on patrol on Hwy. 78 near Deming Way when he had to stop his vehicle to avoid being hit by a vehicle backing out of Quality Dr., onto Hwy.

Taylor Griffith/Journal Scene The Town and Flowertown Garden Club planted three longleaf pine trees at the Cummins Theological Seminary on Friday in celebration of Arbor Day.

The co-owner of a Checkers franchise headquartered in North Augusta said he and his father are keeping an eye on the debate over minimum wage laws as it continues to grow in the Charleston region.

Dorchester County Deputies spent most of Monday busting two meth labs within five miles of each other.

A South Carolina man, formerly living in Burlington, is being held on $1 million bond after being charged with sex offenses against a minor, according to warrants.

Starting Christmas Eve, the town plans not to unlock park facilities that are locked each night, on holidays when employees otherwise are on vacation.

Aubrey Cade, left, provided this picture of her and friend April Infinger, right, about 45 minutes before Infinger was struck by a bullet inside the Moonshine Saloon on Myers Road near Goose Creek.

Kasadie Harvey, whose husband is in the Navy, loads groceries into her vehicle Thursday while their 10-month-old daughter Adalynn watches at the Naval Weapons Station commissary in Goose Creek.

In 2008, 9-year-old Katie Stagliano brought home a seedling from school as part of a Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program.

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.