Summerville News

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.

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.