Summerville News

Born in Allendale County and a daughter of the late Mack and Irene Platts Johns, she was the wife of Fred Allen Bryan.

A jury awarded the family of a Moncks Corner woman killed in a 2008 car crash $3.5 million on Tuesday, ordered to be paid by the driver of the other car involved in the wreck, according to attorney Mullins McLeod.

Traffic fatalities in the Summerville area averaged around five to seven per year a decade or so ago.

Old Fort firefighters were dispatched about 2:30 a.m. to Sage Lane, Lt. Ramon Tucker said.

On the Menu provides the latest news from the Charleston area's extensive culinary community, including new restaurants, new menu items and upcoming events, as well as details about local chefs.

Evan Guthrie of the Evan Guthrie Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina spoke to students at Cane Bay High School in Summerville, SC on Wednesday March 13th 2013.

South Carolina is among 45 states that adopted Common Core. Five states - Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and Virginia - did not adopt the standards.

Instead, he thought of his own father, who toiled in construction. He thought of his parents' divorce and of his mom, struggling to raise two kids while working as a waitress.

LEWIS, Essie L., 93, of North Charleston, former waitress, former secretary with Darlene's School of Dance and widow of Junior E. Lewis, died Friday.

The EZ Stop 3 on W. 5th N. St. sold a ticket worth $250,000 and the Oakbrook Express on Dorchester Road sold one valued at $100,000, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.

Crews with South Carolina Electric & Gas have restored power to nearly 4,000 customers in Summerville following a Friday morning outage.

Like the snare of mythical sirens, Jerry Musselman, riding in the back seat of a car with his wife Wally in1979, was lured by the outside charm of an old Summerville style cottage.

The construction management firm of M. B. Kahn will meet with the public at a community meeting Tuesday, June 25 at 6 p.m. at Summerville High School to share with the community the needs for subcontractors and vendor and what employment opportunities are available for the Dorchester District Two capital improvement project.

For 46-year-old Tony Varella, fighting fires is all he knowsor wants to know. The son of a North Charleston fireman, Walter "Buzz" Varella, who died in the line of duty in 1973 when Tony was 6, one might think he would want nothing to do with fighting fires.

The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit has taken three suspects into custody and expects more arrests in connection with a meth lab that was in operation at the time of the discovery.

On June 12 the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force - Charleston located and apprehended Travis Donald Fender wanted for the shooting of two people at 200 Oakmont Dr., in Ladson on June 10. Fender, 21, of Trestlewood Dr., in Summerville, was caught in the West Ashley area.

The Daniel Island Co.' s Carnes Crossroads planned community is one of the big housing developments near Summerville that are drawing new retail investment in the area.

Summerville police accused a man on Monday in connection with last week's robbery of the South Carolina Federal Credit Union, according to the Post and Courier.

John Barnhardt, a former Trident Tech professor and founder of Barnfly Productions, was recently nominated for an Emmy for his travel show Born to Explore .

Summerville-based AAP, a local provider of payroll, human resources and benefits outsourcing since 1996, has purchased Panoptic Payroll of Mt.