Summerville News

A quiet tree-lined street, with pretty homes and well kept yards. Just the type of neighborhood for raising children or retiring to.... A number of vehicles pull up in front of one home and officers spill out surrounding the home.

File/Journal Scene The Journal Scene bllod drive will take place at The Bank of Summerville, 100 N. Main St. The Summerville Journal Scene and The Bank of South Carolina will sponsor a blood drive on Wed., Dec. 18, from 12-5 p.m. The American Red Cross is in dire need of blood at this time.

South Carolina senators are pre-filing proposals for the legislative session that resumes in January.

Conservative Christians will rally at noon Tuesday in Cannon Park to protest an agreement between the Medical University of South Carolina and a private West Ashley women's clinic.

Anyone watching the NBC show "Siberia" last summer might have been confused when they saw that contestant Johnny was a bull rider from Jedburg.

Frances Dove, 87, of Chester and her long-lost son, J.T. Thomas, 64, of Summerville share memories outside the Florence Crittendon home in Charleston Sunday.

Last week, a committee of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments voted to recommend the clear-cutting of most trees in the Interstate 26 median between Summerville and I-95.

Dana Rothschild and Kathy Davenport hug the day after Davenport donated a kidney Feb. 20 to save Rothschild's life.

Each year, Share the Food gives grants to local organizations. In 2013, four Charleston area non-profits, East Cooper Community Outreach, East Cooper Meals on Wheels, St. Paul's Summerville and Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services, were awarded grants totaling $20,000.

The state Department of Transportation hasn't been able sell local residents on its plan to virtually clear-cut the I-26 median from Summerville to I-95.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. When it comes to education in the James household, there is neither structure nor curriculum.

Since Boeing started rolling out 787 Dreamliners at its North Charleston campus early last year, the company flew them to Fort Worth, Texas, to be painted in customers' colors before flying them back to the Lowcountry for delivery.

State Sen. Lee Bright, one of four challengers lining up to the right of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in next year's Republican primary, disclosed recently that he owes at least $1.4 million as part of a failed business venture.

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.