Charleston County News

Investigators say they have arrested a 21-year-old man for a sexual assault and armed robbery of a college student that happened on Nov.

A 21-year-old Johns Island man is accused of punching, kicking, choking and stabbing a woman early Wednesday, then driving her to a hospital with a made-up story about the two of them having been robbed.

Charleston County Council approved an incentives package for Boeing following an executive session Tuesday evening.

Officials in a coastal South Carolina county want to know what residents are throwing out, but not because they're nosy.

A 41-year-old South Carolina man is accused of the stabbing death of an 82-year-old man.

South Carolina Republicans are not sure what to make of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham half of the time.

The body of 3-year-old Serenity Richardson will be flown back to her hometown of Detroit today for burial.

United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated that Terrell L. Mallard, age 30, of Charleston, pled guilty today in federal court in Charleston to the charge of attempting to kill a federal officer, two counts of attempting to kill a person assisting a federal officer, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

You might say a yacht owned by a well-known South Carolina attorney is, if not one in a million, surely one in 10,000. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Thursday that attorney Ron Motley has been sent a tax bill of more than $395,000 from Charleston County for personal property taxes on his 156-foot yacht, the Themis.

The Charleston County GOP Executive Committee said Tuesday that ita s voted unanimously to censure Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham for "his failure to represent the wishes of the people of South Carolina." At its November meeting, the Executive Committee said it was disappointed in Sen.

The award was presented at the 2009 EnerGov User Conference held recently in Atlanta, Georgia.

State Department of Education leaders said they will apply for a portion of $4 billion in federal stimulus money for school reform available to states, and they think they have a shot at getting it.

Charleston police arrested six people on drug charges during a three-week investigation of narcotics activity in the H Street area.

Summerville Police have arrested a second person in 3-year-old Serenity Richardson's death.

Police say a tractor trailer accident has shut down Highway 17 at the Charleston Colleton County line.

A 23-year-old South Carolina woman has been charged after authorities say she beat a child in her care to death.

A 30-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to kill a federal officer, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins announced Tuesday.

Charleston County is working to keep home values up by making sure it can keep them up to code.

Charleston police are hunting for suspects in the slaying of a 29-year-old man who was shot to death early Saturday on Athens Court.

More flights taking off the departure board, Delta Airlines plans to pull it's only non-stop flight from Cincinnati to Charleston by early 2010.