Colleton County News

Flanked by other clergy, the Rev. Leon Maxwell of Trinity AME Church, speaks Thursday about the clergy's responsibility to help stop violent crime in Colleton County.

SMOAKS a ' An electrical problem caused a fire that burned down a Lowcountry church early Tuesday morning, according to Colleton County Sheriff George Malone.

Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to a well involved fire at the Emmanuel Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith located at 27771 Lowcountry Highway in the Town of Smoaks.

Pursuant to Title 44 - Health, Chapter 26. Rights of Mental Retardation Clients, of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the Protection and Advocacy Department was notified of the recent alleged acts involving the consumers of the Colleton County DDSN.

The seventh victim of a fatal shooting has been pronounced in Colleton County early Saturday, June 27th at Leon's nightclub in Round O, South Carolina.

Since the year 2002, the Chevrolet Camaro is back the new 2010 V8 Camaro is what is hot on the market.

June 22, 2009 -- St. Charles, IL The Sidwell Company is pleased to announce that Brent Mainzinger, Chief Technical Officer, and Bill Wetzel, National GIS Account Manager, will be among the presenters featured at the upcoming 29th annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, California.

WALTERBORO a ' Adela "Nell" Pinckney was lying in bed at her Hampton Street home late Monday when a shotgun blast tore through her bedroom window and headboard, killing the 38-year-old mother of four.

Colleton County Sheriff's Lt. Allen Inabinett is investigating the shooting death of Adela Pinckney.

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety is helping organizing a blood drive in memory of those killed in accidents on the state's highways.

Shotgun pellets pierced a bedroom window around 11:20 p.m. on Monday and tore through a headboard killing Adela "Nell" Pinckney, 38, of Walterboro as she was lying in her bed at 1530 Hampton Street.

Authorities in Colleton County are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead Tuesday night.

A South Carolina woman has been shot and killed in her bed after someone fired a shotgun blast through a window.

The Colleton County Sheriffa s Office is investigating a homicide in Walterboro.

The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for Colleton County in South Carolina until 11p.m. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH means severe thunderstorms could develop.

WALTERBORO a ' A woman died this morning after her car hit a tree in the median of Interstate 95 in Colleton County.

These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for June 3. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released.

Biologists are monitoring red algae that has popped up around the Lowcountry, including in Beaufort County, and will be checking its possible spread to other parts of the South Carolina coast.

Two teenagers were hurt Wednesday night when their go-cart collided with a car on U.S. Highway 21 near the Jonesville community of Colleton County.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says two Yemassee teenagers were injured when a car hit a go-cart. SCHP says it happened Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. on U.S. Hwy 21 in Colleton County.