Dorchester County News

For this week only, the Walterboro Farmers Market will be open on Friday rather than Saturday.

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 10:30 p.m. for extreme south-central Dorchester and Somerset counties.

RIDGEVILLE a ' A tow-truck driver was shot in the face and back with birdshot Sunday when he tried to repossess a man's pickup truck.

Tina Swain recalls memories of her daughter Teista Burwell who has been missing since December 2007.

The S.C. Department of Corrections is making it easy for residents to track criminals in local jails with a Web site and phone program that contains information about their location.

By Chelsea Hadaway chadaway@scbiznews.com Published May 25, 2009 Marty Ball has a doctorate in genetics and has worked at a biotechnology company and the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Academic Magnet High once again has landed among the top-ranked schools in the country, according to a Newsweek magazine Web exclusive list of the nation's 1,500 best schools.

ST. GEORGE a ' A penny just doesn't buy what it used to. Neither does 12.5 billion of them.

Severe weather causes a tree to fall on a mobile home in Dorchester County. According to the Saint George Fire Department, around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16 they were notified about a tree that had fallen on a home on Raysor and Park Street.

Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting this morning at a Summerville-area nightclub.

Dorchester County authorities say a group of teenagers is responsible for breaking into at least 18 cars in the Summerville area.

It's not too early to be thinking about next year's race for governor in South Carolina and Republicans in one county are getting an early start on the politicking.

One of the first straw polls on the five Republican candidates for governor will be taken Friday.

The idea of merging Dorchester County's two school districts isn't new. But it has gained renewed momentum.

ST. GEORGEa 'A stop to suburban leaf burning and one more pass at fine-tuning a tight budget face Dorchester County Council tonight.

Two Lowcountry men are dead following separate head-on collisions in Dorchester and Berkeley counties this weekend.

SUMMERVILLE a ' It was just a fun Thursday evening for about a dozen family members and friends until 18-month-old Logan Holladay disappeared.

His makes the fourth drowning in South Carolina in the past week. Lexington County authorities have released the name of a 6-year-old boy who died Thursday in a neighbor's pool in Lexington.

An 18-month old baby boy drowned Thursday night at a home on Greyback Road. According to the Dorchester County Sherriff's Department, around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28 the baby was found in a body of water outside a home on Greyback Road.

Talk of merging Dorchester County's two school districts, an idea that over the years never seems to move forward yet never seems to go away, again is circulating among school board members and residents.