May 22, 2014
In honor of National Poetry Month, Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School held it’s 11th annual Poetry Slam on April 23 and 24. More than 60 students submitted original poems, memorized them, and performed them before a panel of judges. Students were judged on...
May 22, 2014
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
May 22, 2014
If there’s one thing that American craft brewers and craft beer drinkers love, it’s their hops. The American craft beer scene is known for big, bitter, boisterous brews. What started in the ’80s and ’90s on the west coast has spread nation wide. And the fruit of that...
May 21, 2014
Signs abound that state government is getting more out of control. Just look at three recent events: Speaker spat. A very public brawl over whether the speaker of the House of Representatives improperly reimbursed himself with campaign funds is locked in a crippling...
May 21, 2014
I was standing in line at a grocery store the other day and did what most of us do. I checked out the headlines on the tabloids. No, the two-headed Bigfoot surfing atop the Loch Ness Monster did not strike my interest. It was two side-by-side competing celebrity...
