Jun 23, 2015
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...
Jun 23, 2015
Most South Carolinians don’t know a lot of out-of-the-closet, vociferous racists. They’re probably around, just like they have been since two people who didn’t look like each other first met. But in our society — here and in other states — they generally live on the...
Jun 23, 2015
Last week’s Charleston Massacre at Emmanuel AME Church was stunning and horrific. The whole nation is grieving for the nine who were murdered on Jun. 17, their families, the church, and our community. Pastor and State Senator Clementa Pinckney was among the victims....
Jun 18, 2015
As I headed to bed Wednesday night, a white gunman shot and killed nine people in an historic black church in the center of town just four blocks from where I used to live. Unaware of the evil, sleep came quickly. But in the wee hours, the ping of a text from an...
Jun 18, 2015
Books come from trees, so it makes sense that West Ashley’s next library will find a home in one of three wooded lots near the intersection of Glenn McConnell Boulevard and Bees Ferry Road. On Tuesday evening (after press time) Charleston County Council had an...
