The South Has Come A Long Way In 100 Years

One hundred years ago, my great-grandfather, weakened by the flu, died of what’s believed to have been a ruptured appendix. He was 38 years old. The season’s cash crop, cotton, was about ready to pop in the fields in rural middle Georgia. Charles Columbus Brack left a...

Church Creek Drainage Basin Study Is Wide-reaching

Church Creek Drainage Basin Study consultant Weston & Sampson held a community outreach meeting Thursday at Citadel Mall’s Center Court with more than 200 in attendance. Disputes over the physical boundaries of the basin were brought up many times during the...

Mug Shots

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 out to protect the innocent. All suspects are  innocent...

Flood of Concern

How many more kicks of the mule can the Bridge Point neighborhood endure? And what can residents of the area off Bees Ferry Road learn by so many soggy kicks? Last week, Bridge Point neighborhood association president John Knipper welcomed a bevy of political...

West Ashley Flashback: Wild, Wild West Ashley

Calf roping, barrel racing, bronc busting, and bull riding are exciting events at a rodeo. For most of us this evokes thoughts of the more western section of our country. However, rodeos were once part of the culture in St. Andrew’s Parish West of the Ashley River. In...

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