Jan 14, 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...
Jan 8, 2015
One can never truly predict what the future may hold. But it’s a pretty safe bet that 2015 will be another big year for West Ashley. So for the first issue of the new year we peered into our crystal ball, broke out our Ouija boards, shook the magic 8-ball, and had our...
Jan 8, 2015
West Of, West Ashley’s weekly community newspaper, is out to honor a handful of people who’ve made the biggest, positive effect in our part of town this past year. But to think that we here at West Of know about all the good being done out there in West Ashley is...
Jan 8, 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...
Dec 19, 2014
Horace Greeley was pretty succinct and direct when, in 1865, he issued his now-famous admonition, “Go west, young man!” The famous editor and author thought young men about to commence their adult lives should leave the nation’s dusty and morally deplorable capital,...
Dec 19, 2014
Three years ago this West Ashley Flashback column was born out of the research done for the book “West Ashley” published by Arcadia as part of their Images of America series. This series focuses on photographic history, but during the process of discovering...
