Dec 21, 2016
The indictment this week of prominent Republican Rep. Jim Merrill has cast another pall on a General Assembly so fraught with challenges that some wonder if anything much will get done in 2017. Real progress, they say, doesn’t need another stumbling block from...
Dec 21, 2016
I didn’t even think about wealth creation while growing up, but that all changed when I was invited to a financial planning seminar as a young Navy officer. The lure of attending the seminar was a free steak dinner. What I learned there changed my life and my...
Dec 14, 2016
West Ashley resident Jennifer Jones-Wood found out the day after the presidential election that supporters of Donald Trump had used a picture of her daughter in a disgusting meme. She and Sullivan, now 5, were at a play-date with another mother-daughter duo when she...
Dec 14, 2016
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...
Dec 14, 2016
West Ashley High School junior Colin Winstead was surprised and honored when he found out that his drama teacher, Nancy Shurlds, nominated him to be Student of the Month. “He is a good student, an excellent member of The Drama Studio, and he is a hard-working,...
