A Record-Breaking Run
The 2024 Avondale 5K boasted the largest number of registrants in the event’s history from Staff Reports The 15th annual Avondale 5K was held on Saturday, Oct. 12. This year marked record-breaking numbers with 590 registered participants. The previous highest year was...
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Know Your Candidates
This is the fourth in a several-week series of profiles of the six candidates to succeed Joe Riley as mayor of Charleston. The candidates are Ginny Deerin, W. Dudley Gregorie, Toby Smith, Leon Stavrinakis, John Tecklenburg, and Maurice Washington. Maurice Washington...
Lace Up Your Running Shoes
The 6th Annual Avondale 5K Run + Walk for Special Kids takes place this Saturday, Oct. 10, benefitting The Charles Webb Center. The Avondale 5K is the 6th largest 5K in Charleston and the only one in West Ashley. Last year’s race welcomed more than 500 participants...
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...
Flyover or Swim Under?
Charleston County Council voted 6-3 in a finance committee meeting last week to try to take back its $1.5-million portion from a project to create a “super” or “smart” street at the intersection of Main Road and U.S. Hwy. 17 South in West Ashley. Fueled by recent...
A Change Up
Bowing to public outcry and a half-packed gymnasium, members of the St. Andrews Parks & Playground Commission voted last week to delay a decision they made to alter its youth baseball and softball offerings. Two weeks ago, the commission voted to no longer be a...
Know your Candidates (Part 3 of 6)
This is the second in a several-week series of profiles of the six candidates to succeed Joe Riley as mayor of Charleston. The candidates are Ginny Deerin, W. Dudley Gregorie, Toby Smith, Leon Stavrinakis, John Tecklenburg, and Maurice Washington. Ginny Deerin is a...
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...
Music Through the Years
It’s a late September evening in West Ashley. The air is beginning to have a cool feel to it. It’s about to get hot though. Pick a venue and you just may encounter a “guaranteed to be awesome" live music experience. Live music is popular in the Charleston area and...
STILL #1
“Will you look at Big Boobie Nash!” yells out a former defensive lineman as he throws his arms around the still-tall shoulders of Bruce Johnson outside the West Ashley High School cafeteria Friday night. Inside the cafeteria, WAHS principal Lee Runyon was doing his...
Know Your Candidates (Part 2 of 6)
This is the second in a several-week series of profiles of the six candidates to succeed Joe Riley as mayor of Charleston. The candidates are Ginny Deerin, W. Dudley Gregorie, Toby Smith, Leon Stavrinakis, John Tecklenburg, and Maurice Washington. John Tecklenburg is...
