Remembering a Local Legend
Family, community mourns the loss of barbecue pioneer Thomas Bessinger Special to West Of Free Press It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Thomas Bessinger, Sr., fondly known as “Tee,” to those who know him well. He peacefully entered into eternal...
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Search For Killer Continues
The financial reward for information leading to an arrest in an October 2013 West Ashley murder case keeps growing and growing. In the early morning hours of Oct. 8 last year, officers found 18-year-old Malcolm Cornett Jefferson wounded in a shed behind a house on...
Magnolia Gets National Recognition
Tom Johnson, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens’ executive director, said Monday that the Travel and Leisure magazine’s designation as one of the America’s Most Beautiful Gardens affirms that “we are on the right path to restoring the gardens to the Rev. John Grimké...
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 off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Signs of Life?
There are “no parking” signs, “no trespassing” signs, “no dumping” signs, and even county code violations signs and unsafe structure signs. There is a huge VIDEO store sign hung above one of many empty storefronts, advertising a dead industry. Missing are the signs of...
Revitalizing and Slowing Down
Local officials and local business leaders will discuss updated plans to revitalize Citadel Mall and the Sam Rittenberg commercial corridor next Wednesday, May 28, on the top floor of the Holiday Inn Riverview from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Hosted by WAJIBA – the West...
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 off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
New Tax Crashes Into West Ashley
Be careful driving through the parts of West Ashley’s St. Andrews Public Service District, it may cost you more than just your life. And that’s got some bigwigs across the state more than a little concerned. Last week, the five-member PSD commission voted unanimously...
Whack-A-Mayor
Charleston will face its most important mayoral election in 40 years, when Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. steps down next year. Could Charleston’s next mayor be from West Ashley? With as many as seven homegrown mayoral candidates having announced or waiting in the wings,...
Local Attorney Honored
The South Carolina Bar Foundation and the SC Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission named South Carolina Legal Services’ Kimberly P. Shelton the 2013 Ellen Hines Smith Legal Services Lawyer of the Year. The award was recently presented to Shelton by the Bar...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston's 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 ...
