Members of Charleston County Council elected the Rev. Kylon Middleton, a West Ashley Democrat, to be its new chairman in a Jan. 2 shift away from the elected five-member Republican majority.

Republican members of the West Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly supported a resolution to declare the seat of ...

After years of delays, former Pleasants County Prosecuting Attorney Brian Carr, his former assistant prosecutor Paul Marteney ...

West Virginia’s Republican Gov. Jim Justice, our wandering Webster’s Dictionary of empty, golly-gee colloquialisms, has ...

A local Charleston County official was appointed Monday to help advise the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Charleston ...

Following months of court dates and appeals, two accused West Ashley squatters have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a West Ashley home.

Charleston County Sheriff Carl Ritchie officially meets with local law enforcement, after being sworn in earlier this week.

Charleston’s city and county officials met with newly sworn-in Sheriff Carl Ritchie on Thursday. On Law Enforcement ...

Stanley Davis, a 30-year veteran in law enforcement, corrections and military service, will serve as jail administrator, Lt. Jacquelyn Woodall said. That word came from the sheriff’s office two days ...

The West Virginia statewide mid-year testing deadline was extended amid school closures due to weather, according to the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE).

An Aiken County man accused of hiding cameras in a Folly Beach condo he owned is being sued by an alleged victim, according ...

King said his proposal would address the jail backlog more efficiently than building a new prison would, while costing less.