Centuries-old bridge that linked Charleston to N.C. will close for repairs until spring
The bridge was part of a $1 million project to create commerce routes to the Charleston port After 205 years, Poinsett Bridge in South Carolina’s Upstate is getting a facelift. The historic bridge, once part of State Road extending from Charleston to North Carolina,...
Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Have Lost Touch With Roosevelt, Johnson and Truman
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is that its platform didn’t appeal to them. I was not surprised to see that same sentiment captured...
News From Around the South, 9/1 to 9/8
SOUTH CAROLINA: Experts work to ID remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in woods: “This is the ultimate cold case” The Battle of Camden is mentioned in history books and even films like “The Patriot,” but the precise location of much of...
Jury Nullification
Jury nullification is a fancy term for what it’s called when juries — or, in this case, grand juries — say no. It doesn’t happen very often, which is why you may have never heard of it. The old line is that a good prosecutor could get a grand jury to...
Old granite fountains for horses, dogs and other thirsty four-leggers still stand across S.C.
GEORGETOWN — Before Paige Sawyer begins one of his walking tours, the self-described “seventh-generation South Carolina redneck” tells his customers to meet him at the fountain. By that he means the big, brown polished granite bowl that sits atop a base and...Obiter Dicta
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