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North Charleston Arts Festival Presents Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
By northcharlestonarts on Monday, 30 April 2012 - 11:58amActors’ Theatre of South Carolina will host the North Charleston Arts Festival’s annual interactive murder mystery dinner theatre on Thursday, May 10, 2012. The original production, titled The Ashley Alston Mystery, features award-winning film... More
Trial begins two years after woman was shot, dumped in pond
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 8 December 2011 - 6:29amIn August 2009, 49-year-old Kathryn Keener disappeared from her West Ashley home and was later found in a pond — allegedly where the suspected killer had hoped an alligator would eat her.The trial on murder charges for the alleged... More
14-year-old who shot schoolmate sentenced to 40 years in prison
By Amanda Click on Friday, 2 September 2011 - 10:32amUpdate September 2: On Thursday afternoon, Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson Jr. sentenced the now 16-year-old Derell Green to 40 years behind bars for the 2010 murder of 17-year-old Larry Taron Maybank.The Post and Courier has the update on the... More
Summerville teen denied bond in ongoing murder case
By Amanda Click on Wednesday, 4 May 2011 - 8:11amAuthorities have been piecing together a story of senseless violence that took place on Monday afternoon when, allegedly, 17-year-old Anthony Willis Jr. shot and killed 18-year-old Justin Jamal Smoot.Witnesses report that the two Summerville teens... More
Kamp's sentenced for role in the Waring murder (update: 39 years)
By Katrina Robinson on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 - 7:06amUpdate April 13: Heather Kamp received a sentence of 39 years for her role.It's 14 years longer than the other person in the crime, Ethan Mack, received — and it's far, far longer than the deal she likely would have received had her plea... More
Man kills former mother-in-law in West Ashley (updated x2: coroner confirms suspect's body)
By Amanda Click on Wednesday, 26 January 2011 - 4:01pmUpdate January 26: Just moments ago, the Charleston COunty Coroner confirmed that Ronald David Ratliff is dead. She says he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck.Live 5 News has the update. Update January 26: Ronald David Ratliff,... More
Thanksgiving morning shooting on America Street
By Amanda Click on Friday, 26 November 2010 - 10:03amA 29-year-old man was shot and killed on America Street early Thanksgiving morning.The victim, Herbert Harvey Jr., was shot multiple times and proclaimed dead on the scene. By 1 p.m., Charleston police had arrested his assailant, Delvon Antonio... More
Suspect temporarily denied bail in slaying of Bluffton's Alexis Lukaitis, additional details emerge
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 28 August 2010 - 3:10pmYou'll recall that in early August Blufftonian Alexis Lukaitis disappeared and her body was later found on the side of a dirt road in rural Charleston. Well the suspect in the case, Darold Drayton, has finally made it to Charleston... More
Missing Bluffton woman found dead on rural dirt road (update: murder suspect arrested)
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 12 August 2010 - 6:00pmUpdate August 12: A registered sex offender and friend of Alexis Laukaitis, Darold Lavar Drayton of Bluffton, has been charged with murder in the death of Alexis Lukaitis. Evidence inside Lukaitis' car that led police to Drayton also indicates that... More
90-year-old man near Spartanburg accused of killing wife with hatchet
By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 1 June 2010 - 8:38pmI know it's not local, but it's in state and pretty startling. Get the brief at GoUpstate.com. More
