Alan Hovorka

CHARLESTON — Nearly 36 hours passed before an employee at Harmony at West Ashley called 911 for Shelba Catterton.

NORTH CHARLESTON — With a foreign dignitary in tow, the city's police chief found his trademark set of rules on how to be a good cop leaning against a cubicle on the floor of the detective bureau at city hall.

By Caitlin Bell [email protected] NORTH CHARLESTON — Carner Avenue at the intersection of Rivers Avenue is closed to traffic as North Charleston police investigate an active incident near Military Magnet Academy.

Updated CHARLESTON — A former North Charleston city councilman will avoid a contempt of court finding days before he reports to federal prison.

Updated MONCKS CORNER — A former Charleston police officer will face prosecution 20 years after he was first accused of murder in the fatal

Charleston prosecutors placed Samuel “Dino” Travino Graham, 49, on the list of inactive cases Aug. 14 following several findings of incompetency due to developmental disability and meental illness, according to court records. Graham was accused of assaulting and paralyzing Diane Marie Cothran, 60, in February 2019. Cothran later died from her injuries in May 2019 and Graham was charged with murder.

CHARLESTON — A man will serve four months in prison for beating and stabbing a woman. A jury found him guilty of a lesser charge and a judge gave him years worth of jail credit for his time spent on electronic monitoring.

NORTH CHARLESTON — A mother whose son died in her arms is suing the apartment complex where the family lived citing a high 911 call volume and repeated shootings at the complex, according to a new lawsuit.

ST. STEPHENS — At the request of police, prosecutors have dismissed charges filed against a man who was accused of murder in a weekend homicide.

GOOSE CREEK — A 13-year-old girl's overdose death, which involved fentanyl, has resulted in the arrest of her parents, according to police.