
CCSD high school principals pen letter to Board of Trustees following controversial meetings
counton2.com > news > local-news > charleston-county-news...In a letter sent Wednesday to the CCSD Board of Trustees, the principals of 16 CCSD high schools expressed “profound disappointment” over actions... ...(WCBD) – Multiple Charleston County School District (CCSD) principals are sharing concerns following a wave of chaos and controversy surrounding... ...John’s High School, Stall High School, West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies, Daniel Jenkins Academy, Academic Magnet High School, Military Magnet... ...School of the Arts, West Ashley High School, North Charleston High School, Lucy Beckham High School, Turning Point Academy, Baptist Hill High School...

Suspect dead after manhunt on Johns Island: CCSO
counton2.com > news > local-news...Ernest Burbage III was wanted on six counts of attempted murder. “Threat to the public is over,” officials wrote on X.... ...“The public needs to continue to keep distance from Mary Ann Point Road, as this is an active crime scene.”... ...Officials with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office initially responded to a reported shooting off Mary Ann Point Road and Chisolm Road around... ...A victim was located and taken to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) for treatment. Just before 11:00 p.m....

MOJA Arts Festival’s Reggae Block Dance moved to Hampton Park to expected high tides
counton2.com > news > local-news...Organizers said the event was moved from Brittlebank Park due to expected inundation along the coastline as a result of the “King Tide.”... ...The event will now be held at Hampton Park on Friday, Sept. 29, according to organizers.... ...We're counting the days until the actual best coffee menu drops: the Starbucks winter menu.... ...Manuka honey moisturizers can help restore and nourish your dry, irritated skin in the fall....

Government shutdown odds grow as Senate and House advance separate plans
counton2.com > news > washington-dc...Jenna Deml, Alexandra Limon by: Jenna Deml, Alexandra Limon WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Despite the fact that the Senate just advanced a measure to fund... ...Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).... ...Although Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) criticized the approach of his own party in the House.... ...“All the damage done from that rests on Kevin McCarthy’s shoulders,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who lambasted the decision....

The one-time boyfriend of a Navajo woman has been convicted of her fatal shooting in emblematic case
counton2.com > news > national-news...James, 31, was convicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, in the domestic abuse and killing of his girlfriend Jamie Yazzie.... ...Yazzie was 32 and the mother of three sons when she went missing in the summer of 2019 from her community of Pinon, on the Navajo Nation.... ...Attorney Gary Restaino said.... ...A 2016 study by the National Institute of Justice found that more than four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women â 84.3% â have experienced...

Merriam-Webster adds word first used on ‘The Simpsons’ to dictionary
counton2.com > news > national-news...Nick DeGray, Michael Bartiromo by: Nick DeGray, Michael Bartiromo SPRINGFIELD, Mass.... ...“We’re very excited by this new batch of words,” said Peter Sokolowski, the editor at large for Merriam-Webster, in a statement included with Wednesday... ...More words added in Merriam-Webster’s latest update can be found at the dictionary’s official site.... ...Other notable new terms include: In addition to the above-mentioned words, Merriam-Webster also used its latest update to legitimize a popular “Simpsons...

Florida high-speed train headed to Orlando fatally strikes pedestrian
counton2.com > news > national-news...A northbound Brightline train headed to Orlando struck the 25-year-old man shortly before 9 a.m. near the Atlantic Coast city of Fort Pierce, St.... ...Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said at a news conference.... ...the company’s trains carrying commuters from West Palm Beach to Miami.... ...Brightline trains have had the highest death rate in the U.S. since its Miami-West Palm operations began -- about one death for every 32,000 miles...

What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway
counton2.com > news > national-news...Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Thursday.... ...of Health and Human Services.... ...William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.... ...In Redmond, Washington, Ania Mitros got herself, her husband and her 13-year-old vaccinated pretty easily but despite calls to multiple pharmacies...

SLED conducting larceny investigation against former Hanahan city employee
counton2.com > news > local-news...The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) was called to investigate a former Public Works Department employee at the request of then-chief... ...Dennis Turner in June.... ...We're counting the days until the actual best coffee menu drops: the Starbucks winter menu.... ...Manuka honey moisturizers can help restore and nourish your dry, irritated skin in the fall....

President of Trident Technical College retires, reflects on her time at TTC
counton2.com > news > local-news...NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Trident Technical College is one of the largest colleges in the state, but it wasn’t always that way.... ...Mary Thornley, who announced earlier this week that she is retiring. It’s been a 50 year career for Dr. Thornley at Trident Tech.... ...I'm invested in Trident Tech. Thornley says her time at Trident Tech will officially come to a close in June.... ...No matter the student, their age or where they came from, Dr. Thornley says she's always been interested in their lives....