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Big Week for Local News

More sex-crime charges, Occupy upstaging, juvenile suspects and cash just for shopping.

This was a busy week for news. Let’s recap what happened.


Mount Pleasant elected Chris Nickels and Chris O’Neal to town council in Tuesday’s election. Voters also returned Ken Glasson and Thomasena Stokes-Marshall to office. Nick Collins wasn’t re-elected.

Police identify suspects in vandalism cases
More than a dozen motorists reported their vehicles being struck by some sort of projectiles along Rifle Range Road at Six Mile Road over the last month or so. Police say they’ve solved the case. Read more.

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Occupy Charleston protesters managed to quiet presidential candidate Michele Bachmann during a stop in Mount Pleasant. The event drew national attention to Patriots Point where Bachmann was speaking aboard the USS Yorktown.


Police in Hanahan may add six charges to the already disturbingly long list of child-sex charges stacking up against former coach and school principal Louis “Skip” ReVille.

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While on a Lowcountry tour, Rep. Tim Scott, R-Charleston, decried business-squashing government red tape. Find out what he’s doing about it.


The Town of Mount Pleasant is offering $1,000 just to shop at home this holiday season. Which local retailers qualify for the drawing.

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