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Democrats raise alarms over S.C. immigration bill News

By Jack O’Toole, Statehouse bureau

After the killing of a second Minnesota protester last weekend by federal immigration officers, two Charleston-area Democratic lawmakers and the party’s leading candidate for governor are raising alarms about a bill in the S.C. House that they say could put local law enforcement officers and residents at risk.

Under the bill (H. 4764), which has almost 50 Republican cosponsors including House Speaker Murrell Smith ofSumter, sheriff’s departments across the state would be forced to participate in the Trump administration’s controversial crackdown on illegal immigration by entering into so-called 287(g) agreements with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. The bill would require local departments that operate jails to choose among three levels of partnerships, from simply detaining suspected offenders to actively enforcing federal immigration law.

Heading into this year’s session, Smith called for “immigration enforcement with zero tolerance for sanctuary policies,” and lauded “stronger partnerships with federal authorities to keep communities safe.”

But with national outrage over ICE tactics building after the deaths this month of Minnesota mother-of-three Renee Good and ICU nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of masked federal immigration officers, Lowcountry Democratic legislators say the GOP supermajority needs to slow down.

“Every time we see footage of an angry masked officer claiming the power of the

They’re just not screening people and training them well at all. They’re basically just giving them guns and putting them out on the street.”

—Charleston Democratic Sen. Ed Sutton

government to justify shootings, warrantless searches, shoving human beings to the ground and separating children, it unfortunately erodes overall trust in law enforcement,” Charleston Rep. Spenser Wetmore told the Charleston City Paper this week.

She added, “As hard as we’ve worked on training and accountability for our law enforcement officers to be seen as true public servants, it is embarrassing that we turn around and let masked cowboys who don’t seem to understand the constitution be a part of that system.”

Charleston Democratic Sen. Ed Sutton echoed those concerns in a Jan. 27 interview, noting that standards for ICE officers have reportedly fallen dramatically in the rush to hire new officers.

“They’re just not screening people and training them well at all,” Sutton said. “They’re basically just giving them guns and putting them out on the street.”

That’s why Sutton says he favored leaving

The Rundown

Mepkin Abbey gets new leader

Dom Gerard Jonas Palmares is the new abbot of Mepkin Abbey following a Jan. 15 election for a six-year term as leader of the community of Catholic monks who live near Moncks Corner.

Palmares succeeds Father Joseph A. Tedesco, who served as Mepkin Abbey’s superior for seven years.

Before joining the monastic community, Palmares was a member of the presbyterium of the Archdiocese of Lipa, Philippines. He was not available for comment.

decisions to partner with ICE in the hands of local sheriffs and police departments. Currently, sheriffs in 20 of the state’s 46 counties have voluntarily entered into federal enforcement agreements.

“Let’s respect local sheriffs and the principle of home rule,” Sutton said. “They know what’s best for their own community, and we don’t need to be tying their hands from Columbia.”

In a separate Jan. 27 interview, Richland Democratic Rep. Jermaine Johnson, a gubernatorial candidate, described the timing of the GOP bill as “tone deaf.”

“Looking at the overall picture,” he said, referring to the situation in Minneapolis. “This could put our citizens in danger. It could also put our state and local law enforcement officers in danger. This is just a scary time for everybody.”

What’s more, he argued, the drive to force sheriffs into partnerships with federal immigration officers is part of what he sees as a larger Statehouse pattern — last seen in 2024 when GOP lawmakers ignored the concerns of local police chiefs and law enforcement officials by passing a bill legalizing permitless carry of open and concealed firearms.

“We haven’t been listening to the people on the ground doing the work,” he said. “We need to be talking to our law enforcement officers about these issues.”

That opportunity should arise in the weeks ahead, when the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by bill co-sponsor Rep. Weston Newton, R-Beaufort, takes up the legislation.

Tedesco said during his tenure, he oversaw improvements to the buildings at Mepkin “so we can be ready for more monks to be here.” Thirteen monks live at Mepkin now. When Tedesco arrived 18 years ago at Mepkin from Trenton, N.J., about 30 monks lived in the community.

Mepkin was established in 1949 at the former Mepkin Plantation along the Cooper River in Berkeley County. Herb Frazier

“The city team all knew that we were part of a very special time in the history of this city. And to have even a small part of it has meant the world to me. I can’t say enough about him.”

—Attorney Frances Cantwell, a lawyer who once worked for former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. She spoke at a Tuesday discussion and celebration after the release of Riley’s memoir on his 40 years of leadership. Source: WCBD-TV

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The number of Mount Pleasant police officers who were fired amid investigations that uncovered alleged cheating on the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy exam. The issue has been a major focus among town leaders who have been discussing improvement in communication between the council and other town leaders. Source: WCIV-TV

College of Charleston celebrates new Phillis Wheatley stamp

By Alyssa McDowell

The College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center on Jan. 30 is debuting a new U.S. Postal Service stamp inspired by Phillis Wheatley, a once-enslaved woman who became America’s first published African American female poet.

“Now over 250 years later, Wheatley is being celebrated for her artistic abilities and perseverance,” according to a College of Charleston news release. Wheatley is best known for her works regarding Christianity, morality, and political themes during the American Revolution.

The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture’s connection to Wheatley is through one of its dedicated social clubs founded in 1916, the Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club. The unveiling event will take place at 11 a.m. Friday — two days before the start of the nation’s Black History Month — at the center, 125 Bull St. The event is free and will be streamed on the Avery Digital Classroom.

Virtual press releases are to be Friday at two other South Carolina locations with links to Wheatley: the Richland Library Wheatley in Columbia and the Wheatley Community Center in Greenville.

“As the stewards of the Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club Papers, the Avery Research Center team is excited to see Ms. Wheatley’s life honored at the federal level,” said Tamara Butler, executive director of the Avery Research Center. She noted that a room at the Avery Center is named after the social club as well.

So around 1773, she traveled with the Wheatley’s son to London, reportedly seeking publication of her work, according to Wikipedia. That year, she became the first African American author of a published book of poetry. She was freed by the Wheatleys after the release of her book. She died 11 years later.

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Phillis Wheatley was freed by the Wheatley family in 1773

“Guests are welcomed by a 1950 and 2004 photograph of club members. Inside the reading room, a painting of Ms. Wheatley penning poetry reminds students, staff and visiting researchers of the power of study and introspection — all while inviting them to think creatively and critically with the archival materials they are viewing.”

Born in West Africa, Wheatley was 7 in August 1761 when she was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston. They taught her to read and write. According to The Poetry Foundation, she wrote 28 poems by age 18. More educated than most AfricanAmerican women of her time, Wheatley longed for more intellectual stimulation, the college said. But many colonial publishers refused to print her works.

The Avery Research Center, established nearly a century later as the Avery Normal Institute in 1865, maintains a collection of Wheatley’s works through the papers of the Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club, which studied her work.

The club was founded in 1916 under the direction of Jeannette Cox, wife of Avery Normal Institute Principal Benjamin Cox. The club consisted of 19 women who met to celebrate the works of African American authors and discuss social issues.

Avery Research Center documents from the club’s March 20, 1935, meeting show how the members voted to send letters to U.S. representives, senators and even the president, urging them to support the passage of the Costigan-Wagner Act — an antilynching bill, demonstrating the center’s commitment to uplifting Black voices and pushing for equity.

Data center regs get bipartisan traction

By Jack O’Toole, Statehouse bureau

As massive computer data centers continue to explode across South Carolina, a state senator with a history of bringing lawmakers together across ideological and party lines was expected this week to introduce sweeping legislation aimed at reining in what critics call their worst excesses.

The goal, Beaufort Republican Sen. Tom Davis recently told the Charleston City Paper, is to build a legal framework that would allow the state to compete and win in the data center-dependent AI economy of the future, while protecting the state’s energy grid, water resources and sensitive environmental areas.

To put that challenge in perspective, experts say, it helps to understand that a single large-scale data center currently uses enough electricity to power a city of 125,000 people, enough water for a town of about half that size, and often sits on hundreds of acres in traditionally rural communities.

Lots of power. Lots of water. Lots of land. Davis said his bill would attack all three problems directly:

First, it would require data center operators to pay all of their own energy and infrastructure costs, rather than saddling ratepayers with the bills.

Second, it would mandate the use of “closed loop” technologies that recycle water to reduce the strain on surface and groundwater supplies.

And third, it would impose siting restrictions alongside noise and light regulations to protect the environment and residential quality of life.

“We need to be proactive on these issues and not just be laissez-faire,” Davis said.

That idea, once controversial, is increasingly popular among national and state policymakers as polls show sharply declining support for data centers in S.C. and around the country. And it received a major boost earlier this month when President Donald Trump, a strong proponent of AI-fueled economic growth, called for greater consumer protections in a social media post.

“Data centers are key to [the AI] boom,” Trump wrote Jan. 12. “But the big technology companies who build them must ‘pay their own way.’ ”

An bipartisan consensus?

In recent interviews, elected officials and interest groups representing both parties and a wide spectrum of political views stressed the need for action on data centers this year.

Charleston Democratic Sen. Ed Sutton is cosponsoring a data center bill by Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield. It aims to protect ratepayers, make water usage more transparent and limit certain tax incentives. He added he was struck by the broad support for new regulations.

A Google data center in Oregon. South Carolina lawmakers are pushing to rein in excesses.

“It’s a very bipartisan issue in the Senate,” Sutton said. “And I’ll say, that’s refreshing.”

On the other side of the Statehouse, Rep. April Cromer, R-Anderson and a member of the S.C. Freedom Caucus, described a similar dynamic in the House, with members of both parties recently expressing interest in her bill, dubbed the Data Center Responsibility Act.

Perhaps the toughest legislation introduced in either chamber to date, Cromer’s bill would require data centers to generate all of their energy on-site, prohibit surface or groundwater removal and require at least one employee per 1,000 feet of floor space — ideas that arose in her conversations with local residents across the state.

“I can’t find one area that’s ecstatic about having these centers and that’s a cause for serious concern,” Cromer said. “We need to slow down and think about what we’re about to put into our state.”

S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce President Frank Knapp echoed those concerns in a Jan. 22 interview, stressing the impacts on local communities and the businesses that serve them.

“Our argument is simply this,” Knapp said. “If data centers require utilities to build new energy generation and infrastructure, then the data centers should pay those costs so small businesses and residents don’t wind up subsidizing giant companies like Google and Meta.”

Or as Sam Aaron of the right-leaning S.C. Policy Council put it in a separate interview: “The average South Carolinian shouldn’t be forced to pay a higher power bill just because a data center wants to set up shop down the street.”

An unknown future

Despite broad agreement on the need for action, experts note that lawmakers at every level will have to negotiate complex tradeoffs and still-emerging technical requirements to find a path forward.

For instance, notes University of South

Carolina economist Joseph Von Nessen, local leaders will have to determine whether an industry that produces higher property tax revenues but few new jobs will work in their area.

“In addition to the other considerations people have raised, including energy and water usage, communities will have to factor in the fairly low number of jobs these facilities typically create,” Von Nessen said. “For communities looking to maximize their tax base without a high employment demand, that may make sense. For others, it won’t.”

But the real complexity, according to Southern Alliance for Clean Energy analyst Eddy Moore of Charleston, lies in the inexact science of predicting the future energy needs of an industry that’s evolving fast.

In Senate testimony last year, for example, state utility executives said that they’re building for a future where 65% to 70% of new energy needs will be data center-related. But as Moore points out, that’s just an estimate based on current industry trends — and if it’s wrong, S.C. ratepayers would get stuck with the infrastructure bill for power they may not need.

“The load forecasts we’re seeing from most of our utilities are of a different nature than those we’ve seen in the past,” Moore said, noting that they include large upward adjustments for data center demand that power companies have no experience estimating. “The problem is that all that growth is highly speculative.”

That’s why Moore argues utilities must be required to follow state-owned Santee Cooper’s lead in requiring long-term contracts with data center operators that cover the cost of new production. What’s more, he said, those contracts need binding financial guarantees.

“Let’s say a company signs a long-term contract but goes bankrupt in year two,” Moore said. “We need real financial assurances to make sure someone else doesn’t get stuck with that bill.”

Davis said he hoped to get it passed before the session ends in May.

Blotter of the Week

Mount Pleasant police on Jan. 17 received a call about the theft at a Faison Road pharmacy after a man wearing a puffy jacket reportedly stole $1,000 worth of hair products, including several bottles of shampoo, hair serums, conditioners and curling gel. You know, we have been thinking about making a change. Can someone put us in touch?

Bro, chill out

A North Charleston man on Jan. 17 called city police when another man sat to wait for a tow truck near his property — from which he was banned. Police told the caller that they weren’t going to arrest him for waiting for a tow truck, especially since he wasn’t actually on the property. He requested a supervisor to file a formal complaint.

A little lost

Charleston police arrested a “grossly intoxicated” man on Jan. 15 after he was reported for stumbling around the ground floor of a Mary Street parking garage with a machete. Police noted that at no point did he threaten anyone with the weapon. We know Charleston has turned into a bit of a concrete jungle lately, but we’re not sure a machete is needed … yet.

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Congress must act now on ICE

The pounding of American democracy by masked bullethead thugs from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is unconscionable and immoral, particularly after a violent January.

Congress must act now to shut down malicious, unconstitutional and unethical behavior by ICE agents — especially in Minneapolis where they shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti on a freezing Saturday morning. Some would argue — with a lot of evidence — that ICE agents executed him. It is not acceptable or constitutional for ICE agents — in Minneapolis or anywhere — to drag people out of their cars, enter homes without warrants or treat law-abiding American citizens like criminals.

It is not acceptable for federal officials to jump without hesitation into lying, corrupt behavior and soundbites before any investigation has gotten started. Classifying a nurse dedicated to caring for veterans as a “domestic terrorist” was a leap into Orwellian doublespeak that defied what millions of Americans could see plain as day on citizen videos. These federal officials simply lied. They should have zero power.

It is unacceptable for an ICE agent to have shot a calm Minneapolis mother of three, Renee Good, who was trying to flee a scene of escalating violence fueled by too much testosterone, too much adrenaline, too much lack of common sense.

It is unacceptable for at least six others, all foreigners, to have died in ICE-related actions or custody this month elsewhere in the United States: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez (in detention, Georgia); Victor Manuel Diaz (in detention, Texas); Parody La (in custody at hospital treatment, Philadelphia), Luis Beltran YanezCruz (in custody at hospital, Los Angeles); Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres (in custody at hospital, Houston); and Geraldo Lunas

Campos (homicide at Texas detention facility).

All of this violence desecrates the United States Constitution. It must stop. America is not a Nazi republic — but if federal officials elected in a representative democracy do not stand up immediately and halt what’s happening, who knows what could happen to the country that opened freedom to the world 250 years ago?

The United States Congress must act now to hold ICE and its leaders accountable by exercising its constitutional authority over federal spending.

According to political analyst G. Elliott Morris on Jan. 24, “All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House and 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.”

That means you, Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott. And that means you, Representatives Nancy Mace (1st District), Joe Wilson (2nd), Sherri Biggs (3rd), William Timmons (4th), Ralph Norman (5th), James Clyburn (6th) and Russell Fry (7th). So far, only Clyburn, a Democrat, has excoriated ICE for its actions.

Congress must cut budgets, completely overhaul ICE and force out agents and ICE leaders who trampled on American citizen rights in Minneapolis and elsewhere. It should impeach unhinged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who has drunk so much of the MAGA Kool-Aid that she’s completely removed from reality and the law enforcement values of protecting and serving Americans.

Take off your blinders and red MAGA hats, Congress. There’s a document that provides the clear guidance you so desperately need. It’s called the U.S. Constitution.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.

3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.

4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

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Expand voting instead of trying to close it

By Andy Brack

The Republican political kerfuffle over whether primary elections should be only open to members of a political party or all voters is nothing more than election-year blather.

It’s a hot issue that tanked already this month in the S.C. House, where some GOP members got all hot and bothered about whether anybody should be able to vote in Republican primaries and then be classified as a Republican or whether the state should have party registration so that only registered members can vote.

S.C. Rep. Brandon Newton, the Lancaster Republican who sponsored a more mainstream bill backed by the state Republican Party, classified the fervor inside the party as a kind of “civil war.”

“This has been the nastiest debate internally I’ve ever witnessed in the party structure,” he told the S.C. Daily Gazette. “The divide on this topic and the divide between two pieces of legislation have truly put, I believe, the party in a civil war.”

The issue essentially pitted some mainstream Republicans, who backed Newton’s bill to allow undeclared voters to participate in a GOP primary, but be classified as registered Republicans afterwards, against a bill by the S.C. House Freedom Caucus. It pushed a measure for party registration to be completed at least 30 days before a primary before participation was allowed. That bill would essentially would exclude anybody, including independents, who didn’t register well before the primary.

As Americans, we should want to encourage as much voting as possible, not erect barriers to keep people out.

Both bills stalled in committee and are not expected to raise their heads again this session.

For most of us, this is all a bunch of narrow insider GOP politics to appeal to the far right wing of the base where some people get all bent out of shape about the possibility that a demon Democrat or independent might actually vote in a primary of Republican candidates.

“You’ve got this belief among some in the Republican Party that Democrats are coming over and adopting the mantle of being Republican and really not having the small government ideology that Republicans have,” one senior Republican elected official told us this week.

Really? Is it that big of a deal in a state where we have high poverty, inadequate education and substandard health care? Aren’t there bigger problems than trying to figure out who might be invited to an election party?

You’d think Republicans would want to attract new voters, including independents and Democrats, so that they might eventually switch their allegiance, especially if the non-Republicans move to a new primary because candidates seem better.

On a broader level, trying to curb voting is kind of dumb, too. As Americans, we should want to encourage as much voting as possible, not erect barriers to keep people out. Representative democracy works best when as many voices as possible are heard.

Fortunately, some senior leaders in the GOP, including Gov. Henry McMaster, aren’t having anything much to do with battling factions of S.C. House Republicans over the issue. McMaster has said he’ll veto any closed primary bill that might get to his desk.

And state senators seem to be less than impressed with preening election year politics by GOP members of the House.

“This is a good example of the House being a more populist body and the Senate being a more deliverable body,” one Democratic senator told us.

“It’s an election year. It’s to be expected. They can huff and puff all they want.”

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

What To Do

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Colour of Music Festival

Returning to the Charleston concert stage after sold-out performances in 2025, the Colour of Music Festival performs Feb. 4 through Feb. 7, at historic Charleston venues. The Colour of Music Festival gathers international, national and regional classically trained Black musicians of African descent to share their musical talents, knowledge and inspiration in Charleston each year.

Feb. 4 through Feb. 7. Performance times and ticket prices vary. Various locations downtown. colourofmusic.org

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SATURDAY

Plant Bingo with Roadside Blooms

Step back into retro mall vibes for an afternoon of plant-themed Bingo in which every round brings new plant knowledge and new plant friends as well as chances to win plants, plant accessories or gift cards to Roadside Blooms. Tickets include 20 to 25 rounds of fast-paced Bingo, mocktails and light bites. Up the fun by dressing in your favorite retro mall attire.

Jan. 31. 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. $35/ticket. Citadel Mall. 2070 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. West Ashley. roadsideblooms.com

SUNDAY

Shucked and Sauced

The Charleston Parks Conservancy is bringing back this beloved Lowcountry experience, celebrating the best of local seafood and pitmasters. Tickets include drink and seafood offerings curated by renowned local eateries. Local pitmasters will be on hand to ensure guests get perfectly sauced as they enjoy live music from Dallas Baker and Friends.

Feb. 1. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. $185/all-inclusive ticket. Rose Pavilion in Hampton Park. 30 Mary Murray Drive. Downtown. charlestonparksconservancy.org

MONDAY

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Building Buddies

Get ready to build, play and make new friends! Building Buddies is a hands-on, interactive program at the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry that encourages kids to work together as they explore, stack, snap and build using a variety of fun materials like LEGOs, wooden blocks, magnetic tiles and more. This weekly event is free with museum admission.

Mondays and Saturdays through Feb. 28. 11 a.m. to noon. $13/ticket. Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. 25 Ann St. Downtown. explorecml.org

THROUGH MARCH 3

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Trident Tech’s 2026 Spring Alumni Art Show

Trident Technical College’s Visual Arts Gallery is hosting its annual Alumni Art Show, featuring work from Vik Hart. A Charleston native, Hart has enjoyed making art since childhood and found his love for illustration and painting while attending Trident Technical College. His art explores a place beyond the physical world and brings a sense of nostalgia and connection to viewers.

Through March 3. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Trident Technical College. 7000 Rivers Ave., Building 950. North Charleston. tridenttech.edu/index.html

Charleston drives art of dissent

By Maura Hogan

harleston is becoming a protest art town. Art is reflecting the dissent that’s bubbling across our country. And Charleston is helping to drive the art of protest.

When the Trump administration threatened to mobilize the Oregon National Guard in Portland in October, federal authorities framed it as a measure against violent, organized “antifa,” despite the non-existence of such a movement. Instead dancing agitators in inflatable T-Rex and banana costumes gathered outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In November, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert presented singer-songwriter Jesse Welles strumming a folksy, withering ditty from the point of view of an ICE recruiter.

This month, the Minneapolis killings of mother-of-three Renee Nicole Good and nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti quickly prompted trenchant, elegiac verse from National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, writ large and shared widely.

Meanwhile, Charleston has been getting in on this artful activism, too–arguably no stretch for a place that prides itself on being a cultural hub. Whether by paint-to-poster board, words-to-music or cosplay packing a political punch, local protest art can galvanize masses, make headlines and move needles.

Brass acts

The #nokings protest in June 2025 brought hundreds to Hampton Park carrying creative posters

If puffy Portland dinosaurs and earnest poems seem to some like child’s play, that’s neither the aim nor the effect. Those disarming inflatables ingeniously crushed fearbaiting narratives. Gorman’s poignant stanzas breathed life, deeply felt and tragically lost, into our media streams as thousands upon thousands collectively mourned. A gleaming glass case at the International African American Museum displays a trombone once played by Marcus McDonald, a musician who is also the leader of Charleston Black Lives Matter.

In 2020, McDonald brought the brass to the King Street protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. Moved to play an arresting noise, his notes were soon met with unified chants.

“Then somebody else with the horn came and joined me. And I remember that was a really powerful moment, too,” he said in a recent interview.

On July 27, 2021, at Marion Square, he sounded it at a Justice for Jamal protest calling for charges against Charleston County detention officers in the death of Jamal Sutherland, a mentally-ill Black man.

Earlier this month in Marion Square, as Martin Luther King Day parade crowds gathered, a sign with words from King’s “We Shall Overcome” sermon covered another: the recently erected road marker to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Developing stories

Performers step up for social issues, too. On Sept. 9, Nameless Numberhead, the comedy duo of Maari Suorsa and Henry Riggs, appeared at PechaKucha, the confab of Charleston creatives.

Rolling antically onto the Charleston Music Hall Stage, outfitted in rat suits, they delivered a 2025 Rat Report, coaxing mirth from the acronym RATS along the lines of “Rushing About Teaching Society.”

Separating the “good rats,” who gather and build community, from the “bad rats” like “Realtors and developers Acting Too Selfishly,” they called out those “Ravaging Affordable Turf Shamelessly.”

In another art-powered censure of development in February 2023, unauthorized stealth street signs appeared, including one on Line Street reading “Be prepared to stop: Gentrification ahead.”

A few months earlier, the much-maligned cell phone tower that vexed locals with its resemblance to rolls of toilet paper caught the eye of digital artist Seth Abramson, who projected onto it images of the Great Cornholio from Beavis and Butt-Head. The Charleston City Paper dubbed the tower

the “Toilet Roll Poll.”

The collective TINYisPOWERFUL, which links area artists, activists, educators, cultural workers, youth and tiny business partners, sprung from the multiyear conNECKtedTOO project to establish a more ethical and equitable approach to development.

From March 13 to May 22, Art/in/with/ Community Lab as a 3rd space takes place at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture furthers these goals.

Field work

Artist and environmental activist Mary Edna Fraser is celebrated for highlighting natural treasures with her sweeping silk batik works offering aerial perspectives on coastlines in the Lowcountry.

She is also a folk musician who has penned and performed protest songs. During President Trump’s first term she wrote “Broken America”, calling out “white supremist angry shouts” and “rampant hypocrisy.” Drawing from her days protesting in coffee houses in Fayetteville, N.C., during the Vietnam War and college in the 1970s, she was inspired by timeless songs like Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin.”

Seeing chemicals allowed again in fields and food scares her. “The EPA’s eradication of human health concerns is not ethical. Big oil and AI are seeking to ruin the ACE Basin aquifer on the Edisto.”

Inside out

Many others build community through the arts, among them Charleston poet laureate Asiah Mae and writer and filmmaker Tyquan Morton, whose film High Water imagines life in Charleston in 2040.

Gallery walls and museum halls are activated, too. Arun Drummond of Drummond Studio Gallery’s recent group show For the People sought to bring art to all people and engage its East Side neighborhood. Artist Fletcher Williams III folds in the city’s socially loaded Palmetto roses, as well as the white picket fence, which he views as more a barrier than a welcome.

South Carolina artist Leo Twiggs, who examines racism in pieces including

Beeple’s “Regular Animals” was presented at Art Basel installation of AI-powered dogs with the heads of tech titans, plus poop

“Commemoration #3” that depicts stacked images of the Confederate flag, is primed for a retrospective, Revelations: The Art of Leo Twiggs. It is at the Gibbes Museum of Art through May 3.

Going global

Others have gone global. Charleston native Shepard Fairey’s Obey guerilla art movement spotlighting wrestler and actor Andre the Giant dominates building facades and plasters utility poles the world over. His Obama “Hope” poster was immediately iconic. A quote on his website sums it up: “manufacturing quality dissent since 1989.”

In December, Charleston-based artist Beeple, aka Mike Winkelmann, also enjoyed worldwide play after his Art Basel Miami Beach show involving paper-pooping robotic dogs with creepily real heads of tech titans like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos converged with artists Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso, whose 1937 Guernica is a bar-setting antiwar work itself.

Winkelmann met Fairey three years ago at his Los Angeles studio, and the two stayed in touch.

“His art felt like proof that you could hijack mass culture and shove art straight into the public without asking permission,” said Winkelmann. “It reinforced for me that art doesn’t need to stay precious or polite.”

On March 21, the two artists will join forces when Beeple Studios presents Shepard Fairey: Obey and Resist, an art show featuring live street art, screen printing, art battles and more.

In May 2025, Charleston locals Walter Fiederowicz, founder of Charleston Literary Festival, and artist Richard “Duke” Hagerty joined an aid group called Zero Line, driving from Warsaw to Kiev to deliver critical supplies destined for Ukraine’s frontline. Back in Charleston, they enlisted Stevenson and Co. gallery in a fundraising art sale.

“These are people fighting for their country and for their way of life with a big bully,” Fiederowicz told the City Paper.

On Feb. 10 at 6 p.m., Hagerty and Fiederowicz will give a free talk sponsored by

SINO (Silence Is Not An Option), a non-partisan group created to unite, engage, inform and empower all to take action in defense of democracy, taking place at Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St.

The art of protest

In a desensitized world, activists sparking engagement and humanizing issues is crucial to moving others to bring about change. Rollicking RATS make us laugh, then think. Reconsidered Confederate flags capture our collective memories.

“Art bypasses rational defenses and hits people emotionally, which is where opinions actually form,” said Winkelmann. “It doesn’t change policy directly, but it shapes culture, and culture eventually forces policy to catch up.”

In McDonald’s downtown Charleston apartment, every inch of wall drives this home. A portrait of Malcom X with third eye envisioning pyramids coexists with a time-weathered rendering of the Dock Street Theatre. A small work with masked gunmen trained on the Grim Reaper rests atop a bright abstract by Julie “Gaetarina” Monroe.

“Organizing can be such an ugly and unsexy thing that we need people to be drawn to it,” said McDonald.

And that, Fraser observed, is the artist’s role.

“Artists are the megaphones of truth in society, often persecuted for saying out loud what we fear.”

Cuisine

4th Taste of Gullah Geechee set for Feb. 15

By Amethyst Ganaway

Two Gullah chefs from the Hamlin community will celebrate Black History Month Feb. 15 by hosting the fourth annual Taste of Gullah Geechee with flavors blending African and Lowcountry cultures. The ticketed event will be at Sweetgrass Hall in West Ashley and will feature more than a dozen local chefs, caterers and beverage professionals highlighting their takes on Gullah Geechee cuisine.

Sameka M. Jenkins and sister ‘Emma M. Cromedy co-own Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine in West Ashley. They said they realized around 2022 that there was a lack of representation of Gullah Geechee cuisine in the area. Cromedy said she always loved cooking — particularly baking, even as a child — and in the late 2000s began her own mobile bakery in Charlotte, N.C.

But Jenkins, who is distantly related by marriage to Gullah cuisine matriarch Charlotte Jenkins, didn’t fall in love with cooking until she went to Francis Marion University, where she found herself making the foods she grew up with for herself and friends. Poised with a master’s degree in business, she initially had a career in banking in Charleston. But she also started to cater on the side, focusing on savory, traditional dishes like red rice and shrimp and grits. She gained clients quickly.

Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine’s origin

The bank that Jenkins worked for was bought out in 2017 and she decided to leave. The timing coincided with Cromedy moving home to Charleston. The sisters decided to take a chance and see if they could build their own business together.

“We had already worked and cooked together as a sister and friend team and I said ‘I feel that Charleston needs a catering company that specializes in not only great food but great service’, and that’s how Carolima’s was born,” said Jenkins.

After a short stint with a brick-andmortar restaurant in Goose Creek, they

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pivoted to strictly catering. Carolima’s now has now been in business for more than 14 years, serving Charleston and the surrounding area with traditional southern and Gullah Geechee fare. The dynamic duo’s popularity has exploded over the past few years with features on the Food Network and the Cooking Channel as well as with a growing demand for an authentic Gullah Geechee culinary experience.

In 2022, the sisters realized there was a lack of events that brought together the chefs and caterers that are the backbone of, and focused solely on, Gullah Geechee foodways in Charleston.

“At the time, outside of Charleston Wine + Food and a Taste of Black Charleston, there weren’t many opportunities for chefs here to get together to hang out and be together around food,” said Cromedy.

With that, the sisters made plans and contacted local chefs, caterers, friends and family to create the first Taste of Gullah Geechee in February 2023.

“Gullah Geechee is what we know — it’s our culture, it’s the food and our traditions,” says Cromedy. “Because it was our norm, it wasn’t appreciated until we got older, and we wanted to share that experience of Sunday dinners, good food and a good time with others,” says Jenkins.

The Taste of Gullah Geechee

Since the inaugural year, the Taste of Gullah Geechee event has grown exponen-

tially in talent and in guest demand. Only 75 tickets are available for this year’s event, and it is expected to sell out. Tickets can be bought online at the Carolima’s website, and will be sold at the event.

Notable chef participants include Nate and Chasity Brown from Daddy’s Girls Bakery; Hell’s Kitchen and Chopped participant Elaina Ruth; Chef Lamont Ferrebee of 82 Queen Chef Kyonna Bryant of the Charleston Place; and Chef Cheryl Gibbs of Vibrant Alkaline Vegan Meals, amongst others.

A variety of dishes will be served, including vegan and vegetarian options. Guests can expect to see items such as a pimento cheese tuile with charred okra mousse, smoked beef ribs and Caribbean black cake. An array of cocktails and nonalcoholic beverages will also be available and are included in the $125 ticket price.

“It is definitely an event to be on time for because you aren’t going to want to miss any of the dishes the chefs bring out,” said Cromedy.

“We used to say we were Charleston’s best kept secret, but this event is definitely not a secret anymore,” said Jenkins.

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Oysters in the park: The fifth annual Shucked and Sauced takes place on Feb. 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rose Pavilion in Hampton Park. The event benefits the Charleston Parks Conservancy. Funds raised directly contribute to the enhancement of Charleston’s parks. Participants include 167 Raw, Delaney Oyster House, Graft Wine Shop and Wine Bar, Kultura, Merci, Palmira and the Obstinate Daughter, amongst others. The event is 21+. Cost: $185. More: Eventbrite

Food history lessons: Philosophers and Fools is hosting The Bitter and The Sweet, a Feb. 4 event with food historian and documentary filmmaker Julian Gooding. The evening will include a cooking demonstration and storydriven tasting experience celebrating Black History Month and Valentine’s Day. Participants will have the chance to decorate truffles to package as edible gifts. Tickets include a house glass of wine, beer or a non-alcoholic beverage. Cost: $40. More: Eventbrite Wine and dine at lunch: Halls Chophouse is hosting a five-course wine lunch featuring Domaine Pierre Usseglio and Fils on Feb. 7. The event will be a guided tour of Châteauneuf-duPape alongside a curated menu. Cost: $175 per person for lunch and wine pairing. More: call (843) 727-0090 to reserve your seat. —Becky Lacey

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Steichen exhibition is bold view of WWII

By Maura Hogan

Beaming faces pop out from an Avenger fighter pilot, as brigh- eyed gunners and pilots prime for action.

Marines stay low on a smoldering, eerie terrain, tentatively inching forward against suicidal resistance on Peleliu Island.

A sailor rests serenely on an aircraft carrier, his back arched with its curve, his composure as placid as the water’s level horizon beyond him.

This is World War II as you may never have viewed it, captured by the inimitable eye of renowned photographer Edward Steichen and his hand-picked Naval Photographic Unit, or “the Steichen Unit” as it was called.

It’s on view at a new exhibition, All Hands on Deck: Edward Steichen and the World War II Naval Photographic Unit. Curated by Tiffany Reed Silverman, who is also sirector of Fine Arts at the Citadel, it takes place at the college’s Moore Art Gallery.

Culled from Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum archives, as well as from a recent gift from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), it offers a striking vantage of the war through the lens of one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century.

From runway to flight deck

When most cultural connoisseurs think of Steichen, their minds likely land on his irresistibly glamorous stills of subjects in sculpted dresses with perfect noses, a la his work for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Or they may know his tenure as MoMA’s director of the Department of Photography.

Few envision Captain J.J. “Jocko” Clark aboard the USS Yorktown or men in the throes of combat around the world.

The Yorktown connection paved the way for the current show. In 2023, a selection of the images from the Patriots Point museum were on view in The Men Will Always Be There: Edward Steichen and the Naval Photographic Unit. Then more came Charleston’s way, with the donation to Patriots Point of some of

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Charleston Museum launches its new exhibition Ringleaders of Rebellion: Charleston in Revolt, 1775-1783, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 30, in the museum lobby, 360 Meeting St. More: charlestonmuseum.org

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estate.

“MoMA … decided they’re just not getting seen and deeply researched,” Silverman said, explaining they were divided into smaller groups, with a set going to the World War II Museum in New Orleans and another to Patriots Point.

When the United States entered the war, Steichen’s World War I experience in the Signal Corps was working on reconnaissance photographs. But the 60-something man-about-Manhattan didn’t square with standard operating Naval procedures.

“When the Second World War came around, he raised his hand and he actually tried to get a commission in the army and they told him, ‘No, thanks, you’re too old,’ ” Silverman said.

The US Navy, however, was keen for pictorial representations of their flight capabilities for recruiting purposes. And no one could put an appealing face on a subject in quite the way that Steichen could.

His A-list Rolodex came in handy, too.

“He was able to get them published in … the press, maybe more so than someone without his extensive network would do,” she said.

Photographic proof

“The cool thing about those pieces is that several of them have Steichen’s touch on them,” Silverman said.

At the gallery, she excitedly gestures to a print featuring his green wax pencil marks, explaining that the photographer would have his unit members send him all of their film, writing specific notes to coax out the

resulting epic takes.

While his previous urbane shots may have seemed worlds apart from soaring jets and military formations, his technical acumen and keen eye made for superior military material.

Whoever snapped the shutter, which is often hard to determine due to Navy protocals, Steichen’s eye was involved, evidenced in his urgings to “print deeper,” and offering a rare look under the hood of this seminal visual chronicler.

The exhibition points up his compositional brilliance by pairinig one image to the next — the perfect choreography of paratroopers descending a Douglas C-47 that is strikingly similar to the arc of a Japanese torpedo plummeting flames over Saipan.

On the flight deck of the Yorktown, two rows of pristine men flank Clark. Below it, an image captures U.S. rockets supporting Australian landings at Taraken Island, Borneo, in similarly methodical lines of fire advancing under a cloudy sky.

“What’s so beautiful about these images is that he is bringing that incredibly honed aesthetic to tell the stories of the military in a way that is going to make a civilian public sit up and take notice,” Silverman said.

The curator has already shown prints to some cadets. Many were visibly moved by the experience. For the first time, the war from their history books and family lore came into sharp relief.

IF YOU WANT TO GO: On view through May 8 during gallery hours: Mon. to Fri., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Moore Art Gallery, Capers Hall, The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St. More: bit.ly/ steichenallhandsondeck

• Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. : Taylor Festival Choir performs two concerts as part of the Pathways to Healing series. The Jan. 31 event takes place at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St. The Feb. 1 concert and party celebrating the release of a new CD takes place at Circular Congregational Church, 360 Meeting St. More: taylormusicgroup.org

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• Feb. 4 to Feb. 7, various times: Colour of Music , a Black classical musicians festival, presents its 2026 Black History Month Concert Series. More: colourofmusic.org

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• Jan. 30-Feb. 1 , 7 p.m.: Big Something Festival, Pour House

• Jan. 31 , 7 p.m.: Jupiter Coyote , Music Farm

• Jan. 31 , 7 p.m.: Dos Gringos + Keith Hille and the Brickyard Saints, The Windjammer

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• Feb. 3 , 7 p.m.: Geoff Tate’s Operation Mindcrime , Charleston Music Hall

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• Feb. 6-7, 8 p.m.: The 8th annual Bob Marley Birthday Celebration, Pour House

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Grammy-winning fiddler heads to Charleston Feb. 3

By Vincent Harris

Grammy Award-winner Bronwyn KeithHynes arrives at the Pour House on Feb. 3 to do what she’s been doing since she was 3 years old: tearing up the fiddle.

Keith-Hynes, also a two-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Award (IBMA) for best fiddle player, is touring behind a new solo album called I Built A World. It features collaborations with some of the best musicians in bluegrass, including guitarist Molly Tuttle, mandolin player Sam Bush and the Del McCoury Band’s Jason Carter.

Initially drawing her inspiration from Celtic players like Liz Carroll, the 33-yearold Keith-Hynes discovered bluegrass in her teens, thanks to a gifted mix CD with songs by Tim O’Brien, Alison Krauss and Union Station, the Del McCoury Band, Casey Driessen and many more.

“Those were the first bluegrass artists I’d heard,” Keith-Hynes said in a recent interview with the Charleston City Paper. “And they made me think that bluegrass is what I wanted to do.”

In addition to her own fiery but melodic skills, the band she’s bringing is an all-star acoustic unit, featuring Tristan Scroggins on mandolin, Frank Evans on banjo, Grammy award winner Larry Cook on upright bass and guitarist Grant Dresnok.

“This is the first tour of the new year for me,” Keith-Hynes said. “And this is the first time I’ll be debuting my regular band. I’ve got a steady lineup and I’m really excited. We just had a rehearsal last night. We’re working up some new songs, and it just sounds great.”

And of course, there will be plenty of room for these acoustic daredevils to stretch out. In fact, Keith-Hynes said she has been doing some training in improv, so to speak.

“I’ve gotten to sit in with some jam bands like Leftover Salmon,” she said. “And I love to have a little bit of that in my band. I want to have that spontaneity in the playing, so you never know where something is going to go. I like to have looser arrangements where we’re feeling things in the moment and changing things or just passing solos around.”

But there’s another reason why this Pour House show, and this tour, are special for the Charlottesville, Va., fiddle player. She’s singing lead vocals for the first time.

She takes to the new job with gusto on the I Built A World album, sounding like a combination of Alison Krauss and the Chicks’ Natalie Maines. On the gorgeous folk/Americana tune “Can’t Live Without Love” she harmonizes with Tuttle like a natural before launching into a plaintive wail on “Up for Losing Sleep.” And on the Appalachia-soaked, dark-hued “Angel

Island,” she chooses a mysterious, foreboding delivery that fits the song perfectly. It’s a pretty impressive performance for someone who just learned how to do it. Of course, it helps the learning process when a worldwide health crisis keeps you locked in the house for a few months.

“Singing is something I started working on during the pandemic,” she said. “I just had all this time where I wasn’t able to tour, so I was just sitting around at home. I was trying to think about what I had always wanted to do and never really felt like I had time. And one of those things was singing.”

Keith-Hynes said she started taking voice lessons via Zoom to beef up her vocals, and then post-pandemic, she went on tour with Tuttle, a shining example of instrumental and vocal prowess if ever there was one.

“That was really inspirational,” she said of her time with Tuttle. “I got to be around an amazing female player and lead singer every night. And just to see that made me be think, ‘I think I might want to try this.’ ”

Anyone who plays fiddle as well as KeithHynes does is going to get offers, and she’s played alongside giants like Sarah Jarosz, banjo master Tony Trischka and Sierra Hull. But she’s enjoying her newfound solo career so much that it might be a while before any more team-ups.

“I’m pretty focused on just doing the solo career,” she said. “Now that I have this band, I feel that I need to put all my eggs into this basket and go for it.”

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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS TIONDRE PERRY, JAMIERO PETTIGREW, JONATHAN SPANN, LATARSHA MCCARY

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2016; 2018.

TO DEFENDANTS: JONATHAN SPANN; JAMIERO PETTIGREW

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on April 17, 2025, 9:18 AM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, James Courtney Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Docket No.: 2025-DR-08-1809

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JURISDICTION AS TO DEFENDANT SCDHHS

COMES NOW Defendant, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, by and through its counsel of record, Andrew L. Brener and respectfully moves this Honorable Court for an Order dismissing Plaintiffs cause of action requesting an order of lifetime Medicaid coverage for the minor child, and removing SCDHHS as a defendant from this matter. This motion is made pursuant to Rules 801-806 of the South Carolina Rules of Evidence, and Rule 8(a) and 12(0b(6) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. On the 11th day of March, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

Defendant shall so move at the Berkeley County family Court.

The basis for this motion is as follows:

Defendant SCHHS is the sole body given the authority to determine Medicaid eligibility within the state of South Carolina. Medicaid is a cooperative federal-state program whereby States who choose to participate must comply with Federal regulations. South Carolina regulations define a Medicaid beneficiary as an individual who has been determined to be eligible for health services as described in the State Plan under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act (S.C. Code of Regulations R. 126-425)[J]. The South Carolina Family Court lacks authority and jurisdiction to determine the minor child’s eligibility for the Medicaid program.

Based on the foregoing Defendant is informed and believes that the SCDHHS is entitled to an order dismissing the cause of action brought by Plaintiff which requests an order of this court that the minor child be granted lifetime Medicaid coverage. Defendant further requests the removal of SCDHHS as a party to this action. Defendant, SCDHHS so moves.

Brener Hurteau Family Law

S/Andrew L. Brener

Andrew L. Brener

Brener Hurteau Family Law

Attorneys for Defendant 854 Lowcountry Blvd. STE 101D Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464

Andrew@CHSfamilylaw.com (843)628-6323

December 22, 2025 Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-03649

Ginger Tucker Lockwood and Peggy Tucker Brockman, Trustees of the Peggy Tucker Brockman Trust, dated February 25, 2019, Plaintiffs, v. Tyrese Heyward and Raynard L. Heyward Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled before the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough and will be held on April 8, 2026 at 2:30 p.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Courtroom 2A. The purpose of this hearing is to determine Plaintiff’s damages.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning Bar #: 73957 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 chris@brushlawfirm.com 843-766-5576

Attorney for the Plaintiff

January 16, 2026 Charleston, SC

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C.

29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: NORMAN H. RICHARDSON, JR. 2025-ES-10-1031

DOD: 10/12/24

Pers. Rep: DANETRA C. RICHARDSON 1742 SOL LEGARE RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: MARIO S. INGLESE, ESQ. 443 FOLLY RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: BETTE ANN ADAMS 2025-ES-10-2018

DOD: 10/19/25

Pers. Rep: THOMAS ADAMS 102 CARRIAGE CT., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29486

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Estate of: LORI ANN ARMSTRONG CORREA 2025-ES-10-2167

DOD: 12/7/25

Pers. Rep: THOMAS W. MORAN 2962 INNISBROOK CT., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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Estate of: MARY MATTHEWS MASON 2025-ES-10-2184

DOD: 3/10/25

Pers. Rep: JENNIFER A. BATEMAN 3095 ROSEMARY ST., CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815

Atty: SARAH M. SMITH, ESQ. 1180 SAM RITTENBERG BLVD., #310, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of:

ELIZABETH ANN SANDY 2026-ES-10-0019

DOD: 12/15/25

Pers. Rep: ARTHUR THOMAS SANDY, III 906 EBBTIDE WAY, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

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Estate of:

DOROTHY ELIZABETH BURNSED 2026-ES-10-0028

DOD: 12/7/25

Pers. Rep: DAVID LEWIS BURNSED 852 MIKELL DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: LANTHIA TOLLERSON 2026-ES-10-0043

DOD: 9/15/25

Pers. Rep:

THOMAS A. TOLLERSON

1855 KITTRIDGE DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: TOYA HAMPTON, ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN COMMON PLEAS COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-07013 TIM BACKMON,

Petitioner, v. DAVID BACKMON, deceased; MAGGIE LEAN BACKMON, deceased; ROSA MAE JACKSON, deceased; GEORGE EDWARD BACKMON, deceased; DAVID BACKMON, JR., deceased; MARY JANE HOWELL, WENDY FELDER, SHEILA J. PRIOLEAU, KATHY J. THOMPSON, VICKIE BENNETT, WANDA BACKMON, CONCHETTA MILLIGAN, DONNELLY DAVID BACKMON, JOHN DOE, MARY ROE, infants, adults or incompetent persons and RICHARD ROE and JANE DOE, infants, adults or incompetent persons under disability, or incompetence, if any, including those persons who might be in the military and covered under the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, fictitious names designating the unknown heirs devisees, distributes, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the above named defendants, and all other persons known or claiming any right, title, estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Respondents.

TO: THE RESPONDENTS/ DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Petitioner, or his attorney, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for judgement by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint and will further apply to the Court to have you placed in default shall be rendered.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon the Petition/Complaint of the Petitioner above named against the Respondents above named for the purpose of determining the interests of the Petitioner and the interests of the Respondents in the parcel of land hereinafter described, and is brought under the provisions of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws; Section 15-67-10, et. seq. (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), for the Purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Petitioner and certain of the Respondents above named be declared the owners in fee simple, having good and marketable title to herein below described property, and that the property be partitioned and sold in a private sale. That the premises to be affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced was, at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Maryville Section, St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as LOT NO. ELEVEN (11) on a plat of Maryville, St. Andrews Parish, made by Gedney M. Howe, C.E., dated April 3, 1953 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, at Page 129; the said lot having such shape, size, location, dimensions, metes and bounds as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear, which plat is made part and parcel to this instrument by reference thereto.

Being the same property conveyed to David Backmon by Title To Real Estate, from Minnie R. Sherman, dated March 21, 1963, and filed on March 26, 1963 in the Office Of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Deed Book W 78, Page 70.

TMS Number: 418-11-00-159

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Lis Pendens, Summons, Complaint, Notice of Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem, and Notice to Refer to Master in Equity, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on December 21, 2025.

The purpose of this action to confer title to the rightful owner(s) of the real property described in the Complaint – Partition and should issue a Master’s Deed to the premised to the said Petitioner.

YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that an Order dated December 22, 2025, and on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, George E. Counts, Esquire, whose office address is 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29407, was appointed Guardian Ad Litem for such of the Defendants as may be minors, infants, person, in the military within the meaning of Title 50 United States Code commonly referred to as the Soldier’s and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, incompetents or persons under other type of disability, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall procure the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorney on behalf of the Plaintiff herein, will move for an order, thirty (30) days from the date of service, to refer the above entitled matter to the Master-In-Equity for Charleston County, to take testimony and issue a Final Decree. Any appeal from the judgment by the MasterIn-Equity shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

s/Charlie L Whirl

CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705 – Telephone cwhirl2112@gmail.com – E-mail ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Prime Storage - Summerville located at 2248 N. Main Street Summerville SC 29483 intends to hold an Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures. com on 2/18/2026 at 12:00 PM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

Jo Ann Broadwater; Oschiah Hall; Stephanie Williams; Kent Smith; Christopher Boland.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEAS CIVIL CASE NO.: 2025-CP10-6384

DONALD

Plaintiff, vs. JOHN DOE, and MARY ROE, being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law distributes, devisees, legatees, widow, widowers, successors and assigns, if any, of JOSEPH MYERS, SR.(deceased) and the following individuals: JOSEPH MYERS, JR. and all other persons unknown claiming by, through or under them or having or claiming any interest in the real estate described in Complaint, whether infants, incompetents, insane persons under any other disability, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO: THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint to the Plaintiff, Cleveland Meyers at the office of his attorney, Thad J. Doughty at 6650 Rivers Avenue, N. Charleston, South Carolina, 29406, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by Default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

s/ Thad J. Doughty

THAD J. DOUGHTY (SC Bar 6955) DOUGHTY LAW FIRM, LLC ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 6650 Rivers Avenue North Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 576-1400 – (Office) (843) 576-5401 - (Fax)

North Charleston, South Carolina This 8th day of November, 2025

Furniture, mattress,

Devan Hairston 5-bedroom home furnishings

Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 2/17/2026 10:45 AM

Jamaal Rivers Jump Castles

Jaylaan Prioleau Couches, Drums, Bags

Shanika Smith Household Items

Burton Little Furniture/Appliances

Cameron Sawyer Household Items

Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445 2/17/2026 11:00 AM

Hailey Corliss Furniture, beds, boxes

Tiffany Nelson Sofas, dresser, dining set, household items

Rashaad Barkley Bed, dresser, boxes, tv

KeAuja Moore Table, clothes

Bernita Butler 3 Bedroom, 2 bath house

Lisa Thomas Household goods

Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 2/17/2026 11:00 AM

Nicole Gourdine Clothes. Electronics. Memorabilia

Keon Pasha Washer/dryer, furniture, boxes

Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483 2/17/2026 11:15 AM

Patricia Grant Household Goods

Zachary Colna Boxes and Motorcycle Frame

Harvey Nelson Boxes of Household Goods

Facility 7: 2130 N. Main St Summerville, SC 29486 2/17/2026 10:00 AM

Adiel Saucedo Beds, furniture, household items

Phillip Wagner Household goods, furniture, tools

Lamar Watson Couch sets, multiple bed sets, shoes, clothes, dishwater etc.

Robert Legette Household Goods/Furniture

Summerville, SC 29483

2/17/2026 11:15 AM

Demetria Jennings Approx 10 bins, and storing small bathroom

Donovan Locklear Pool table weight set toolbox and clothes

Ryan Clark Household Goods

Cindy Rickborn Household Goods

Richard Ross Household Goods

Facility 12: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486

2/17/2026 11:45 AM

Erica Phlegar

Couches, tables, dressers, TV's and China cabinet

Facility 13: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 2/17/2026 10:15 AM

Edna Estari Household Items

Shari Elmore Furniture

Cassie Harbin Boxes, furniture

Tara Venning Furniture

Travis Mazyck Tools

Melissa Calhoun Boxes, totes

Queen Lee Household items

Facility 14: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 2/17/2026 12:30 PM

Mario Ledesma 3BR home

Crystal Lee-Stewart Clothing, dining table.

Ellita Robinson Containers

Nigerre Scott 3-4 bedroom home not fully furnished

Tiffany Williams 2 bedroom apartment

Vanessa Saalfeld Household Items, no big furniture.

Cornelius Fludd Household items

Demi Reyes Clothing, Cabinets, Tools

Ari Kidd I’m moving all my stuff in for now

Shameka Simmons One bedroom apartment

George Thibodeaux Fishing gear, small household appliances and bed linens, holiday decor, homeschool supplies

Leah Turner Queen bed/frame, couch, dining set,

Frank Vega Boxes, clothes,misc

Rose Waiters 2 bedroom

James Rattley Tools

Angelo Swinson Clothes, personal items

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466

2/19/2026 10:00 AM

Jeremy Williams Plastic bins, 2 TVs, file cabinet, household goods, office chairs

Donna Heath Household Goods

Donna Heath Household Goods

Jeremy Carns Furniture, clothing, household items

Curtis Pelham Homegoods, bedroom furniture, kitchen supplies, clothing, TV, printer

Sandra Garcia Clothing, grill, suitcases, chairs, carpet cleaners, vacuums

Timothy Floyd Furniture, tools

Facility 2: 1904 N Hwy 17

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

2/19/2026

10:15 AM

Simon Ortiz Household goods

Facility 3: 1471 Center St Ext. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

2/19/2026 10:30 AM

Sean Daniher Household Goods

Gerald Welch dresser and clothes

Paul Novobilsky

2/19/2026 10:40 AM

Emmanuel Saforo Household Goods/Furniture

Facility 5: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414

2/19/2026 10:00 AM

Isabel Calderon Desert cart, balloons decorations tables

Cache Wilson Clothes worth 5k jewelry worth 1k ps5, 60in tv dresser home goods

Alain Ayan Household goods

Nancy Mulford Clothes, dishes

Jack Livingston Furniture

Julia-Ellen Davis Furniture and household goods

Facility 6: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414

2/19/2026 11:15 AM

Nicole Church Personal and household items

Nicole Church Household goods

Tarsha Mendes Household goods, furniture

Joseph Miller Chairs, kayak, TV, miscellaneous

Facility 7: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 2/19/2026 11:30 AM

Merrrill Bumstead Household Goods, furniture

Wendy Dyer Clothes

Jae Wallace Household Goods, furniture, Boxes

Ebony Morris Household Goods, Bed, Mattress

Chris Coats Trailer

Facility 8: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 2/19/2026 11:45 AM

Katherine Cervantes Bathroom stuff, couch, washer/ dryer etc

Big Swing LLC Business goods and inventory

Princess Zellars 1bdr apt living room bedroom

Jane Hamilton Furniture, household goods

Ryan Ruggero Household items, Misc. Items

Tongela Bell Q bedroom set, boxes, curtains

Facility 10: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 2/19/2026 1:15 PM

Ryan Pennington Household Items

Theresa Brown 3 beds, mini fridge, 4 nightstands, sml sectional, tv stand, boxes

John Macaluso House hold items

Ashley Felder 2 coolers, rack, chair, clothes

Lori Mathis Household items

Facility 11: 2118 Heriot Street Charleston, SC 29403 2/19/2026 12:15 PM

Davonna Brown Living room set tables chairs

Michael Strickland Household furniture

Pakesta Long Ten boxes/ 8 Bags

Glenn Hammond Promotional merch

Balessia Ravenel Furniture

Facility 12: 1540 Meeting Street Road Charleston, SC 29405 2/19/2026 1:00 PM

Melody Brown 15 bins boxes

Keith Hair Household content, furniture, prints, patio planters

Keith Hair Household

Keith Hair Furniture, Books, prints

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-03460

DEFICIENCY REQUESTED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm, LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on June 16, 2025.

2/17/2026 11:00 AM

Tommy Crenshaw Household items

Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485 2/17/2026 10:30 AM

Megan Munday

Abbryanna McGowan Household furniture and belongings

Pamela Minotti Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

Facility 8: 165 Quality Dr Summerville, SC 29483

2/17/2026 12:00 PM

Facility10: 1205 Central Ave.

Facility 15: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 2/17/2026 12:00 PM

Rebecca Richardson Household furniture

Desha Simpson

Customer decorations, fragrance candles, heat press

Shamasia Jones Clothing, furniture, tv’s

Don’t worry about it Mirrors, drill press, miter saw, safe, artwork, furniture, boxes

Cara Treece

Household items, motorcycles (motorcycles not part of the auction)

Alex Nicholas Truck, motorcycle (motorcycle not part of the auction)

Facility 4: 1426 N Hwy 17

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Facility 9: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 2/19/2026 12:45 PM

Aneury Bonilla Basketball hoop

Jeremy Grove Household goods

Charles Smith 2 bed set, living room set, dining room set, boxes

Starr Toler Boxes, Fragile items, bed, bookcase Deasia Frazier boxes, table

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Gregory Wooten

December 17, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Alan Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)

Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

M. Celeste Bowers (S.C. Bar No. 100981)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP

P.O. Box 8237

Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com

ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm. com

alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm. com

sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm. com

k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com

celeste.bowers@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No: 26444 - 134626

specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on November 17, 2025.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PNC Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF,

vs. Francis M Christopher a/k/a Francis Morgan Christopher; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles; Discover Bank, DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-06413 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Foundation Legal Group, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-inEquity/Special Referee in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Glen Coonfield, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of October, 2025 day of I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of February, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ASHLEY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, SECTION THREE, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT SEVENTEEN (17), BLOCK “M,” ON A PLAT OF ASHLEY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, SECTION THREE BY J. O’HEAR SANDERS, JR., DATED JULY 15, 1957, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK L, PAGE 58 IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, REFERENCE TO WHICH PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION.

This being the same property conveyed to Glen Coonfield by Deed of Waltraud E. White dated January 28, 2020 and recorded February 26, 2020 in Deed Book 862 at Page 406, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Gregory Wooten

December 11, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)

Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

M. Celeste Bowers (S.C. Bar No. 100981)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Foundation Legal Group 240 Stoneridge Drive Suite 400 Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com ashley.stanley@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com sarah.leonard@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com k.gregory.wooten@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com celeste.bowers@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com Firm Case No: 7968 - 149361

DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of October, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of February, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate in Charleston County South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 10, Block 17, as shown on a plat entitled “Plat Showing a Portion of Pepperhill No. 4,” recorded in Plat Book X, Page 9, in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. Said lot having such size, shape, butting, boundings and dimensions as are shown on said plat, by reference to which plat will more fully appear.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Allen S. Johnson and Brenda P. Johnson, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from James E. Brown, Jr. and Sharon B. Brown dated September 29, 2022 and recorded October 14, 2022 in Book 1143 at Page 254 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

7695 Picardy Place North Charleston, SC 29420

TMS# 395-10-00-172

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

7601 Lady Street North Charleston, SC 29420 TMS# 4841000124

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire

Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

January 16, 2025, January 23, 2025, January 30, 2026

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2025-CP-10-03403

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs.

outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title. Case No: 20250724950571

sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

Angel Brown; Sakinah Denise Brown.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

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Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Extra Room Self Storage - Moncks Corner located at 1505 Cypress Gardens Road Moncks Corner SC 29461 intends to hold an Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an Online Auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 2/17/2026 at 10:00AM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

Derek Prescott; Kevin Borton; Earl Turner; Anya Huckeba.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of S.C., and being known and designated as Lot #3 in Block “D” as shown on a plat of Morningside Subdivision made by W. L. Gaillard in August, 1946 and duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book “F”, at Page 60; the said Lot #3 in Block “D” having such size, shape, metes, bounds, location and dimensions as shown on the aforesaid Plat to which Plat reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

VICTORIA GRIFFITH, Plaintiff

v.

QUINTELLA V. ROBINSON AND FREDERICK L. ROBINSON, Defendant

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED:

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

January 16, 2026; January 23, 2026; January 29, 2026

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

To all persons claiming an interest in: 2010-250HP-YAMAHAF250BT-6P2X1030784

ROLAND STROZIER will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/ outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCR at (803) 734-3699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title. Case No: 20250724950566

To all persons claiming an interest in: 2002-17’8”-SEAFOX-182BFLYGSA131D202

2003-90HP-MERCURY-90ELPT0T616561

ROLAND STROZIER will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2025-DR-10-1897

VICTORIA LYNN MADDY, Plaintiff, v. DEANIA SMITH MADDY, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO: DEANIA SMITH MADDY, DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to said Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff, at his offices located at 2 Cavalier Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, Judgment by Default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

G. EDWARD HAWKINS, III HAWKINS LAW FIRM, P.A. 2 Cavalier Avenue Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-7565

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

Charleston, South Carolina January 30, 2025

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Extra Room Self Storage - North Charleston located at 8911 University Blvd., North Charleston, SC, 29406 intends to hold an Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an Online Auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 2/17/2026 at 10:00AM. This

To all persons claiming an interest in: 1970-14’-jonboat-no hull ID #-no reg #-1954-5.5HP-Johnsoncd10-1091810 Philip Gawronski will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803)734-3699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.

Case No: 20251117950873

Master’s Sale

Case No.: 2024CP1003014

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as collateral trust trustee of FirstKey Master Funding 2021-A Collateral Trust, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Ferris G. Singley, Jr.; Brian G. Singley; OneMain Financial, Inc.; Portfolio Resolutions, Ltd.; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Brenda A. Singley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of August, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd day of February, 2026 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land

This being the same piece of property conveyed to Ferris Geiger Singley and Brenda A. Singley by deed of John Robert Pye dated May 21, 1970 and recorded May 22, 1970 in Book M94 at Page 304 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. Subsequently, Ferris G. Singley died on August 23, 2001, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Brenda A. Singley, Ferris G. Singley, Jr. and Brian G. Singley, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2002-ES-10-01966; also by Deed of Distribution dated January 28, 2004 and recorded February 3, 2004 in Deed Book B483 at Page 812 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County; subsequently, Brenda A. Singley died leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely. Ferris G. Singley, Jr. and Brian G. Singley

TMS # 470-02-000-50 Case#: 2024CP1003014

Current Property Address: 4744 Spruce St North Charleston, SC 29405

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444

011847-05283

2024CP1003014

FOR INSERTION

01/16/2026, 01/23/2026, 1/30/2026

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint,

Lake Horizontal Property Regime, a Horizontal Property Regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10 et seq., 1976, South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, and submitted by Master Deed dated February 24, 2003 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book T-437 at Page 047. Said Dwelling unit conveyed hereby being shown as Exhibit “F” attached to the Master Deed.

Conveyed together with: (1) An undivided percentage in the common elements, restricted common areas, and facilities of the property described in said Master Deed (“Common Elements”) attributable to the said unit; (2) An easement for the continuance of all encroachments by the Dwelling Unit on any adjoining unit or common elements existing as a result of construction of the Condominium Unit(s) or which may come into existence hereafter as a result of settling or shifting of the dwelling unit(s) or of the other condominium unit(s), after damage or destruction by fire or other casualty, or after taking in condemnation or eminent domain percentages, or by reason of alteration or repair to the common elements made by or with the owners of the Board of Administration; (3) An easement in common with the owners of other condominium units to use any pipes, wires, ducts, flues, cables, conduits, public utility lines and other common elements located in any other rights and easements in common with the other condominium unit owners, all as described in the Master Deed, Bylaws and any and all Amendments thereto as recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Subject to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Conditions, easements, Rights of Way and all other matters affecting subject property of record in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina, including, but not limited to those contained in said Master Deed and/or Bylaws, and any and all Amendments thereto.

Being a portion of the same property as conveyed to Cambridge Two, LLC by deed of Cambridge Lakes, L.P., A SC Limited Partnership, dated April 2, 2003 and duly recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Book Z-442 at Page 141. This being the same property conveyed to Johnson D. Koola by virtue of a Deed from Cambridge Two, LLC, a SC Limited Liability Company, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 24, 2004, in Book Y484 at Page 813, in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 5591400157

Property address:

1587 Cambridge Lakes Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the

Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R Scarborough Master in Equity

NOTICE OF SALE Case No. 2025-CP-10-04054

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

SouthState Bank, National Association, v. F. Steven Johnson, Jr. a/k/a Frederick Steven Johnson; Erin Platt Johnson; American Express National Bank; Trident Waste & Recycling, LLC; and Bank of America, N.A.

Upon authority of a Decree heretofore granted, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, on the 3rd day of February, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.

All the certain piece, parcel or lot of land containing 1.278 acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in Yonges Island, in the County of Charleston State of South Carolina and being known and designated as New Lot B-2, as shown on a plat prepared by George A. Z. Johnson, Jr., Inc., dated January 16, 2004 and revised February 23, 2004 entitled “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TRACT B, A 10.221 ACRE TRACT INTO TRACT B-1 AND B-2, AND RESIDUAL TRACT B OWNED BY DARLENE A. JOHNSON LOCATED ON YONGES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY , SOUTH CAROLINA” and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Book EG, Page 974. Said lot having such size, shape, buttings, boundings and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEAS

CIVIL CASE NO.: 2025CP1006255

Christi’s Cleaning Service, LLC, Plaintiff,

v. The Wonderer Charleston, LLC, Melanie Bowlds, and Charles May Burns, IV a/k/a Beau Burns, Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS

TO: THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your written response to the said Complaint on the subscribers at the law office of Closser Law, P.A., 7455 Cross County Road, Suite 1, Post Office Box 40578, Charleston, South Carolina, 29423-0578, within thirty (30) days after the date of service hereof, exclusive of the day of service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. CLOSSER LAW, P.A.

s/ Zachary J. Closser

Zachary J. Closser, SC Bar #74005

7455 Cross County Road, Suite 1 (29418) P.O. Box 40578, Charleston, SC 29423

Phone: 843-7602-0220

Fax: 843-552-2678

zach@closserlaw.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

Charleston, South Carolina

September 5, 2025

25-264

on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.125% per annum.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Lucas S. Fautua, Esquire Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP

Attorney for Plaintiff 171 Church Street, Suite 120C Charleston, SC 29401 190651-001121

The Honorable Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County

December 2025

NOTICE OF SALE

Case No. 2025-CP-10-01002

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR

Deficiency Judgment is not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master in Equity will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

Being the same premises conveyed to F. Steven Johnson, Jr. and Erin Pratt Johnson by deed dated December 22, 2004 of Darlene A. Johnson and recorded on December 28, 2004 in Book J-520, Page 383 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.

TMS #: 093-00-00-023 Property Address: 4022 Black Lab Lane, Hollywood, SC 29449

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES,

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the sale as provided by law. THE PLAINTIFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WAIVE DEFICIENCY UP TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE OF SALE.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master in Equity will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity’s deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest

SouthState Bank, National Association, v. Any Children and Heirs at Law, Distributees and Devisees of Emma Jane Biggins, and if any be deceased, then any persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; any unknown adults, minors or persons under legal disability, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe

Upon authority of a Decree heretofore granted, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, on the 3rd day of February, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 12, Block B, Section II, Landsdowne Subdivision as shown on a plat of Block B, owned by Spectra Development, Inc., prepared by Clarence S. Matthews, RLS dated June 9, 1987 and thereafter being recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston county in Plat Book BO at Page 76; said lot having such actual size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.

SUBJECT to easements and restrictions of record.

BEING the same property conveyed to Tom Biggins and Emma Jane Biggins, for and during their joint lives and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them-by deed of Trinity Construction, Inc., recorded January 28, 1991 in Book Y199, at Page 885 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

TMS Number: 425-15-00-082

Property Address: 1179 Landsdowne Dr., Charleston, SC 29412

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR RESTRICTIONS OF

(1976), AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TIMOTHY HILL AND ELIZABETH BROKAW BY DEED FROM DAVID R. TURNER DATED OCTOBER 2, 2012 AND RECORDED ON OCTOBER 15, 2012 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN BOOK 0284 AT PAGE 463. THEREAFTER, THE PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO TIMOTHY HILL BY DEED OF TIMOTHY HILL AND ELIZABETH BROKAW DATED DECEMBER 12, 2012 AND RECORDED JANUARY 9, 2013 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN BOOK 0303 AT PAGE 035.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 7074 West Constellation Drive, North Charleston, SC 29418 Parcel No. 404-16-00-027

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity’s deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.50% per annum.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

J. Ronald Jones, Jr., Esquire Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 171 Church Street, Suite 120C Charleston, SC 29401 190651-001084

The Honorable Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County November 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case No: 2025-CP-10-06525

AKILAH BERRY and BRYNDON FREEMAN, Plaintiff, v. TERRELL ALLEN HODGE and LESTLIS RICHARDSON, Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribed, Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder, Esquire, Post Office Box 70488, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29415, within THIRTY (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service. If you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Respectfully submitted, SPANN WILDER LAW, LLC

By; /s/ Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder

Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder-SC BAR # 15913 2131 Dorchester Rd (29405)

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2025-CP-10-01975

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Superior Loan Servicing v. Timothy Hill aka Timothy G. Hill; Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc.

Upon authority of a Decree dated October 20, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on February 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING MORE FULLY SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NUMBER 17-A OF RIVERBEND SUBDIVISION ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF “RIVERBEND SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, SURVEYED BY THE JOHN MCCRADY CO., ENGINEERS, MAY, 1956, “ RECORDED ON JUNE 20, 1956, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK K, PAGE 125. AFORESAID PLAT IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE PURSUANT TO §30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1976), AS AMENDED. ALSO: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF MARSH LAND, LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN GOOSE CREEK PARISH, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CONTAINING TWO (2) ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING FULLY SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY A. L. GLEN, REG. P.E. & L.S., SAID TRACT BEING INDICATED ON SAID PLAT BY THE LETTERS A, B, C, D, E & A AND BEING RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT “A” TO DEED BOOK D- 126 AT PAGE 277. AFORESAID PLAT IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE PURSUANT TO §30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA

in the subdivision known as MAGNOLIA RANCH as shown on a Plat by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated June 25, 1953, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County In Plat Book J, Page 72. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, metes and bounds as are shown on said plat. This being the same property conveyed to Jamie Lopez Osornio and Nena J. Osornio by deed of Marguerite Curtis dated October 1, 2020 and recorded October 19, 2020 in Deed Book 0926 at Page 746 in the RMC Office for Charleston County; thereafter, upon information and belief, Jamie Lopez Osornio passed on June 29, 2021 leaving the Property to Nena J. Osornio by right of survivorship deed.

TMS No. 355-09-00-020

Property Address: 1919 Fruitwood Avenue, Charleston, SC 29414

A personal or deficiency judgment being expressly demanded by the Plaintiff, the bidding shall remain open after the date of sale. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 / File # 25-41442

FOR INSERTION 1/16/26, 1/23/26 and 1/30/26

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 7345

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-04921

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF versus Nena J. Osornio; Service Finance Company LLC; The South Carolina Department of Revenue; Truist Bank; U.S. Bank National Association dba Elan Financial Services .; AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC on behalf of Citibank, N.A.; AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC on behalf of Synchrony Bank; and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. Platinum, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of March, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of February, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known and designated as Lot 20 on Magnolia Avenue,

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.7500%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE:

The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION January 16, 2026, January 23, 2026, January 30, 2026

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

7548

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEAS

C/A NO. 2025-CP-10-06495

Selene Finance LP, Plaintiff vs. Faith C. Smoot, Patrice K. Connors, Deborah Calcote, and William Bradford Smith, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Patrice K. Connors and Deborah Calcote:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to

answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 20, 2025, and thereafter amended on December 22, 2025.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Thomas Smoot, Jr. and Faith C. Smoot

PROVIDE A PET SERVICE?

to Selene Finance LP bearing date of October 22, 2019 and recorded November 1, 2019 in Mortgage Book 0836 at Page 327 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Two Hundred Six Thousand SeventyEight and 00/100 Dollars ($206,078.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on January 10, 2025 in Book 1289 at Page 034, the mortgage was assigned to Servis One, Inc. DBA BSI Financial Servies. Thereafter, by assignment recorded on January 10, 2025 in Book 1289 at Page 035, the mortgage was assigned to Selene Finance LP., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the building and improvements thereon,

situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 8, Block G, of Northwood Estates, on a plat prepared by James F. Bennett, Surveyor-S.C. Reg. 1536, dated January 8, 1999 and recorded June 14, 1999 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Plat Book DB at Page 984. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

TMS No. 485-02-00-001

Property Address: 8556 Vistavia Road, North Charleston, SC 29406

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 7572

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to trek to the summit of Mount Everest. They both said later that the climb down was as important and challenging as the ascent. The lesson: Achievement doesn’t end when you reach the peak. Aries, you may be nearing or have just passed a high point of effort or recognition. Soon you will need to manage the descent with aplomb. Don’t rush! Tread carefully as you complete your victory. It’s not as glamorous as the push upward, but it’s equally vital to the legacy of the climb.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Aurora borealis occurs when highly charged particles from the Sun strike molecules high in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing them to glow. The display that looks like gorgeous magic is actually our planet’s invisible magnetic shield and upper atmosphere lighting up under the pressure of an intense solar storm. Dear Taurus, I think your life has a metaphorical resemblance. The strength you’ve been quietly maintaining without much fanfare has become vividly apparent because it’s being activated. The protection you’ve been offering and the boundaries you’ve been holding are more visible than usual. This is good news! Your shields are working.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Nothing in excess” was the maxim inscribed on the ancient Temple of Apollo at Delphi. “Moderation is a chief moral virtue,” proclaimed the philosopher Aristotle. But I don’t recommend those approaches for you right now, Gemini. A sounder principle is “More is better” or “Almost too much is just the right amount.” You have a holy duty to cultivate lavishness and splendor. I hope you will stir up as many joyous liberations and fun exploits as possible.

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are rearranging the flow of fate to help you grow into the beautiful original you were born to be. Do you dare to be so confident that life loves you?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Psychologist James Pennebaker did studies showing that people who write about traumatic experiences for just 15 minutes a day show improved immune function, fewer doctor visits, and better emotional health. But here’s a key detail: The benefits don’t come from the trauma itself or from “processing feelings.” They come from constructing a narrative: making meaning, finding patterns, and creating coherence. The healing isn’t in the wound. It’s in the story you shape from the wound’s raw material. You Scorpios excel at this alchemical work. One of your superpowers is to take what’s dark, buried, or painful and transform it through the piercing attention of your intelligence and imagination. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to do this.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Jewish mysticism, tikkun olam means “repair of the world.” This is the idea that we’re all responsible for healing what’s broken. But the teaching also says you’re not required to complete the work; you’re only asked to not abandon it. This is your message right now, Sagittarius: You don’t have to save everyone. You don’t have to heal everything, and you don’t even have to finish the projects you’ve started. But you can’t abandon them entirely, either. Keep showing up. Do what you can today. That’s enough. The work will continue whether or not you complete it. Your part is to not walk away from your own brokenness and the world’s. Stay engaged.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When sea otters sleep, they sometimes hold each other’s paws to keep from drifting apart. This simple, instinctive act ensures they remain safe and connected. I suggest making their bond your power symbol for now, Cancer. You’ll be wise to formulate a strong intention about which people, values, and projects you want to be tethered to. And if sea otters holding hands sounds too sentimental or cutesy to be a power symbol, you need to rethink your understanding of power. For you right now, it’s potency personified.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To be healthy, we all need to continually be in the process of letting go. It’s always a favorable phase to shed aspects of our old selves to make room for what comes next. The challenge for you Leos is to keep showing up with your special brightness even as parts of you die away to feed new growth. So here are my questions: What old versions of your generosity or courage are ready to compost? What fiercer, wilder, more sustainable expression of your leonine nature wants to emerge? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to stop performing the hero you used to be and become the hero you are destined to become.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Haudenosaunee people practice “seventh-generation thinking”: making decisions based on their impact seven generations into the future. You would be wise to incorporate the spirit of their visionary approach, Virgo. Here’s the problem: You’re so skilled at fixing what needs urgent attention that you sometimes neglect what’s even more important in the long run. So I will ask you to contemplate what choices you could you make now that will be blessings to your future self. This might involve ripening an immature skill, shedding a boring obligation that drains you, or delivering honest words that don’t come easily. Rather than obsessing on the crisis of the moment, send a sweet boost to the life you want to be living three years from now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you open to the idea that new wisdom doesn’t always demand struggle and strain? In the days ahead, I invite you to move as if the world is deeply in love with you; as if every element, every coincidence, every kind pair of eyes is cheering you forward. Imagine that generous souls everywhere want to help you be and reveal your best self. Trust that unseen allies

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Talmud teaches that “every blade of grass has an angel bending over it, whispering, ‘Grow, grow.’” I sense that you are now receiving the extra intense influence of your own guardian angels, Capricorn. They aren’t demanding or threatening, just encouraging. Please tune into their helpful ministrations. Don’t get distracted by harsher voices, like your internalized critic, the pressure of impossible standards, or the ghost of adversaries who didn’t believe in you. Here’s your assignment: Create time and space to hear and fully register the supportive counsel. It’s saying: Grow. You’re allowed to grow. You don’t have to earn it. Just grow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In ecology, there’s a concept called “keystone species.” This refers to organisms that have a huge effect on their environment relative to their abundance. Remove them, and the whole ecosystem shifts. I bring this up, Aquarius, because I believe you are currently functioning as a keystone species in your social ecosystem. You may not even be fully aware of how much your presence influences others. And here’s the challenge: You shouldn’t let your impact weigh on your conscience. You don’t have to sacrifice yourself as you carry out your service. Instead, ask how you can contribute to the common good while also thriving yourself. Ensuring your well-being isn’t selfish; it’s essential to the gifts you provide and the duties you perform.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I foresee a dose of real magic becoming available to you: equivalent to an enchanted potion, a handful of charmed seeds, or a supernatural spell. But owning the magic and knowing how to use it are two different matters. There’s no promise you will instantly grasp its secrets. To give yourself the best shot, follow a few rules: 1. Keep it quiet. Only share news of your lucky charm with those who truly need to hear about it. 2. Before using it to make wholesale transformations, test it gently in a situation where the stakes are low. 3. Whatever you do, make sure your magic leaves no bruises behind.

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