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The property site under which between 4,600 and 12,000 formerly enslaved individuals may be buried
Burial site controversy continues for CofC dorm site
By Herb Frazier
A longtime House member of a key legislative committee has raised concern about the College of Charleston’s plans to build a dormitory on an 18th century burial ground near the campus.
“I was not aware this dorm was being built over a graveyard,” S.C. Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, recently told the Charleston City Paper. “I consider graveyards sacred, and I especially consider graveyards for formerly enslaved people to be sacred ground.”
Between 4,600 and 12,000 individuals may be interred in the “Strangers and Negroes Burial Ground,” a former city-owned burial ground bounded by Coming, Vanderhorst and Calhoun streets. Some maps also show St. Philip Street as the eastern boundary.
The deceased include poor Whites and Africans, who were newly arrived on slave ships, as well as travelers and orphaned children. The college has said it purchased
“ I consider graveyards sacred, and I especially consider graveyards for formerly enslaved people to be sacred ground.”
—S.C. Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg
the property knowing it was a former burial ground.
The project has faced increasingly stiff opposition from some people in Charleston.
The burial ground includes 106 Coming St., the former headquarters of the YWCA of Greater Charleston.
When the YWCA purchased 106 Coming St. in the early part of the 20th century,
S.C. House approves bathroom bill
Last week after a sometimes contentious two-day debate, members of the S.C. House voted 96-19 to require people in state schools and colleges to use bathrooms and changing facilities that match their birth sex.
The legislation, sponsored by House Speaker Pro Tempore Tommy Pope, R-York, and dubbed the S.C. Student Physical Privacy Act, was pitched by supporters as a commonsense measure aimed at protecting women and girls.
But opponents, including a majority of the chamber’s Democrats, denounced the bill as an unnecessary and cruel requirement that would inevitably harm transgender students, faculty and administrators.
Before passing the bill, members voted to include an amendment by Charleston Republican Rep. Thomas Hartnett mandating that all schools and colleges provide single-user bathroom and changing room options — a move some Democrats said eased their concerns.
The legislation now moves to the S.C. Senate, where a similar bill is already under consideration. —Jack O’Toole
the old cemetery was not mentioned in a description of the property or the organization’s records. As the city has grown, more forgotten burial grounds have been found, and attitudes about building on the bones of the dead have changed.
Cobb-Hunter is a member of the state Joint Bond Review Committee, one of the agencies that has oversight of the project. She admitted she did not have a solution or compromise to settle the objections of the project, which the college said is necessary to meet its growing demand for affordable on-campus housing.
The college is in a “lose-lose situation because whatever decision is made, there are going to be people who are not going to be happy about it,” Cobb-Hunter said.
College of Charleston graduate and state Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D-Charleston, said he has talked to the college and “encouraged them to handle that process with care,
“Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.”
—An unnamed former staffer for U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace on her political career over the last year, according to a Feb. 2 article in New York magazine.
41%
The percentage of South Carolina residents who say buffalo wings are their top Super Bowl snack of choice, according to a recent survey. Pizza (15%), chips and dip (14%), nachos (5%) and charcuterie (3%) brought up the remainder of the top five. Buffalo wings were the top choice of 37 states. Source: RotoGrinders
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By Skyler Baldwin
Passing the sniff test: New sewer agreement to stop overflow “
A new agreement between two Charleston water groups seeks to address a smelly problem: overflowing sewage in problem areas of West Ashley.
“This is a big win for clean water, and I think it really accelerates the work that’s necessary to get to the root cause of these overflow problems,” Charleston Waterkeeper Andrew Wunderley told the Charleston City Paper
Negotiations between the two groups began in 2024 after Charleston Waterkeeper sent CWS a notice of intent to sue under the federal Clean Water Act due to the abundance of sewer overflows in the former St. Andrews Public Service District (PSD). The sewer system stretches from near the Ashley River bridges following U.S. Highway 17 to Citadel Mall and back toward Charles Towne Landing.
Though improvements have been made, a few problem areas remain, especially on Donahue Avenue and along neighboring streets in the lower Northbridge community. In the agreement, CWS committed to:
• Continue and expedite planned inspections, repairs and replacements to the sewer system to reduce sewage overflow events;
• Carry out more rigorous pipe inspections;
• Send quarterly reports to Charleston Waterkeeper and make them publicly available on the progress of pipe inspection and repair program;
• Deploy a customer notification system that alerts customers when there is a sewage overflow. CWS and Charleston Waterkeeper also agreed to encourage customers throughout the system, but especially in West Ashley, to sign up for customer alert notifications to receive timely notifications of overflow events.
“This doesn’t just address the issue of sewage overflows — this agreement will create new solutions that will help the community for years to come,” Southern Environmental Law Center senior attorney Emily Wyche said in a Feb. 2 press release. “We’re pleased with this result that followed many productive conversations with Charleston Water System.”
Decades of work
Charleston Water System was forced in 1995 to take over the sewer system by an S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (now the S.C. Department of Environmental Services, or SCDES) consent decree due to it being improperly designed,
This doesn’t just address the issue of sewage overflows — this agreement will create new solutions that will help the community for years to come.”
—Southern
Environmental Law Center senior attorney Emily Wyche
installed and mismanaged, according to the press release.
“This agreement recognizes the many challenges that we have faced in taking over the former St. Andrews PSD and publicly reflects the significant investments and progress that we have made and will continue to make in our system and infrastructure,” CWS said in a statement.
“Those efforts are reflected by the outcome of a recent joint SCDES and EPA wastewater compliance inspection performed after this lawsuit was filed, which resulted in no Clean Water Act or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit violations and earned Charleston Water System the highest possible ratings.
“We’re thrilled that all parties involved and the public are now fully aware of our wastewater master plan that includes a $250M investment in new tunnels, key pump stations and other renewal/replacement projects, all of which assures we can handle population growth, sea level rise and extreme weather events.”
CWS has already invested hundreds of millions of dollars to make significant improvements to sewer infrastructure in West Ashley and to the former St. Andrews PSD sewer system. Projects include closing two failed wastewater treatment plants, eliminating illegal sewer bypasses that directly led to waterways and implementing a nationally recognized inflow/infiltration reduction program.
“We’ve spent untold millions to improve that old St. Andrews sewer system and integrate it with our own and will spend nearly $200 million in the next decade to finally resolve our lingering sewer overflow issues that appear after significant rain events,” CWS CEO Wesley Ropp said in the press release.
“We look forward to honoring our commitments as part of the agreement and continuing to work with Charleston Waterkeeper on achieving our mutual goals.”
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Kronsberg to be new leader of Parks Conservancy
By Skyler Baldwin
Charleston native and veteran parks leader Jason Kronsberg has been named the new executive director of the Charleston Parks Conservancy. Its board announced his appointment Thursday.
Kronsberg, who has served the city of Charleston as parks director and section chief of facilities and capital projects, is the most recent of several key leaders to leave the city under freshman Mayor William Cogswell.
At the conservancy, Kronsberg will succeed Jessica Gibadlo who filled the role in an interim capacity after Darlene Heater stepped down in October 2025. Kronsberg’s starting date is to be determined.
Kronsberg brings decades of experience in park stewardship, deep ties to the community and a vision for enhancing the Holy City’s park spaces through strong partnerships, according to a Jan. 30 announcement.
It’s a privilege to work alongside such a talented conservancy team and dedicated supporters, many of whom I’ve partnered with for years, in this new capacity.”
At the city, Kronsberg oversaw the design, maintenance and operation of more than 125 parks and public spaces. In that role, he partnered closely with the conservancy on several communitydriven initiatives and projects. As a former member of the organization’s board of directors, he also brings firsthand insight into the organization’s mission, partnerships and impact.
“ I look forward to continuing the strong tradition of stewardship and innovation that makes our parks such vital places for residents and visitors alike.”
—Jason Kronsberg
“As someone who has spent much of my career caring for parks, facilities and public spaces in this community, I am honored to lead the Charleston Parks Conservancy,” Kronsberg said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing the strong tradition of stewardship and innovation that makes our parks such vital places for residents and visitors alike.
“[Kronsberg’s] leadership represents a thoughtful and natural next chapter for the conservancy,” George J. Bullwinkel III, board chair of the conservancy, said in a press release. “His deep knowledge of Charleston’s parks, strong partnerships across the public and nonprofit sectors and history of collaboration will serve the organization well as we continue to pursue our mission.”
The conservancy is a nonprofit organization that stewards and supports 26 of Charleston’s parks, playing a vital role in shaping the city’s public spaces.
“Jason Kronsberg has been an outstanding director of the Department of Parks, a longstanding member of the Charleston Parks Conservancy board of directors and has unique qualifications
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and they are committed to doing that.” It is very difficult for the college to acquire property that meets the housing needs of the students on the peninsula, he said.
“As long as they do things the right way, it is my plan to support them moving forward,” he said. “There was concern early on that they were not being responsive (to the community), but I don’t hear that anymore.”
The committee’s chairman, powerful Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Cheokee, did not respond to repeated calls from the City Paper. Peeler also chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
Increasing engagement
In response to the project’s criticism, the college formed a Community Engagement Council (CEC) that has held two meetings with the college’s leadership. The most
recent meeting was to be Feb. 5.
Committee member Jerry Harris of James Island is expected to raise concern over the college’s recent delivery of documents to the S.C. Department of Environmental Services (DES) without allowing the council to comment on them. Last month, the college sent the DES a report that explains how human remains will be handled and how the college will commemorate the YWCA’s history.
“It is interesting and concerning that these documents were filed on the same day that we met (last month), and we didn’t have an opportunity to review and comment on them before they were submitted,” he said.
In an email to the City Paper, the college said that at the Jan. 8 meeting with the council “a project manager outlined the complex application, permitting and approval process for the 106 Coming Street project. The council members had an opportunity to ask questions, and there is ongoing com-
to guide the conservancy into a new era of success,” said Darla Moore, founder and chair emerita of the Charleston Parks Conservancy. “His extensive knowledge, expertise and abilities are precisely what we require during this pivotal phase of our growth.”
Krosberg joins the organization during a period of sustained growth, according to the announcement, marked by successful park renovations and community events, such as last year’s inaugural Bloom Charleston event and the revitalization of Colonial Lake.
mitment from the college to keep the CEC informed about project developments.”
In a separate legislative subcommittee meeting on Jan. 21, Cobb-Hunter asked the college’s president, Andrew T. Hsu, if the college could build the dorm on donated property at Market and East Bay streets.
Philanthropist Ben Navarro and his family reportedly intend to donate the vacant Carroll Building to the college to house its rapidly expanding business school.
Hsu told the legislators that under the donation agreement the building can only be used for the business school.
In an email to the City Paper, a college spokesperson wrote: “The (college) continues to work through the state approval process to purchase” the Carroll Building. “The full purchase price will be supported by a restricted, philanthropic gift that requires the college (to) use the land exclusively to construct a new school of business building.”
Security footage from a Mount Pleasant pharmacy on Jan. 25 captured a woman grabbing bleach, paper towels, a mop cleaning set and a blender. She then left the store without paying. Now, all of the cleaning gear makes sense — but what are you going to do with that blender? And why was all that nearly $300?
Try, try again
North Charleston police on Jan. 26 chased after an alleged thief carrying a book bag of stolen goods from a Northwoods Boulevard store. The man ditched the bag during the chase, but doubled back later to grab it again — resulting in his capture and arrest. Lesson: Sometimes, you just have to let go.
So many chances
Charleston police on Jan. 23 attempted to stop a downtown man after he was kicked out of a Meeting Street business, but he refused. Police ultimately decided to leave him alone. A few minutes later, however, he was kicked out of another business (after being given a free cup of coffee, too), and police arrested him for disorderly conduct. Come on, man.
By Skyler Baldwin
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The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26.
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Jason Kronsberg oversaw more than 125 parks in his previous role
CHARLESTON
Mace should exit race for S.C. governor
It’s time. It’s just time. Nancy Mace needs to get out of the S.C. gubernatorial race and fix herself before she tries to fix all of us.
The last year has been devastating politically for the 48-year-old congresswoman who represents about 800,000 people in a long, skinny district from Charleston County to Beaufort County.
Always attracted to news cameras and controversial statements, Mace took to the U.S. House floor a year ago to accuse her former fiance and three others of physically assaulting her and other women in what became one of the most talked about special order speeches in congressional history. She vowed to go “scorched earth” on the men — and the lawsuits and impact that resulted continue to ring alarm bells in South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
In the months that followed, Mace announced a gubernatorial campaign, stumped around the state and seemed obsessed with getting media coverage. But in October, a foul-mouthed outburst of nasty comments to security officials at Charleston International Airport led to a backlash. It seemed to start a downward spiral affecting her gubernatorial aspirations and important relationships in Washington.
Weeks later without a chief of staff or campaign manager, she continues to fire off press releases so
frequently that they’re almost irrelevant, revealing how desperate she is to manipulate her media image to show she is “doing something.” One day, she’ll give a weather report. Another, she’ll excoriate the Taliban or unveil another bill about protecting children from sex offenders. And most recently, she raised Cain about some books she claimed were at a library branch.
It’s all in a frenetic effort to be relevant politically. Unfortunately, Mace isn’t OK, as reported in a New York magazine piece this week that ripped through the political world like a firestorm. One former staffer put it this way in the article: “Something’s broken. The motherboard’s fried. We’re short-circuiting somewhere.” Another said last year’s floor speech appeared to be a breaking point “because you’ve now gone from standing up for people — whether rightfully, wrongfully, performatively or not — you were on this mission, and now this is about you. The whole frame shifted, and she centered herself in it all. That’s when it became apparent to me that this is broken.”
Nancy Mace should drop out of the 2026 governor’s race now so she can recover emotionally, mentally and physically from the trauma that she finds herself in.
No one should wish her ill. We hope for her best. But we also hope that for her own good — and of the state — that she gets out of public life and is not on a ballot in June or November.
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.
Invest more to get out of plantation economy
By Andy Brack
New Census numbers show South Carolina is the nation’s fastest-growing state, adding almost 80,000 new residents between July 2024 and July 2025.
Growth was fueled, the Census added, “by a sizable net domestic migration increase of 66,622 … the increase of 1.5% was the highest of any state.”
But while some may be elated with fresh tax dollars they expect from just about enough people to populate another city the size of Greenville (70,720 people in 2020), think a little more deeply: If as a state we had to pay for a whole new city about the size of Rock Hill (74,372 people), how much would it cost to build everything that those new people in that new city would need — in one year? Billions. And next year, billions more for another city that size, if growth trends continue.
For a state that has miserably underinvested for generations in physical and human capital, adding more people is further thinning services to everyone — unless the state morphs away from a lingering plantation economy and starts spending real money to pay for better roads, schools, health care. Not only would improving infrastructure benefit newcomers and make the state more attractive, it would help lift longtime citizens out of endemic poverty, hunger and disease by reseeding the state’s economy with the fuel of capital and human investment.
Now is the time for the state to focus on helping small businesses, which fuel way more jobs than the whales.
That means investing more for roads and bridges, such as the $1.1 billion that outgoing Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has called for. That means more for education, such as paying new teachers more, which the governor also called for in last week’s State of the State address.
But beyond using surplus state tax dollars for these lofty goals, the state needs to stop cutting income taxes for rich folks and generate more money to pay to prop up rural hospitals to improve health care. It needs even more money for roads and public infrastructure. It should steer new funding into public colleges, technical colleges, job training and more. In short, it needs to invest in South Carolina’s people.
McMaster, a fan of income tax cuts, alluded to investment needed for growth challenges in future years: “If left unaddressed, we will face future problems with water and sewer access, traffic congestion, road and bridge repair, demand for electric power generation, public safety, school overcrowding and health care availability and everything else,” he said., “Therefore, I submit to you that the time has come — and reality requires — that we seriously assess whether our state’s infrastructure and government services will be able to catch up if this unrestrained out-ofstate population growth continues at this rate.”
For the past 50 years, South Carolina economic development has focused on luring big manufacturing companies and their jobs here. The state has done remarkably well by nabbing companies like BMW in Spartanburg to Boeing in Charleston. But the job whales are fewer and further between — and their demands can cause problems, such as the $150 million in overruns for environmental mitigation the state is being asked to pay for in the Midlands because of its promises to Scout Motors.
Now is the time for the state to focus on helping small businesses, which fuel way more jobs than the whales. We’ve long called for the state to have a cabinet-level office to help small businesses, matched by a budget that can actually do something. (For example, if the state gave $500,000 grants to 300 targeted small businesses, it’s a pretty good bet that they would create more jobs than the 5,200 jobs coming from the $ 7 billion investment at two Scout Motors locations.)
In his speech, McMaster said the state’s best days are ahead. We agree. But to get there, state lawmakers need to focus on the future part of McMaster’s message and do something active — people investment — instead of just waiting passively for more people to show up with their retirement savings and senior tax rates.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
What To Do
SATURDAY
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26th annual Downs Byrd memorial oyster roast
Join the crew at Summerville Country Club for this year’s installment of the Downs Byrd memorial oyster roast, held in honor of the late Dorothy Kronemer. Tickets are available now and include unlimited oysters, delicious food and desserts, beer and wine, access to an exclusive auction, entry into a raffle and more. Every dollar raised will support Dorchester Paws.
Feb. 7. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. $125/general admission. Summerville Country Club. 400 Country Club Blvd. Summerville. visitsummerville.com
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SATURDAY
Getting ‘weal’
Head to the beautiful Cypress Gardens in Moncks Corner for a free immersive community health experience by Wealness in the Gardens for all ages and experience levels. This event brings together interactive and preventive health education, hands-on learning, live demonstrations, wellness resources, movement, oral health, nutrition and more.
Head to the Pour House on James Island for a 100% local market brimming with more than 40 local farmers and artisans, a deck bar, live music, good eats and all kinds of amazing area-made goods. Cap off your weekend by kicking back, enjoying the local tunes and stocking up on unique goodies. This farmers market is open year-round. Sundays. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free to attend. The Pour House. 1977 Maybank Highway. James Island. sundaybrunchfarmersmarket.com
MONDAY
Women Who Would Be Free author talk
Author Mike Young will lead a discussion on his new book, Women Who Would Be Free, and the extraordinary women featured in it. He will highlight the 168 heroines of the American Revolution — women who fought, defended their homes, supported troops and shaped the nation’s founding, including Indigenous and enslaved Black women.
Feb. 9. 11 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library. 1133 Mathis Ferry Road. Mount Pleasant. ccplsc.libcal.com
THURSDAYS
Sweetgrass basket workshop
Create your own one-of-a-kind sweetgrass basket in a special class led by local artisan Sarah Edwards-Hammond as she guides you step-by-step and shares the rich history of the art form. Each piece is unique, and each artist develops his or her own style. Take home your one-of-a-kind basket after spending the morning at the vibrant Charleston Museum. All materials are provided.
Feb. 7. 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $10/person. The Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
earing red is trending more than usual — and not just because Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Today (Feb. 6) is National Wear Red Day, a day about bringing awareness to the leading cause of death in women: heart disease.
Celebrated each year just before Valentine’s Day, Wear Red Day serves as a reminder to prioritize heart health. The initiative is a part of the American Heart Association’s annual Go Red for Women campaign, a national campaign focused on educating women about cardiovascular disease and reducing gaps in recognition and treatment.
“We hear it all the time — women take care of everyone else first, and their own health often ends up last on the list,” said volunteer Kenzie Baldwin of Mount Pleasant.
Women’s health takes center stage
By Alyssa McDowell
Baldwin, operations manager at Adams Property Group, was a 2026 Women of Impact nominee, an association award that celebrates women dedicated to creating
change through raising awareness and funding for women’s health.
According to the nonprofit, nearly half of all American women older than 20 live with some form of cardiovascular disease. Women are also less likely than men to receive bystander CPR or survive an out-ofhospital sudden cardiac arrest — disparities that health experts at the association say are driven by gaps in awareness, research and treatment.
“This organization has taught me the importance of knowing the signs, understanding the resources available and prioritizing prevention,” Baldwin said. “I want to do my part to share that knowledge and help educate my family, friends, colleagues
Woman of Impact nominees (clockwise from left): Kenzie Baldwin, Allison Stoney, Niki Smith, Jen Alger, Tori Rhea and Betty Jo Sneed
Woman and Teen of Impact nominees come together to promote Wear Red Day and show support for those fighting heart disease
and anyone I can about this important mission and cause.”
Personal roots
Baldwin said her journey with heart disease awareness and prevention started with family. Her mother, now 69, suffered a heart attack in March 2024. Thankfully, she survived and is doing well now, but Baldwin said she will never forget the day the crisis happened.
“I remember her telling me something didn’t feel right and that she was short of breath, which was very unusual for her,” Baldwin said, reflecting on her and her mother’s morning ritual of watching the Today Show over the phone before work. “She said she was going to keep monitoring it, and we ended our call.”
A few hours later, she got a call that no one wants: Her mother had gone into cardiac arrest and was being rushed into surgery.
“The doctors told her that if she had waited even one more hour, the outcome could have been fatal,” Baldwin said.
‘Serious’ isn’t just an expression
Understanding heart attack symptoms can mean the difference between life or death, and they’re not always clear. While chest pain and radiating arm pain are widely recognized warning signs, women often experience symptoms that are less obvious.
According to the association, women may experience shortness of breath, anxiety, fatigue or an upset stomach. Because these symptoms don’t always match the classic portrayal of a heart attack, some women explain them away or avoid seeking medical attention on time.
That delay can have serious consequences. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show heart disease has been the leading cause
of death in South Carolina for over two decades, making the conversation surrounding heart health especially critical.
“A lot of people don’t think health is empowerment, but it really is,” said Hillary Blevins, chairperson of the Charleston Go Red for Women Luncheon. She added that women should more regularly get checked and take care of themselves. “It’s rare that we, as women, put ourselves first.”
An opportunity for impact
On Feb. 6, the focus is on women. The association is hosting a Wear Red for Women proclamation ceremony at 10 a.m. in the courtyard of Charleston City Hall. The event will feature CPR training, information on warning signs and opportunities to learn more about heart health.
Women across the Lowcountry are encouraged to join by wearing their favorite shade of red. Adding a pop of red has always been on trend, but the style of this event is to bathe in it. The more red shown, the more support felt.
Registration is not required, though RSVP’s are appreciated and can be done online at https://form. jotform.com/252584871923164.
Blevins says one of the most meaningful parts of the organization is the community of women it fosters.
“We have Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X,” she said. “That’s the coolest part — just seeing all the generations work together and all our perspectives come together for one cause. We are lifting each other up and encouraging one another. It’s awesome.”
The Go Red for Women movement launched nationally in 2004 and remains the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative. Its mission to empower women to take charge of their health has brought women together on national and local scales.
While the Go Red for Women campaign is year-round, it culminates each year with a luncheon hosted this year on May 21, 2026, at the Charleston Marriott.
No Valentine’s Day plans yet?
Check out these hot ideas!
Still looking for something to treat yourself and your special someone to this Valentine’s Day? You might be out of luck for those high-end restaurant reservations, but there’s still plenty of options. Here’s a list of the hottest deals happening on the big romantic holiday. (And for even more, check out our online calendar at charlestoncitypaper.com!)
Send a singing telegram with OHM Radio. OHM Radio’s volunteer performers will fan across Charleston delivering live, in-person singing telegrams. Song choices include options from hit singles like “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish to classics like “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King. Feb. 13. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can deliver one to your sweetie. Options include:
• Classic In-Person Singing Telegram. Choose a song from a curated list ($65) or choose any song ($80) to be performed in person by local musicians. Includes a bouquet of fresh flowers from Roadside Blooms + a custom Valentine card.
• On-Air Shoutout. $25. Choose a song and OHM Radio will play it live on Valentine’s Day with a personalized message.
• Digital Video Telegram. $40. A recorded performance delivered straight to your sweetheart’s inbox.
Enjoy a romantic dinner at a new restaurant. Many of Charleston’s hottest spots are celebrating romance with Valentine’s Day deals. Here are some we noticed:
• Abbracci — The restaurant will have a special three-course, prix-fixe menu on the big day at $80 per guest. This includes an antipasti, secondi and dolci, with menu items featuring calamari, arancini, frutti di mare, cavatelli and chocolate mousse. 1146 Muhlenbergia Drive, Suite 104. Mount Pleasant.
• Wild Common — Celebrate all weekend long with a 90-minute dining experience, including a five-course tasting menu for $250 per person. 103 Spring St. Downtown.
• Costa — Enjoy a hands-on pasta making experience Feb. 14. Guests will make their own tortellini from scratch for $125 a person. 320 Broad St. Downtown.
• Philosophers and Fools — Celebrate Galentine’s Day on Feb. 13 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. with $10 off a select bottle list of sustainable wines from female winemakers and $2 off select craft beers from female owned breweries. On Feb. 14 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., $25 gets you a brownie from Sugar Bakeshop and two glasses of wine from Philosophers and Fools’s love themed wine menu. 50 Bogard St. Downtown.
• Rudy Royale — In lieu of the regular menu, Rudy Royale will be offering a Valentine’s Day four-course prix fixe menu for $60 per person (not including tax, gratuity or drinks). This will also be served a la carte
at the bar and community table. 209 E Bay St. Downtown.
• Sushi Bar — Experience a 17-course omakase experience inspired by Musubi, the Japanese concept of sacred connection and commitment. The evening begins with a welcome ritual featuring a complimentary glass of Champagne, before a curated progression of seasonal nigiri and composed courses, accented by fresh, indulgent ingredients like truffles, wagyu and caviar for $265 per guest. 158 Church St. Downtown.
• The Grocery — The restaurant is offering a $45 three-course prix fixe menu on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13. Options include winter squash bolognese, mafaldine pasta with crab and Calabrian chili butter, potatocrusted market fish and desserts such as a peanut butter chocolate bar, baklava sundae, or coconut sorbet. Reservations are encouraged, though walk-ins are welcome. 4 Cannon St. Downtown.
• The Restaurant at Zero George — On Feb. 13 and Feb. 14, enjoy a multi-course tasting menu by Chef Vinson Petrillo. Begin with snacks and a glass of bubbles before venturing into the tasting menu featuring Regiis Ova caviar, truffles, and wagyu. Cost is $395 per person, and wine pairings and zero-proof pairings are available for an additional cost. 0 George St. Downtown.
• Merci — On Feb. 13 and Feb. 14, Chef Michael Zentner offers a five-course prix fixe menu featuring dishes such as tilefish au beurre, spring pea agnolotti and filet mignon. Tickets are $225 per guest, including gratuity, with optional wine pairings and a la carte wine selections. Two seatings are available each evening at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. 0 George St. Downtown.
Ditch the romance and embrace bitterness with anti-Valentine’s day specials.
• Commonhouse Aleworks — At the 2nd annual “Love Stinks — An Anti-Valentine’s Day Party,” you can have your tarot read, play games, win prizes and more, all while listening to an anti-Valentine’s DJ spin anything but love songs. 4831 O’Hear Ave. North Charleston.
• La Cave — Grab your girls and celebrate “Galentines” on Feb. 12. The event will feature tableside caviar bumps, Champagne flights and a special Valentine’s-inspired cocktail finished with a heart stencil. 550 King St., Suite 150. Downtown.
Food editor Becky Lacey contributed to this list.
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Some chefs leave in-person legacy
By Helen Mitternight
The grueling lifestyle of a chef is legendary: long hours, working holidays, stress. Why would anyone in their right mind choose this way of life, especially if the person had seen their parents consumed by the chef lifestyle?
Turns out, being in the kitchen means being in a comfort zone for several secondgeneration chefs in Charleston.
“Early on, I was encouraging the opposite,” said Ryan Jones, co-owner of Free Reign Restaurants which includes Southbound, Honeysuckle Rose, Allora and Community Table. He has two sons working in his kitchens.
“It’s a wild business. There are lots of hours and long days and months and holidays and weekends. But they grew up in the kitchens, hanging out with the chefs and staff. I would have said, ‘don’t do it,’ but I guess it was inevitable that they would do it.”
His son, Trae, is a sous chef at Honeysuckle Rose.
“I was always into food,” he said. “My favorite food was foie gras when I was five.”
His older brother, Kobe, sous chef at Allora, said his parents’ love of food infused his whole childhood.
“It was second nature to me from growing
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up and having birthday parties at the restaurant,” Kobe said. “When I was young, I was a picky eater, but when I was in high school, I started working in the restaurant and seeing how it was from an employee perspective, and now, it’s pretty cool to learn the hospitality end of it as I got older.”
A family affair
Dylan Jackson, who is in his mid-20s, works with his father, Tres Jackson, who owns Sorghum and Salt. Dylan said he wasn’t planning to be in the kitchen at first.
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. 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 on Feb. 7 featuring a guided tour of Châteauneuf- du-Pape alongside a curated menu. Cost: $175 per person for lunch and wine pairing. Reservations: call (843) 727-0090.
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Dylan Jackson and his father Tres Jackson in the kitchen at Sorghum and Salt
Ryan Jones, co-owner of Free Reign Restaurants, with sons Trae (left) and Kobe (right)
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“Right out of high school, I wanted to be a doctor, and I was going to the University of Alabama on the pre-med track,” he said “It was awful. Then I got a welding degree, then I was thinking about going to Julliard for music.
“But then Covid came along and I was never a big fan of school anyway. This gives me something creative and fun to do, something I care about and I get to spend time with my dad, too.”
The kitchen is not all bad, Tres said.
“There are good parts to this business if you are around good humans and not in a toxic environment,” he said. “I just want the kid to continue to grow and to be a good human and to achieve success in life. It doesn’t matter to me where that is. It’s superawesome to go to work with your family.”
Matthew Collins, breakfast chef at Circa 1886, agrees that not all kitchens are toxic.
“It depends on the kitchen,” said Collins, son of Circa 1886 Executive Chef Marc Collins. “I wouldn’t consider my position grueling, although it’s not easy. Our kitchen is not supercasual, but it’s not soul-draining. It’s a good ecosystem.”
Treated differently?
Often, when a parent is coach of a child’s sports team, the child is either the favorite or he’s more intensely criticized than teammates. Is it that way in the kitchen?
“There’s no question it’s a delicate situation because, even though he’s my son, he knows there’s no place for me to be biased. There has to be the same set of standards for everyone in the kitchen,” Marc said.
Marc said he has had his whole family at the restaurant. His wife is a morning server at the restaurant. Another son was a food runner and bellman at the adjacent Wentworth Mansion until he left recently to
Meanwhile, the Jones family has gone all in on the business as well. In addition to Trae and Kobe working there and daughter Ayla working as a server, mom Kelleanne co-owns Free Reign Restaurants with her husband Ryan.
And while there are benefits to working as a family, the next generation’s eyes are wide open about the cost of a restaurant lifestyle.
While Trae said he hopes to do something on his own in the hospitality business sometime in the future, Kobe said he wants to travel and see the food culture in other countries.
Dylan Jackson at Sorghum and Salt said he is open to a chef’s life.
“At first, I was just going to be here for a couple of months and wash some dishes, but I fell in love with the place and I like working with my dad,” Dylan said. “It’s been almost three years. It could be a pretty good future for me.”
But Matthew Collins at Circa 1886 says he’s not so sure.
“After seeing my dad dedicating his whole life to the restaurant, it’s a little too stressful for me. I don’t think I would want to run a restaurant. It’s a lot to juggle,” he noted.
Still, all of the offspring said they love working with their parents. And for the parents, it’s a way to stay connected in a career that often takes them away from family life.
“A lot of people say you shouldn’t work with your family,” Marc Collins said. “I think it’s a blessing to have my family around. As a chef, I had to work a lot of hours to get Circa off the ground. The commitment was really intensive. I’d have to get up in the morning to get them off to school and then I wouldn’t see them again until the following morning.
“It’s come full circle to see them grow into young men who get to see what their dad does at work. It’s rewarding for both of us and it’s an opportunity to bond and be with them.”
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Matthew Collins and father Marc Collins, executive chef at Circa 1886
Culture
Passion, pragmatism square off in Austen’s sister act
By Maura Hogan
Resplendent silk and burnished wood. Frothy quips and impossible curls. Plus, there’s all of that push-me, pull-you of sense and sensibility that dogs the dowry-meager Dashwood sisters as they find out what love has to do with it all.
There’s nothing quite like tucking into Jane Austen’s delightfully immersive world on a cold winter eve, rich as it is in creature comforts and human foibles. Anyone who indulges in the English novelist’s singleminded, self-possessed female characters — and the men who distract or disarm them — quickly gets why her works please crowds two centuries on.
In a single interlude, we can marvel at how much and how little has changed in the world, particularly when it comes to matters of the heart, the pursestrings and societal pecking order.
So it goes with playwright Kate Hamill’s deft and at times unexpected stage adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, which is as blithely endowed in its smarts and style as the genuine article on which it is based. Hamill’s work, which premiered in 2014 at New York City’s Bedlam Theater Company, is now treated to a fetching new production by Charleston Stage. Directed by Marybeth Clark, it runs at the Dock Street Theatre through Feb. 8.
This is on the heels of much ado about Austen last year, as 2025 marked the 250th anniversary of the revered novelist’s birth, an occasion toasted with worldwide events (including programming at the Dock Street Theatre via the Charleston Literary Festival and its party boasting a swell of gents decked out as Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice). In the age of Instagram, Jane Austen is trending.
And it’s fitting, too, that we’re harking back to her day with our own American 250th ramping up, given this country’s throughline to the British mores that shaped the ways of the founding fathers, and moved many to break with them.
By the time sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility graced the page, it was 1811, deep in the British Regency era. Still, Charleston continued to take its cues from across the pond, importing its styles and ways.
But on with this show. There is always a wink in Austen’s work, a precision marbledpaper cut at the silliness of high society, a sly side eye at its transactional underpinnings and a genial shrug at the triumphant tug of romantic love. While chronicling the often muslin-padded where her heroines are confined, the writer graciously offers us a conspiratorial chuckle, too.
Hamill’s adaptation lends a contemporary edge, one that brings further home the relevance of the work. My own social media are filled with Dashwoodesque Charleston influencers, decked out in fine cotton splendor, perched in photo-styled Lowcountry tableaux that scream, “Yes, I married well.”
At Charleston Stage, Cody Tellis Rutledge’s smartly simple, eye-pleasing set does this same, styled with a painterly pastoral backdrop and cascading flowers. On it, the ensemble dashes about in their eye-catching finery dreamed up by costume designer Kestrel Jurkiewicz-Miles. It all offers plenty of i-Phone candy.
In the work, Hamill has devised a nattering, quirky Greek chorus of performers dubbed the Gossips, who represent the everpresent, less-than-charitable gaze of society. This gaggle breaks contemporary, lending a modern-day veneer to British countryside, and having a grand time spilling the tea. It’s true, some eclipse others in their clusters, but together they make their presence
known. Each also inhabits other characters. But for the sisters, the majority of the 11-person ensemble is in a perennial state of juggling roles, adding antic froth.
About those sisters. As Marianne, Alexa Niles is the hot-and-bothered mess one would expect from a woman feeling all the feels through life. In other words, she’s the sensibility of the sister act. Abigail Vernon, on the hand, plays it arrow-straight as Elinor, portraying the pragmatist with dead-on earnestness.
The two are shored up by a rogue’s gallery of marital prospects: Tre Butcher as the beguiling Edward Freers; Daniel Porea Jr. as raffish John Willoughby; Joey Negrete’s true-blue Colonel Brandon. The Dashwood clan connected with the sisters lends verve as well — the stressed-out Mrs. Dashwood (Kristen Therese Chua); the self-interested heiress-by-marriage Fanny (Kailei Hinton); the irrepressible young Margaret (Kelsie Engen).
To make sense of sensibility at the core of Austen’s work–the twists of plot and trails of broken hearts–the author might suggest that you simply follow the money, and see how it compromises some while coaxing out the character of others.
As the Dashwoods reach against societal odds for happiness, one thing that is clear. The manicured colonial edge dividing the haves and the have-nots in many ways prevails, and an evening immersed in Austen’s wry, knowing beat on it might be just the ticket.
IF YOU WANT TO GO: Charleston Stage’s Sense and Sensibility. Feb. 5-8. Various times. Tickets start at $60. charlestonstage.com
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Explore the art of Black Southerners at new exhibition
The International African American Museum (IAAM) presents a special exhibition, middle of somewhere: the art and legacy of Black Southern makers, opening on Feb. 7 and running through Feb. 14, 2027, at 14 Wharfside St. Curated by Martina Morale, IAAM’s director of curatorial and special exhibitions, it centers on the creativity, ingenuity and cultural legacy of these meaningful makers. More: iaamuseum.org
VISUAL ARTS
• Feb. 6-March 14: The College of Charleston Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and the college’s Studio Art Department presents Young Contemporaries 2026, the 41st annual exhibition of student artists featuring a range of media and subjects. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 161 Calhoun St. Opening reception is 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 6. More: halsey.charleston.edu
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• Feb. 6-8 , various times: Chicago: The Musical lands with sizzle and pop at North Charleston Performing Arts Center in a Best of Broadway production. North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston. More: northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com
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• Feb. 6-7, 8 p.m.: The 8th annual Bob Marley Birthday Celebration, Pour House
• Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m.: The Movement , Charleston Music Hall
• Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m.: American Aquarium w/ River Shook, Music Farm
• Feb. 1 0, 7:30 p.m.: Langhorne Slim, Music Farm
• Feb. 12 , 7:30 p.m.: 1770 Records w/ Winterteeth, Babe Club, Emma Grace & Channel Bluff, Music Farm
• Feb. 13 , 5 p.m.: Swamptooth, Pour House
• Feb. 14 , 7 p.m.: Edwin McCain, Charleston Music Hall
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CJO’s Ode to Billie Holiday pays Feb. 7 tribute to jazz icon
By Vincent Harris
The music of legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday will fill the Charleston Music Hall at a Feb. 7 concert with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra. Led by Music Director Robert Lewis, the CJO will bring a big, brassy sound to Holiday classics like “Ain’t Nobody’s Business,” “Don’t Explain,” “All Of Me” and “God Bless The Child.”
The program, called Ode to Billie Holiday, is scheduled for two shows at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Lewis told the Charleston City Paper that for a lifelong jazz musician and educator like him, loving Billie Holiday is as natural as breathing.
“She’s always been there for me,” Lewis said.
“As soon as you find out you’re a jazz fan, you start hearing Billie Holiday. She’s obviously one of the icons of the music and one of its creators, and she’s never really been matched. The sound of her voice and the way she phrases are very influential, both for singers but even instrumentalists.”
And standing center stage delivering those classic songs will be vocalist Tonya Nicole, wearing a gardenia in her hair to echo Holliday’s signature look.
Grammy-nominated Jazzmeia Horn and two-time Grammy award-winner Quiana Parler of Ranky Tanky. Nicole has performed with the CJO before, as part of its Ray Charles tribute show in 2019.
“Our director of performances has worked with Tonya a few times, and he spoke really highly of her,” Lewis said. “She’s doing a really good job, and she and I worked together to come up with the set list. She’s been a total pro the whole time; she’s terrific.”
Nicole said she was ecstatic after her first rehearsal recently with the group.
“Holiday is someone I’ve followed since I was 12. I’ve always loved performing her work, but to do it with an orchestra — I’m getting chills.”
“ Holiday is someone I’ve followed since I was 12. I’ve always loved performing her work, but to do it with an orchestra — I’m getting chills.”
—Tonya Nicole
Nicole is a former Charleston City Paper R&B Artist of the Year, and she’s shared the stage with Leela James, Felicia P. Fields,
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Nicole said she discovered Billie Holiday’s music the way a lot of Gen Xers learned about different artists back in the day.
“Do you remember the Columbia House Record Club?” Nicole laughed. “You could get like 20 CDs for a penny. I’d wondered, ‘Why is everyone talking about this woman?’ So I listened and it drew me in. It wasn’t just how she was singing but what she was singing.
“I was mesmerised. She was just different, and I loved it.”
Nicole isn’t wrong about the content of Holiday’s songs. Holiday spent much of her
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life in abusive relationships and addicted to heroin. Many of the songs she chose to sing reflected that reality.
“The song ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business’ has these lines in it,” Nicole said. “ ‘I’d rather my man hit me then get up and leave me/ I swear I won’t call no copper if I’m beat up by my papa.’ So I’m singing it, and after we were done, one of the musicians asked, ‘Are we going to change those lyrics?’ I said no, because this is what she’s saying and she’s not afraid to say it, because that was her truth. And that’s why I love her.”
Most vocalists aim for perfection, but Holiday’s voice was closer to perfectly flawed. She’s acknowledged by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Count Basie as one of
the greatest singers ever, but her voice was etched with fragility, as if it could shatter at any moment.
Nicole said that makes her own approach to Holiday’s material a perfect fit.
“I sing based on what I’m feeling,” she said. “I never sing a song the same way twice because it’s about what I’m feeling at the time for. And I think that’s how she operated. For me, it’s not about perfection. If I feel it, the audience will feel it.”
IF YOU WANT TO GO: Shows on Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., with doors opening an hour earlier, Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St., Charleston. Tickets range from $10 to $77; charlestonmusichall.com.
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The Charleston Jazz Orchestra and singer Tonya Nicole will pay homage to legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday at the Charleston Music Hall
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CHARLESTON COUNTY
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Docket No.: 2025-DR-08-1809
BRETT CORNELL and SUSAL CORNEL, Plaintiff, V. ANGELA CORNEL, STEVEN CORNELL AKA STEVEN PRINCE And SCDHHS. Defendants.
NOTICE AND MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER
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:
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
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 ***********
Estate of: BETTE ANN ADAMS 2025-ES-10-2018
DOD: 10/19/25
Pers. Rep: THOMAS ADAMS 102 CARRIAGE CT., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29486
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 ***********
Estate of: MARY MATTHEWS MASON 2025-ES-10-2184
DOD: 3/10/25
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 PROBATE COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-04196
of one hundred feet (100’), and a width on its back or west line of thirty feet (30’). Be the said dimensions a little more or less.
BEING the same property conveyed to Lee Johnson by Deed of Luis E. Storen dated April 1, 1943, and recorded April 6, 1943 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Deed Book O-43, at Page 639.
TMS#: 470-03-00-055 ALSO
All that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Ferndale, a subdivision of Charleston County, known and designated as Lot 12, Block 1 on a Plat made by James O’Hear and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book E, at Page 20; said lot having a frontage on Nesbit Avenue of thirty feet (30’), with a depth running eat and west of one hundred feet (100’), and a width on its back or west line of thirty feet (30’). Be the said dimensions a little more or less.
NO. 2025-DR-08-2345
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS FRANCES BURLESON, LONNIE HEYWARD, JR., AND LASONIA MOULTRIE, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2024.
TO DEFENDANT: FRANCES BURLESON
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on December 11, 2025 at 4:22 p.m. 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, John McCormick, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 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.
John McCormick, SC Bar # 100176, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (843) 719-1007.
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
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04791
Celia Garcia Santana, Plaintiff, v. Alonzo Heyward and Zozobra, LLC 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 16, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Courtroom 2A. The purpose of this hearing is to quiet the title to the subject property after a tax sale.
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
February 2, 2026 Charleston, SC
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
Jessica Johnson, Petitioner, vs. Estate of Pearl Johnson, Maxine L. Stokes, Estate of Mildred Sinkler Joy, Estate of Richard L. Johnson, Leonard Judge, Alphonzo Judge, George Sinclair, Leonard Sinclair, Derrick Sinclair, Fayzone Sinclair, Lynn Renae Alston, Kim Douglas, Antonio Murray, Stephanie Mitchum, Shawntyl Gibbs, Raechel Sawyers, Estate of Erica Johnson, Briana Williams, John Doe, Mary Roe, and any Defendants who may be deceased and all other persons claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the lands of Lee Johnson, or any portion thereof, including any such as may be infants, incompetents, or otherwise under any disability, Respondents.
SUMMONS FOR QUIET-TITLE (NON-JURY)
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 the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or her attorney, Cindy R. Graham, Esquire, at P.O. Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint with the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated this 30th day of May, 2025, at North Charleston, South Carolina.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been initiated and is pending in the Court of Commons Pleas for Charleston County and State aforesaid, by the above-named Plaintiff, against the Respondent above named, and that the object of such action is to quiet the title of the below described property and to partition the property. The Real Estate affected by this action is described as follows:
All that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Ferndale, a subdivision of Charleston County, known and designated as Lot 13, Block 1 on a Plat made by James O’Hear and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book E, at Page 20; said lot having a frontage on Nesbit Avenue of thirty feet (30’), with a depth running eat and west
BEING the same property conveyed to Lee Johnson by Deed of Louis E. Storen dated April 6, 1943, and recorded April 6, 1943 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Deed Book O-43, at Page 637.
TMS#: 470-03-00-056 ALSO
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Goose Creek Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina; Said lot of land having such shape, size, dimensions and boundaries as are fully shown on a Plat thereof made by W.L. Galliard, Surveyor, dated April 5, 1940 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book O-41, at Page 617; Butting and bounding to the East on lands of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; to the South by lands of R. Black; to the West on lands of Matilda Blocker; and to the North on lands formerly of Hasell now of Parson.
BEING the same property conveyed to Lee Johnson, Julia J. Bligh Dupont, Suzie Johnson, Carolyn Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Anna T. Smalls, and Bernice Johnson by partition order in Case No. 1981-CP-10-1497 filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Charleston County dated April 7, 1983.
TMS#: 470-10-00-065
Dated May 30, 2025
NOTICE NISI
TO THE INFANT RESPONDENTS ABOVE NAMED, IF THEY BE OVER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS AND TO THEM AND THOSE WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE IF THEY BE UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, and if you fail, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff herein.
Dated May 30, 2025
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Complaint in this action, together with the Summons and Lis Pendens, of which the above are copies, were duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on the 25th day of July, 2025.
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that
George E. Counts, Esquire of, 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29407 has been designated as Guardian Ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County dated, and said appointment shall become absolute thirty (30) days after the final publication of this Notice unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, shall petition the Court to have a Guardian ad Litem appointed for them within thirty (30) days after the final publication of this notice.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED!
CINDY R. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE
The Curry Law Firm, LLC 6518-D Dorchester Road P.O. Box 42270 North Charleston, SC 29423
843-767-5284
cgraham@thecurrylawfirmllc.com Attorney for Plaintiff
Dated: January 27, 2026.
208 St. James Ave, Ste C
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
Leah Turner Queen bed/frame, couch, dining set, 50” and 40” tv’s, clothes, 4 crates, kitchen supplies, air fryer
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:
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.
Phone: (843) 900-4529
jerod@frazierlawoffices.com
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/ 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
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
the
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 2025-CP-10-00181
Gary Saulters, Plaintiff, vs. Señor Tequila, Inc. d/b/a Señor Tequila Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, Defendant.
YOU ARE NOW 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 upon the Plaintiff or his attorney, Jerod Frazier, at his office at 2185 Ashley Phosphate Road Suite B, North Charleston, SC 29406, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. 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.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED s/Jerod Frazier (SC Bar#:103021) 2185 Ashley Phosphate Rd, Suite B North Charleston, SC 29420
Partitioning the within-described property for sale dated the March 03, 2026, Charleston County Master in Equity, the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Public Services Building, County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3 rd of March, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON THE EAST SIDE OF MEETING STREET IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA AND KNOWN IN THE PRESENT NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF CHARLESTON AS 698 MEETING STREET AND MEASURING AND CONTAINING AND BUTTING AND BOUNDING AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE POINT B SHOWN ON THE PLAT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND RUNNING THENCE NORTHWARDLY ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF MEETING STREET TWO AND FORTYFIVE HUNDREDTHS (2.45’) FEET, THENCE RUNNING EASTWARDLY ALONG THE LINE MARKED “FENCE” ON THE SAID PLAT
SEVENTY-FIVE (75’) FEET, TO THE INTERSECTION OF THAT LINE WITH ANOTHER LINE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, THENCE RUNNING SOUTHWARDLY ONE-HALF (1/2’) FOOT TO THE POINT MARKED C ON SAID PLAT, AND THENCE RUNNING WESTWARDLY ON THE LINE FROM C TO B AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT A DISTANCE OF SEVENTY-SEVEN (77’) FEET,
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 SALE 2024-CP-10-04333
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
VERNELL HOLLINS PLAINTIFF
vs TIERA LASHAE MILLER ET AL DEFENDANTS
Upon authority of a Decree
THE PLAT HEREIN ABOVE REFERRED TO IS A PLAT ENTITLED “PLAT OF NO. 756 MEETING STREET SITUATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROMNEY STREET AND ISABELLE STREETS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ETC.” MADE JUNE 9, 1944, BY JOSEPH NEEDLE, C.E.WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE R.M.C. OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO RICHARD PARSON AND RACHEL E. PARSON BY DEED OF ARLEAN R.WILSON DATED APRIL 17, 1975 AND RECORDED IN CHARLESTON COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS ON APRIL 22, 1975 IN DEED BOOK 0106 AT PAGE 281.
AND ALL THAT LOT OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON THE EAST SIDE OF MEETING STREET, BETWEEN ROMNEY AND ISABELLA STREETS, IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, STATE AFORESAID; BEING KNOWN AS LOT #1 AS SHOWN IN BLACK LINES ON PLAT MADE BY A.A. EVERETT, SURVEYOR, NOVEMBER 14, 1912, AND RECORDED IN R.M.C. OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK C, PAGE 55.
MEASURING AND CONTAINING, IN FRONT ON MEETING STREET TWENTY (20) FEET; ON THE NORTH LINE, SEVENTY-SIX (76) FEET; ON THE EAST LINE, EIGHTEEN (18) FEET; AND ON THE SOUTH LINE, SEVENTYSEVEN (77) FEET, TO BE THE SAID DIMENSIONS MORE OR LESS.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO RICHARD PARSON AND RACHEL E. PARSON BY DEED OF ARLEAN R. WILSON DATED AUGUST 03, 1976 AND
TMS No.: 461-13-01-002
Property Address:
698 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. 29403
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.
THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES.
NOTICE: This 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 partition sale date.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Jennifer S Smith Esq
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 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.
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 selfstorage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.
Derek Prescott; Kevin Borton; Earl Turner; Anya Huckeba.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-DR-10-290
VICTORIA GRIFFITH, Plaintiff
v.
QUINTELLA V. ROBINSON AND FREDERICK L. ROBINSON, Defendant
SUMMONS
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED:
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, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
SAXTON AND STUMP, LLC
J. Michael DeTreville
151 Meeting Street, Suite 400 Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: 843-414-5080
Email: mdetreville@saxtonstump. com
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Dated: February 3, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2026-CP-10-00242
NewRez LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. Teresa Woods a/k/a Teresa D. Woods, Individually and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., Deceased; Deidre Monique Woods a/k/a Deidre M. Woods a/k/a Monique Woods a/k/a Deidre M. Campbell, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., Deceased; Donnie R. Woods, Jr., as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., Deceased; Donna Terese Woods a/k/a Donna Woods, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., Deceased; 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; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; et. al. DEFENDANT(S).
(261136.00005)
SUMMONS AND NOTICES
TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:
2065, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, 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 a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR 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, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.
NOTICE
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on January 15, 2026.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Donnie R. Woods
a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods
a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 29th day of January, 2026.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Donnie R. Woods and Teresa D. Woods to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Caliber Home Loans, Inc., dated August 25, 2022, recorded September 20, 2022, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 1138 at Page 651.
The description of the premises is as follows:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in The Willows at Village Green Subdivision, County of Charleston, City of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as LOT 96, on a plat entitled: “SUBDIVISION PLAT SHOWING THE WILLOWS PHASE VI, A 10.658 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, (FORMERLY TRACT “M”) PROPERTY OF 2728 HOLDING CORPORATION f/k/a CENTEX REAL ESTATE CORPORATION, LOCATED AT VILLAGE GREEN, IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” made by Trico Engineering & Surveying, Inc., dated January 10, 1997, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Plat Book EB, Page 654. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
This being the same property conveyed to Donnie R. Woods and Teresa D. Woods by deed of Centex International Inc., Successor by merger to 2728 Holding Corporation, a Nevada Corporation, f/k/a Centex Real Estate Corporation dated July 15, 1998 and recorded July 16, 1998 in Book X-306 at Page 747 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
Subsequently, Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr. died on or about June 28, 2025 and no probate case has been opened with the probate court for Charleston County. If any party has any information as to the existence and/or opening of a probate court file for the Estate of Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr., it is requested that you contact counsel for Plaintiff immediately with that information. Upon information and belief, Donnie R. Woods a/k/a Donnie Rufus Woods a/k/a Donnie R. Woods, Sr. was survived by his heir(s), Teresa Woods a/k/a Teresa D. Woods; Deidre Monique Woods a/k/a Deidre M. Woods a/k/a Monique Woods a/k/a Deidre M. Campbell; Donnie R. Woods, Jr.; and Donna Terese Woods a/k/a Donna Woods (based on his published obituary).
Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407 Columbia, SC 29204
803-252-3340
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.
Charleston, South Carolina September 5, 2025 25-264
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:
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 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.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
C/A No.: 2025-CP-10-06789
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Plaintiff, vs The Estate of Vanessa Ladson, and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees of Vanessa Ladson, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe; The United States of America, acting by and through its agent, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Capital One NA; The Park Recreational Development, Inc., Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (NonJury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor,
Columbia, SC 29201, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
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 Attorney for the Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Lis Pendens, and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 10, 2025.
J. Martin Page, Esq. (SC Bar: 100200) Morgan Ames, Esq. (SC Bar: 106058) Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor Columbia, SC 29201 Phone (803) 509-5078 BCP No.: 25-45815 7596
This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute. RECORDED
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407, Columbia, SC 29204 or P.O. Box
Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996
Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334 Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530 H. Guyton Murrell
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
“WHO’S YOUR BADDIE?” —they’re villains, to a degree.
Across
1. It may be served with gravy
8. Comparative phrases
15. Over a third of Earth’s land area
16. “Will it happen to me?”
17. Austin Powers villain who’s way more malicious than quirky?
19. Things to show newbies, as the saying goes
20. Elmo’s foil
21. “Before,” if before
22. It’s usually blue, green, or brown
23. Sandwiches served with tzatziki
24. Tide type
25. Rogue
26. Computer file, informally
27. Bayer cramp relief brand
28. Margaret Mead study site
30. German state whose capital is Dresden
31. Inspector Gadget villain who grabs plush toys at an arcade?
34. Gave a creepy glance
35. Night noise
36. “___ if I never left!”
37. Square root of nove
38. Army officers, for short
41. Persist in
42. Acrobatic
45. Take a big risk
46. “I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight ...”
47. Frasier’s surname
48. Blender button
49. Spider-Man villain reading apprehensively through social media?
52. Genre for many boy bands
53. Enlighten
54. “In all likelihood ...”
55. Greek counterpart of Ceres
Down
1. Comedian called “The Entertainer”
2. Illinois’s second-most populous city
3. Apprehensive (with a more common opposite starting with “in”)
4. #1 picks
5. Suffix for many sicknesses
6.
7.
8.
11. “Newhart” establishment
12. Jumped atop
13. Spare
14. At an alarming angle
18. “___ should you!”
23. Lose it
24. Undeliverable letter, in post office slang
26. Secluded valleys
27. 1984 Olympic slalom champ Phil (and not the talk show host Bill)
28. Abandon, as a project
29. Breakfast hrs.
30. “Success!”
31. Hindered
32. Sowed again
33. Like a moose
34. Did with relish
38. Cowboy movie prop
39. Thirty, in Paris
40. “If I Had a Hammer” co-writer Pete
42. Mail for a knight
43. Quebec city, its peninsula, or its bay
44. It may be seen at the close of business
45. ___ de leche
47. ___ AmÈrica (South American soccer tournament)
