Remembering the fallen

In the seclusion of rolling countryside surrounded by perfect blue skies and the early orange-yellow hues of autumn, grieving families paused Sunday to honor the nation’s fallen firefighters, including Charleston’s nine. Thousands attended the moving two-hour event in which the names of those killed in last year’s Sofa Super Store fire on Savannah Highway and other fatal accidents around the country were added to the country’s official firefighter memorial on the grounds of the National Fire Academy. The 27th annual service, organized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the U.S. Fire Administration, paid tribute to 101 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2007.

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Election to decide Berkeley's direction

MONCKS CORNER — The Berkeley County School District is at a crossroads. Its superintendent is retiring after 11 years, and voters soon will decide the future of a school board that is split 5-4 on most major issues.

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Mobile technology

Call it what you will: a wireless phone, music player, video player, camera, hard-drive, map or GPS. A trio of Charleston businessmen have developed their own term for the latest version of the iPhone that Apple Inc. launched over the summer: tour guide. Longtime wa...

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Spurrier hopes Kentucky-bound Gamecocks aren't too confident

Steve Spurrier surmises that, about a week ago, a lot of people were patting Houston Nutt on the back and talking about an Ole Miss team gaining confidence following the big upset at then-No. 4 Florida. A few days later, Nutt and his team of Sports Illustrated coverboys are again grounded. Spurrier wants the Gamecocks, 31-24 winners Saturday at Ole Miss, to avoid a similar fate as they head to Kentucky this week.

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Students discover new life in Fit Club

When Auja Ravenel's mother told her that she had to go to a fitness program, called Louie's Kids Fit Club, at the beginning of the summer for four months, Auja thought she was being punished. "She wanted to stay at home, watch TV and eat cookies," says her mom, Tara Heyward, of Auja's idea of the perfect summer.

Now that Fit Club is over, however, the Mitchell Elementary sixth-grader says she's "sad," but she also is a different person.

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