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The shakeup brings more change to a city already in flux. Former Mayor Keith Summey left office in January after a nearly 30-year reign over North Charleston. Read moreAfter nearly 1 year on the job, North Charleston Police Chief Greg Gomes retiring
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Shrimp season
Shrimpers note a cautious optimism heading into the new season, which starts April 19 in provisional areas. White shrimp populations have stayed above the long-term average since January, due to warm water temperatures through the winter, but shrimpers still worry the market is oversaturated with imported, farm-raised shrimp.
Crabbers succeeded in sinking a bill April 17 that would have introduced regulations on the state’s troubled blue crab fishery for the first time amid plummeting catches over the last two decades.
Crime Corner
Summerville Police are investigating a possible double homicide at Gates of Summerville apartment complex at 1225 Boone Hill Road that was reported at about 11 a.m. April 19.
Two of four men charged with murder in a fatal drive-by shooting that left a 6-year-old boy dead pleaded guilty this week.
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