Charleston County

Much of my time at the Charleston County Public Defender’s Office has been spent with the Family Court lawyers, who work with juveniles. Family Court, unlike General Sessions court for adults, is supposed to be rehabilitative rather than punitive. It attempts to match juveniles and their families with services provided by the state of South Carolina like substance abuse counseling, positive peer groups and Department of Mental Health counselling. The goal is getting these young students back in…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Among the bills that will soon be sent to Gov. Jim Justice, one piece of legislation would allow home-schooled students to participate in public school sports if it is approved by the governor. House Bill 2196 would allow these students to try out for athletic and band activities. The new rule would also apply to students of private and parochial schools that lack these programs. The bill has been nicknamed the "Tim Tebow bill" after minor league baseball and former…

Miasia is the only youth in the home. The youth struggles with healthy interactions with MHS and peers. Per MHS, the youth is bossy and aggression towards peers in the neighborhood. Miasia takes control of others on her age level when unsupervised. CSP observed negative and positive interactions between Miasia and MHS during this period. Positive interactions: Miasia practiced her tone with MHS and respect personal boundaries. Negative Interactions: Miasia throw a pencil, pillow, and paper at…

James Island County Park will also be having a celebration with fireworks (both are weather permitting of course). I’m sure Summerville and other surrounding towns will have similar events as well, be sure to check in the local paper and on Charlestoncitypaper.com to…

dissipated both in the North and South, which lead to the creation of paid officers. The West was not similar to the North or South because it was so vast and hard to police. However, in time the west had created sheriffs and marshals to police the counties. It wasn’t until David J. cook that the sheriff’s role was defined. Law enforcement was shaped in all regions of America. The North, South, and West were controlled by some form of law enforcement and were now ready to take on the next era of…

It was a warm, summer day in Boone County, West Virginia. I was just a kid at the age of four at the time. I was living with my mother, and we are going to court for some reason. It was in Charleston, West Virginia and we had to be there by six o' clock. I did not know what was going on until my teen years. I never understood why we went to court, but the next thing I knew was that I was living with my dad. My dad lived in Wyoming county, West Virginia, but instead of living with my dad, I lived…

More than one hundred thousand people are involved in a shooting each year in the United States of America. (irrelevant). Gun control has become a major topic in the last couple of decades in America. It’s a very controversial issue around the world, in communities, and in some families. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people…

in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. The river was named after the valley found in Putnam County, WV (Teays Valley). Teays Valley was named after Stephen Teays who was an early settler. A few places I was familiar with that the river ran through was Scioto County and Chillicothe in Ohio and along the Interstate 64 in West Virginia from Charleston toward Huntington. The river during this time was used a drain for the eastern part of the US. It drained the watershed…

Research Paper Since the inception of time, man has been confronted with the intriguing, yet confidential debate about slavery and racial discrimination against minorities. Nobel prize winner and literary merit William Faulkner, was a preeminent American author who examined and presented such archetype through his southern style genre and works, A Rose for Emily, The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom. Connected to his work, William Faulkner is herald today to be one of the greatest…

This study took place in Lafayette County, Mississippi where parents of fourth graders (426 surveys sent, 144 responses) received surveys sent home in the student’s backpacks. The survey included six questions, and one of those questions was broken down into 10 specific items. In this study…