Sheriff Al Cannon, who served 33 years as Charleston County’s top law enforcement officer, announced today that he is endorsing Mount Pleasant Councilmember and former Mount Pleasant Police Chief Carl
Letty Whitehead was North Charleston’s first female officer and the state’s first female corporal, sergeant and lieutenant. She died Jan. on 15 at the age 83.
Inmates incarcerated at the Orangeburg County jail say they’ve been deprived of showers and visitations for more than a week. They say short-staffing at the jail is the apparent cause.