CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The mayor who has served Charleston longer than anyone in the city’s 345-year history is giving a short farewell address. Joe Riley is completing 40 years in office. He will give a message of appreciation to residents of the city Tuesday evening that will be broadcast by local television stations and streamed lived. Riley is credited…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Forty years after taking office, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley has presided over his last Charleston City Council meeting. Local media outlets report that Riley convened his final meeting Tuesday night. Riley has served as mayor of Charleston longer than anyone in the city’s 345-year history. Riley is retiring next month after 10 terms in office. During…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The longest-serving mayor in Charleston’s 345-year history is addressing graduates at the University of South Carolina as he leaves office. Ten-term Mayor Joe Riley delivers the winter commencement address Monday afternoon. It honors those earning baccalaureate, master’s and professional-degrees from all eight campuses. Riley is retiring next month after four decades terms in office. President Barack…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — “Race in America” will be the focus during a discussion Wednesday night at the Gaillard Center. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Junior, and Mayor Joe Riley will be leading the conversation. This event will lead up to the premiere in April of new films on PBS, Burns’ “Jackie Robinson” and Gates’…
