Veronica Gipson, Student Government Reporter
• February 9, 2024
Mayor Brandon Combs spoke about plans for upcoming developments in Charleston during the student government meeting Wednesday.
Combs said this year has been the biggest year for construction during...
Eastern’s Presidential Search Committee hopes to have its first meeting in early September to find a replacement for current University President David Glassman, whose contract will expire in June of...
The Charleston City Council unanimously approved wavering bid procedures to facilitate a new $34,921 police truck through a single-source vendor rather than the comparable state bid price at Tuesday’s...
Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor
• November 16, 2021
Charleston City Council approved a bid for 35 new self-contained-breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment for the fire department Tuesday evening.
The total cost for the new SCBAs is $247,450 but the fire...
Charleston City Council approved a bid for a company to provide landscape waste tub grinding for the city.
“Tub grinding” is a process where vegetative waste, especially wood, is thrown into a tub-shaped...
The Charleston City Council will vote Tuesday on a resolution of $200,000 from the Motor Fuel Tax Funds into the resurfacing and striping of the Lincoln Prairie Pedestrian and Bike Trail.
The trail...
In Charleston’s Sept. 5 city council meeting, the council will address resolutions for street closures during various parades, as well as city drainage and lime plant treatment issues.
The resolution...
Eastern President David Glassman and Charleston Mayor Brandon Combs prepared statements about the recent rise in crime at the Charleston City Council meeting in city hall Tuesday.
Combs read both statements...
Charleston City Council will be voting on an ordinance granting a petition to the Cornerstone Christian Academy to increase the amount of children in their daycare at their meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m....
The Charleston City Council voted Tuesday to elect Brandon Combs to fill the vacancy of mayor following Larry Rennels' death last week.
The council then elected Jim Dunn, who served on the council...
The Charleston City Council will have an emergency meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall to officially select a mayor to fill the vacancy of Larry Rennels.
Rennels, who died in office Thursday,...
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