A former North Charleston councilman will have a federal hearing Tuesday for a pre-trial conference. Governor Henry McMaster ...

Jerome Heyward, who owns a consulting business, is charged in three separate schemes with using his position as a North Charleston City Council member to personally enrich himself through bribes ...

Jerome Heyward, who owns a consulting business, is charged in three separate schemes with using his position as a North Charleston City Council member to personally enrich himself through bribes ...

See the full list of confirmed panelists and moderators below: CONFIRMED PANELISTS Mayor Reggie Burgess - City of North Charleston, SC Councilman Jerome Heyward - North Charleston City Council (D ...

Restaurants with ties to North Charleston City Councilmen Jerome Heyward (left) and Mike Brown didn't pay city hospitality taxes as required by law for a year.

North Charleston City Council held its first meeting at city hall Feb. 27 after the FBI charged three council members with corruption earlier in the week.

Heyward took a $40,000 kickback from two nonprofit organizations in return for steering to them part of a $1.3 million grant to fight gun violence in North Charleston, according to court documents.