Danny Jones

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones said Tuesday evening that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Jones, 61, made the announcement live Tuesday evening on WSAZ-TV. He said he was just told about the diagnosis on Monday, and is optimistic doctors found...

Mayor Danny Jones supported the policy. He said he was pleased with the unanimous support the resolution received during Monday's council meeting. "This is a good thing because it includes cigars," he said. "We had some people smoking cigars at the...

With him are Charleston Mayor Danny Jones (far left) Assistant Fire Chief Bob Sharp (second from right) and Fire Chief Chuck Overstreet (right). By Kathryn Gregory Lisa Carter, 26, died in an early morning house fire in Charleston that also claimed the...

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones apologized for misspelling and misidentifying several of the nine victims of a fatal house fire last week. The spokeswoman for the state medical examiner also apologized for identifying one of the victims as the wrong sex...

Mayor Danny Jones also took time to publicly thank the firefighters, paramedics and police officers that responded to the deadly Arlington Avenue fire on March 24. First responders were on scene within two minutes, Charleston Fire Chief Chuck...

"He made a miscalculation," said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, a Republican. "When you put 850 jobs on the line, somebody's going to put your job on the line, and that's exactly what happened." Stuart announced his plans to resign Thursday nig...

"If we had gotten in to inspect we might have saved a lot of lives," Charleston Mayor Danny Jones said. "One of the messages we got out of this tragedy we need to have inspectors." The home had only one working smoke detector, and it was not in a...

But nine died this weekend in what Charleston Mayor Danny Jones has called the worst house fire in the city's history. The fire swept through a home on Arlington Avenue on the city's West Side early Saturday. In a sign that its tenants were living...

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones recently cut fire apparatus staffing from four to three. One station was donated to South Charleston. The City recently asked the US District Court to determine the legality in advance of a proposed staffing pl...

by Paul Fallon Charleston Mayor Danny Jones listens while FestivALL 2012 Chairman Larry Groce announces the lineup for this year, which includes a performance by Landau Murphy at the Mayor's Concert. This year's FestivALL will feature acts for just...