For the past eight months, Charleston Fire Chief Rusty Thomas has been challenged, criticized and second-guessed over his management style and handling of the deadly Sofa Super Store fire that killed ...

Cheri Zanette has spent the past few weeks combing the community to enlist support for a man she barely knows. Zanette is collecting signatures from backers of embattled Charleston Fire Chief Rusty ...

The chief said his men and women will draw strength from each other, and he is poised to face the most difficult challenge in his life. Chief Rusty Thomas embraces a colleague after a news conference ...

Ipswich Show Society stalwart David “Rusty” Thomas has left behind his beloved wife Kay, three children and countless friends, after he passed away Thursday night, aged 76. The loss of the born and ...