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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Governor Nikki Haley recently joined representatives from the South Carolina National Guard and the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) in officially launching Operation Palmetto Employment (OPE) – a statewide military employment initiative aimed at reducing the unemployment rate among South Carolina’s military community. OPE is designed to streamline the process through which military men and women are […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–On Wednesday Lennar, a home builder headquartered in Miami, celebrated the closing of its first home in the Jacobs Cove neighborhood with a ribbon cutting ceremony. This new subdivision, which is located near the heart of downtown Moncks Corner, is yet another sign of the the growth that Berkeley County continues to experience. The U.S. Census Bureau already […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Tuesday night, the Board of Education designated April 21 (which had been a teacher work day) and May 26 (Memorial Day) as make-up instructional time for two of the four days recently missed due to inclement weather this school year. “Understanding the importance of the Memorial Day holiday and that families may have made plans for one […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–There’s been yet another meth bust in Berkeley County. According to Dan Moon, spokesperson for the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested two people Monday for reportedly making the drug. Moon says Whitney Burns Sapp, 33, and David Michael Barfield, 32, were both charged with attempt to manufacture meth and two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child. […]
On Monday morning, Senator Larry Grooms of Berkeley County confirmed that the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester-Council of Governments approved a compromise plan that would save 17 miles of trees along the I-26 median between Summerville and I-95. This move was only a slight victory for environmentalists who want all the trees to stay. “If BCDCOG approves a plan to clear the trees, a […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–In a few days, General Marion’s Brigade Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will conduct the annual memorial service for General Francis Marion on Feb. 27th Thursday at 11 AM at Marion’s Tomb. The public is invited to attend. Marion’s Tomb is located off Hwy. 45 west of Pineville and St. Stephen, SC. Jean Guerry and […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–In a recent article by the Post & Courier, Scoutmaster Brian Odgers confirmed to the paper that Peace Presbyterian Church in Goose Creek was severing ties with the Boy Scouts of America. “It is what it is,” he told the paper. “As far as our relationship with the (Peace) church, we thought everything was working well.” Troop 716 […]
On February 22, local firefighters gathered for a day of fire training on Reid Road. “We had a scenario of a search and rescue of a possible person left inside a burning building on the second floor, and the bottom floor was some search and fire extinguishing,” said David McLane with the Santee Circle Volunteer Fire Department. For McLane, who […]
According to a recent report by FOX 21 in Colorado Springs, during the early morning of February 15 De’Vante Hill, 20, of Goose Creek was shot to death. It was reported that he later died from his wounds at a nearby hospital. Colorado police told the news station that’s Hill’s death made the fourth homicide of the year. At this […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Looking for something fun to do Saturday that involves good food and men and women in uniform? If you said ‘yes,’ then you may want to check out the very first annual Berkeley Co. Emergency Services BBQ cook-off on Saturday. The event will take place at the Berkeley Co. training center on Reid Road (behind the Moncks Corner […]
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