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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) with partner, Chick-fil-A restaurants, today kicked off its Buckle Up, South Carolina! and Click’n 4 Chicken safety belt campaigns as law enforcement prepares for the busy summer travel season. The department is teaming up with Chick-fil-A restaurants throughout South Carolina to bring attention to the importance of wearing safety belts. If troopers spot […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to a Charleston law firm, Berkeley County is illegally holding onto at least $10 million in impact fees charged to new businesses and homeowners over the past decade. These fees should have been used to fund road infrastructure projects associated with the county’s rapid growth, reads a complaint filed on May 12, 2015, in the Ninth Circuit […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Sangaree Intermediate School’s chapter of the National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS) will present a check for $1,500 to the Berkeley County Sherriff’s Office on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Sangaree Intermediate School, 201 School House Lane, Summerville. Students in Sangaree Intermediate’s NEHS meet at the beginning of each year to choose their main service project […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley Elementary School teacher Stephanie Wallace has been elected to serve as the District One Director on the Board of Directors for the Palmetto State Teachers Association (PSTA). PSTA’s Board of Directors is made up of six District Directors and five officers who govern the association. Each board member is a classroom teacher and volunteers his or her […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 76-year-old James Edward Harper of Summerville. Harper was reported missing by family members after walking away from his residence on Gains Mill Drive located in Wind Gate Mobile Home Park off Myers Road in Summerville. Harper is suffering from the early stages of […]
MONCKS CORNER, SC – Berkeley County Supervisor Bill Peagler announced that an agreement has been reached with GenEarth that will shut down the company’s operation in Berkeley County and give ownership of its facilities to the county. County Council approved the agreement at last night’s council meeting. The agreement calls for the removal of the remaining sludge from the site. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Berkeley County Sheriff’s race has gotten a little more interesting. On Tuesday and surrounded by family, Melvin Bellew officially announced in front of the Berkeley Co. courthouse his plans to run as a write-in candidate for sheriff in the upcoming general election in June. “I think I have better qualifications than the two that are actually running,” […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The City of Goose Creek will host “Sounds of Summer”, a five week outdoor concert series, every Friday, May 22-June 19 from 6:00-9:00 pm. This free event will be held at different locations in Goose Creek. This event is sponsored by Goose Creek Heating and Air. Food vendors will be on-site. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Former employees of American LaFrance, a defunct Moncks Corner fire truck manufacturer, will receive compensation for owed salary and benefits stemming from the plant’s sudden shutdown in January 2014 under the terms of a proposed settlement between the parties. Workers arrived at the plant on January 17, 2014 to learn that the company would cease operations immediately and […]
The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the 36-year-old woman who died Sunday, hours after she was struck by gunfire while driving her vehicle in North Charleston. Coroner Kimberly Rhoton says Kedena Brown, of Goose Creek, died at MUSC Sunday afternoon as a result of a gunshot wound. Police say the young woman was driving her vehicle when the driver of another […]
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