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Friday, May 3, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to the district’s Chief Administrative Officer Deon Jackson, Sheldon Etheridge has announced his resignation as school board member for District 6. The district includes Sangaree, St. Stephen, Cross, Macedonia and Moncks Corner. His resignation comes after announcing a move to Clarendon County. Jackson says Etheridge’s last day will be September 30th. His term was not set to […]
Promising technology born at the Medical University of South Carolina Healthcare Simulation Center is now available as an improvement to Laerdal Medical’s SimMom, a manikin that simulates childbirth for medical training. The MUSC Foundation for Research Development filed the patent application for the adaptation and exclusively licensed it for commercial purposes to Laerdal, which recently made the new module available […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On October 22, 2005, David McCray of Wando was shot on Clements Ferry Road in Berkeley County. Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury says he became a paraplegic as a result of his injuries. The coroner says that on September 14, 2014 (9 years later) he was admitted to a local hospital due to problems from his injury. Salisbury […]
BONNEAU, S.C.–The American Red Cross assisted a Bonneau family of three adults and three children after their home on Pooshee Plantation Way was destroyed by fire on early Wednesday morning, Red Cross officials stated. The Bonneau Fire Department responded to the residence. Volunteers provided financial assistance for food, lodging and clothing, comfort kits containing personal hygiene items, and referrals to partner agencies […]
The rate of violent crime in South Carolina decreased 6.3 percent in 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. “The Uniform Crime Report is a snapshot of criminal activity,” said SLED Chief Mark Keel. “While the decrease in overall violent crime is encouraging, increases in some categories tell us there’s always much work […]
For two days in a row, Lowe’s employees throughout the tricounty, including the Goose Creek location, joined forces to give 180 Place, a shelter in Summerville, a much needed makeover. “We have a lot of people on different tasks, different projects,” stated Shenique Rollinson with Lowe’s. “They’re very dedicated.” Nearly 40 Lowe’s employees volunteered their personal time to help out […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—Goose Creek Police have released the 9-1-1 call from Tuesday’s deadly standoff on McClain Street. Shortly after 9 p.m., Karen Rice called for help after she says her husband threatened to shoot her in the head. “I live at 501 McClain Street, and I don’t know what’s happened to my husband but he just pulled four guns on […]
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Director Catherine Templeton and the South Carolina Obesity Council, today unveiled the state’s first-ever obesity action plan, SCaledown.org. A culmination of collaborative efforts, the initiative focuses on both long-term and short-term strategies that can be immediately implemented to begin reducing the rate of obesity in the Palmetto State. “Obesity kills […]
WCIV-TV | ABC News 4 – Charleston News, Sports, Weather GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—The suspect in Tuesday night’s standoff with SWAT and Goose Creek Police has died. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, the suspect has been identified as 57-year-old Brian Eugene Rice. Several officers surrounded a home on McClain Street near Red Bank Road after Rice fired multiple shots. Rice was […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Berkeley County School District may soon have to look for another superintendent. According to The Post & Courier, Rodney Thompson sent an email to district employees Tuesday night asking to be released from his contract during the summer of 2015. Thompson became the superintendent in 2011 after serving as the district’s chief administrative officer. Prior to that, […]
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