Month: September 2014

Health

Enterovirus strain confirmed in South Carolina

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) laboratory has confirmed the first cases of the EV-D68 strain of enterovirus in two (2) residents of South Carolina’s Upstate region, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported tonight. “We requested lab support from the CDC shortly after this virus was on the rise in other parts of the […]

Entertainment

Goose Creek gears up for 2014 Fall Festival

The City of Goose Creek will present the “2014 Fall Festival” on Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm behind the Marguerite H. Brown Municipal Center. This FREE event will feature live entertainment, arts/craft vendors, kid’s play area, safety demonstrations, food vendors, laser tag and much more!! This event will raise awareness and donations for Helping Hands […]

Education

Mayor to present lecture series on Goose Creek history

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler will present a fall lecture series on the history of Goose Creek again this year. The seven-part series will be held in City Hall on Thursdays from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. from October 2 – November 13, admission will be free. The Mayor held his first lecture series in 2007, which drew over […]

Top Stories

GCPD: Suspects steal lottery tickets, cigarettes from gas station

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department and the Moncks Corner Police Department are requesting assistance identifying the persons and vehicle depicted in the attached photographs. Investigators say the two persons are suspected of committing burglaries at Murphy USA gas stations in both Goose Creek and Moncks Corner. On September 19th, police responded to Murphy USA on St. James Avenue […]

Government

Berkeley Co. council tackles GenEarth, SaveMoncksCorner.com

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Monday night council members tackled two issues: the stench from GenEarth that continues to plague many Moncks Corner homeowners and a website, SaveMoncksCorner.com, that has taken social media by storm. To address the odor from GenEarth, Councilman Jack Schurlknight proposed a resolution authorizing Berkeley Co. Water and Sanitation to seek DHEC’s assistance in obtaining a “corrective action plan” […]

Business

Local artists team up to create beautiful art designs

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Local artist Steven Jordan and Christal Orange have teamed up to create unique one of a kind art designs. They combine his craft of watercolor art and her stained glass designs to create these wonderful pieces of art. Jordan is a local water color artist from the Mt. Pleasant area.  Orange is a local stained glass artist from […]

Top Stories

Driver ejected from vehicle, died hours later

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday,   Garren Jennings, 44, of Moncks Corner was traveling on Farrell Street when the vehicle he was driving ran off the roadway and overturned. Salisbury stated that Jennings was ejected from his vehicle and was not wearing a seatbelt. He was transported to MUSC in […]

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Remembering Hurricane Hugo in Berkeley County

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–It’s hard to believe that September 22nd will mark the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo. For those who lived through it, we’ve never forgotten the destruction it left behind. Hugo resulted in 27 fatalities in South Carolina and left 100,000 people homeless—my family included. I was only 6-years-old when Hugo made landfall in the lowcountry; however, I remember […]

Government

National Voter Registration Day is September 23rd

The South Carolina State Election Commission, along with Americans across the nation, will be celebrating National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.  This is a nationwide effort to register voters before the upcoming election in November. This year’s theme is Celebrating Democracy in America, encouraging individuals to exercise one of our most basic rights in America:  the […]