Month: November 2014

Business

Berkeley Chamber of Commerce to promote ‘buy local’ initiative

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce is continuing its promotion for the “Buy Local” initiative to help generate more revenue for local businesses. Saturday, November 29th has been deemed “Small Business Saturday.” Chamber leaders say the ultimate goal is to emphasize the importance of buying local and the positive economic impact it has on both residents and businesses. For […]

Education

Stratford High students purchase Christmas gifts for foster kids

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Stratford High School’s student council recently got together for their annual Christmas shopping spree to benefit children in foster care. Twenty-two students worked together to purchase Christmas presents for ten children who are currently in Berkeley County foster care. On November 3rd, student council members held their very first holiday craft fair. There were over 30 local crafters […]

Top Stories

Two people stabbed, one person in custody

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Around 5 p.m. Sunday, Berkeley Co. deputies responded to a double stabbing on South Live Oak Drive in Moncks Corner. According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Spokesperson Dan Moon, one person was stabbed in the hand and another person was stabbed in the chest area. Their injuries are reportedly non-life threatening. It’s believed the incident occurred after an issue […]

Business

Construction underway for new Walmart grocery store

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—It’s hard not to notice all of the construction currently taking place along St. James Avenue. Crews recently demolished the old ‘Butchies by Design’ building to make room for the new Walmart Neighborhood Market. According to store officials, they plan to employ approximately 95 people at the Goose Creek location. Less than a mile down the road from […]

Entertainment

Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs to perform in the lowcountry

Fourteen-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Ricky Skaggs returns to the Charleston Music Hall on November 13, eleven years after recording his Grammy winning album, Live At The Charleston Music Hall. Skaggs’ career is easily among the most significant in recent country music history. If Skaggs’ burgeoning trophy case full of  awards wasn’t already enough evidence of that fact, consider that legendary guitarist Chet Atkins […]

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Woman desperately wants stolen horse safely returned home

HOLLY HILL, S.C.—One Holly Hill woman is hoping someone in Berkeley County or the surrounding area might be able to help her get her beloved mare back after she says it was stolen from her home. “I’m still in shock that someone would take my horse. I’m so worried sick my heart hurts,” stated Katie Crosby who attended Berkeley High […]

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THS student, junior firefighter expelled after bringing box cutter to school

STEPHEN, S.C.—On October 24th, Rhoda Cannon Johnson says her son, Randy “RJ” Cannon, 16, was called into the principal’s office after school cameras caught him passing dipping tobacco to other students on campus. “They were then going to search him and asked if he had anything on him that they would find,” stated the teen’s mother. “He handed them a […]

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Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s office receives federal DUI grant

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a federal grant to help combat DUI traffic accidents through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety for the third consecutive year, according to BCSO spokesperson Dan Moon.  This year’s grant totaled $62,569. The sheriff’s office was first awarded a federal grant back in 2010 to enforce DUI laws and […]

Entertainment

Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White to return to the lowcountry

Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White, best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy” phenomenon returns to North Charleston with his new stand-up show called “Nutcracker.” White has achieved three Grammy nominations, a gold record, two of the top rated one-hour specials in Comedy Central history, a book that appeared on the New York Times […]

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Enormous yellow jacket hive discovered in Berkeley County

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–This week, Eric “Critter” McCool of McCool Wildlife Services, cleared what possibly was the largest yellow jacket nest ever in all of South Carolina. “The possibility of killing this nest with pesticides was virtually impossible — it was too big,” McCool told Channel 4. For McCool, it was definitely that largest yellow jacket extraction in the history of […]