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Friday, May 3, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Forecasters now believe South Carolina will see some effects from Hurricane Irma, causing municipalities statewide to begin taking precaution. Irma could make landfall in South Carolina as a category 3 or 4 hurricane, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Columbia. “Right now, the timing would indicate that it would be a Monday or Tuesday event” when […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County School District is sending out a warning to parents about a potential phone scam. “It has come to our attention that some of you may have received a call from a blocked phone number asking for a donation to help expand and improve technology for BCSD students,” stated the district on its official Facebook account. […]
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster recently proclaimed September 4-8 Payroll Week in the Palmetto State. This annual event, held in conjunction with the larger National Payroll Week, has been hosted by the American Payroll Association since 1996. The week is used as a time to say thank you to payroll professionals and to educate employees on ways to get the […]
BONNEAU, S.C.–The town of Bonneau’s annual Peanut Festival is right around the corner. The two-day event is scheduled for October 13th and October 14th. The fun kicks off Friday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The parade will kick off at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Line up starts at 9:00 a.m. Come enjoy live music, entertainment, rides, great food and more […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A 33-year-old Berkeley County man received a 125-year sentence on Wednesday for multiple rapes against a young victim that began when she was 12 years old. Judge Roger M. Young sentenced Jonathan Galloway to the maximum sentence on each of the seven indictments that spanned over two years and included assaults in both Charleston and Berkeley Counties. Galloway […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Two people are facing charges after using a counterfeit bill to pay for a meal at a Moncks Corner restaurant. Chief Rick Ollic with the Moncks Corner Police Department says officers responded to a local restaurant located on Highway 52 in the early morning hours of Wednesday August 30, 2017 for a counterfeit bill tendered for payment for […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Two fugitives on the run from Berkeley County have finally been taken into custody. This week detectives with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force worked in conjunction with agencies in Duval County, Florida and LIncoln County, WV to arrest two fugitives. Cody Matthew Wroblewski , 33, of Bonneau, was arrested on August 30, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A little more than four months after a high-speed chase resulted in the death of a motorcyclist, a Berkeley County deputy will not face any charges. On April 19th, 2017, Deputy James Vansant attempted to stop a motorcycle operated by Robert Lee Clark, Jr. who was riding his motorcycle erratically and failed to stop for the deputy’s […]
Gas prices continue to rise as an effect of Hurricane Harvey. In South Carolina, the statewide average is $2.26 – a seven cent increase overnight and a 20 cent increase since before Harvey. At $2.45, today’s national gas price average is the highest recorded price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline so far this year. The near-term combinations of numerous […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Davon Washington pled guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter for the shooting and killing of Luther “Woody” Cribb, III, according to Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson. The shooting occurred at approximately 2 o’clock in the morning in the parking lot of the Kangaroo gas station on Highway 17A in the Summerville area of Berkeley County. Circuit Court Judge Maite Murphy […]
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