The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) announced the launch of a 24-member Target Zero Enforcement Team today. Funding for the new 24-trooper unit is being provided by SCDOT. These troopers will work to reduce highway tragedies by focusing proactive enforcement on identified roadway corridors that are high-risk for traffic fatalities […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis announced this morning the arrest of 19-year-old Jamez Deondre Kelly of North Charleston for the July 24th shooting in Moncks Corner, in which three people were shot including two juveniles. The July 24th shooting on Nelson Ferry Road occurred following a birthday party at a residence on Mitton Road in the […]

ST. STEPHEN, S.C.– The Berkeley County Library System is pleased to be the first library system in the state to offer a new service, MiFi30, which allows customers to check out the internet for 30 days, free with their library card. This new service began with a grant of more than $11k from Google-SC to the Friends of the Berkeley […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—On Saturday, shortly before 3 p.m., a Goose Creek officer responded to the Boulder Bluff subdivision in reference to a reckless driver. According to the incident report, a witness followed the vehicle, described as a white Infiniti driven by 26-year-old James Cale Gilliam, throughout the Boulder Bluff subdivision. The witness reportedly notified dispatch that at one point Gilliam […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County deputies say they are investigating a triple shooting that occurred Friday night following a birthday party on Mitten Road in Moncks Corner.  According to investigators, after the party ended, several people began walking down Nelson Ferry Road when an unidentified car drove by. Officials say the passengers in the car opened fire on the victims. Deputies say […]

HUGER, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Saturday around 10:30 a.m., an out of state sub-contractor working at the Huger Nucor steel plant was pinned between two moving pieces of equipment and crushed. He was pronounced dead on the scene by Coroner Salisbury. The Berkeley County and Charleston County Rescue Squads worked for 6 hours to free the man, […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–An individual sought by state and federal authorities in Orangeburg County has been confirmed as a person of interest in the Holly Hill murders of last week, according to OCSO Spokesperson Richard Walker. The victims were all shot to death, investigators have stated. They’ve been identified as Tamara Perry, 14; Shamekia Sanders, 17; Krystal Hutto, 28; and Jerome Butler, […]

Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—Members of the National Action Network are calling for the removal of a Confederate battle flag emblem from the city of Goose Creek’s welcome sign. “I’m born and raised right here in Goose Creek and seeing that sign day in and day out reminds me of what took place June […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Corner Bill Salisbury, on Wednesday at 5:46 a.m. he responded to Old State Road near Cane Bay for an accident. Salisbury says 27-year-old Maxwell Mackey of Cane Bay was riding his motorcycle west on Old State Road when he was struck head-on by a sedan going east. He died at the scene.  The coroner says […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the young male and female scene in this surveillance image. Authorities say they are accused of fraud. Police believe they are both using cloned debit/credit bank cards. The recent incident occurred on July 5, 2015 at the CVS Pharmacy in Goose Creek. If you have any information […]