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Monday, May 6, 2024
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Tuesday, April 10 was a special night at City Hall. At City Council’s monthly meeting, South Carolina Representative and former Goose Creek City Council-member Joe Daning presented Mayor Michael Heitzler and Mayor Pro Tem Mark Phillips with framed S.C. House of Representatives Proclamations thanking them for their years of service to Goose Creek. In addition, Mayor Pro Tem […]
Hitting $2.81, today’s national gas price average has reached the highest price per gallon since November 2014. Today’s national gas price average is 16-cents more expensive than last month and 43-cents more expensive that last year at this time. This year’s pump prices will not be reminiscent of 2014, but for motorists, filling-up is packing an unwanted punch to wallets. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The City of Goose Creek has exciting career opportunities, and the public is invited to learn about current Goose Creek Police Department openings – including Police Officers and other positions – at a job fair on May 8. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Goose Creek Police Department at the Municipal Center complex […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–We’ve all seen them – usually while passing the scene of a car accident: the straight, “backboard” stretchers used to transport patients in and out of ambulances. At first glance, it’s hard to imagine how this basic equipment could be improved. It turns out that the stretchers do have an issue: their rigidity means that accident victims often […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–The Moncks Corner Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a bank fraud suspect. Police say police, the suspect is wanted for taking approximately $5,000 from a someone’s bank account. If you have any information, call Moncks Corner Police Department at 843-719-7993 or Crime Stoppers at 843-554-1111. You can remain anonymous and even possibly qualify for […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has identified a Goose Creek teen who was found shot to death in Hanahan early Friday morning. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, the teen has been identified as Payton Robert Velarde, 15, of Goose Creek. Salisbury stated that he died from a gunshot wound. Velarde was found fatally wounded and lying along the 11-block of […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Seven inmates have died and another 17 injured following a prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, S.C. over the weekend. Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. Two of the inmates killed were from Berkeley […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A dog was shot after bullets pierced the inside of a Goose Creek home over the weekend, according to Berkeley County deputies. Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 100 block of Oakside Drive at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. One of the victims told deputies that she was lying in bed with her dog […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The administration of Stratford High School recently renamed the Stratford High School softball field after former softball head coach, Debra Tolar on Thursday. Coach Tolar boasts an impressive 31-year coaching career, including 28 years as a Knight. This event was rescheduled due to the conditions of today’s weather. Coach Tolar’s professionalism and commitment to her student athletes allowed […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper submitted today a petition to intervene in Public Service Commission proceeding 2017-370-E, concerning the proposed merger between SCANA Corp. and Dominion Energy and SCANA’s abandonment of the V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 project. Santee Cooper owns 45 percent of the V.C. Summer project. A PSC ruling on the SCANA proceeding may affect interests […]
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