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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Not even Stage 4 cancer could keep Kizzie Priestly, 39, from recently marrying the love of her life. On Thursday, the Goose Creek woman exchanged wedding vows with her fiance, David Hall, at Trident Hospital in North Charleston. The happy couple was supposed to get married Sunday, but after Priestly’s condition recently worsened, it required her to be admitted to […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol arrested a Republican state senator from Berkeley County Saturday night on various charges. Paul G. Campbell Jr. of Goose Creek was booked into the Charleston County Detention Center in North Charleston. He’s charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and providing false info to police. Campbell’s wife was also cited for […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Two men are behind bars following the recent murder of a Sangaree man that occurred on Halloween. On the morning of 10/31/17, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to 603 Beauregard Road near Summerville after receiving 9-1-1 calls reporting gunfire and someone being wounded at that location. Responding deputies found Stephen Hutchins deceased from an apparent gunshot wound in […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–If you are used to seeing clean shaven deputies in uniform, November may be a bit of a change for you. This month, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office deputies are raising money for the Pediatric Cancer Center of Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital at the MUSC. Those deputies who donate will be permitted to grown facial hair during for the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County School District (BCSD) will unveil the proposed attendance lines for the new Foxbank Elementary School at two Stakeholder Meetings on Tuesday, November 7, and Thursday, November 9, 2017. District administration will host the first meeting at Whitesville Elementary School on Tuesday, November 7, beginning at 6 p.m. and will host a second meeting at Cane […]
November is National Adoption Awareness Month, and the S.C. Department of Social Services is highlighting the opportunity to create a forever family for one of the state’s waiting children. There are 566 children legally available for adoption in South Carolina. That’s 566 young people who could make a couple a family, bring life into an empty home or become a […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Some drivers were left doing double takes after an unusual sighting of “prehistoric” proportions Tuesday morning. As parents dropped off their kids at Devon Forest Elementary on Halloween, they were met by a T-Rex perfectly directing traffic like a pro. Fortunately, this dinosaur was friendly, and students, parents and faculty couldn’t help but chuckle at the sighting. “This […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office are working overtime to determine who killed a man in the Sangaree community early Tuesday morning. The shooting took place at 603 Beauregard Road near Summerville. Authorities say a man was found shot to death inside a home at that address. According to Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis, the shooting doesn’t appear to […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–After Hurricane Irma damaged the home of a World War II veteran in September, a Berkeley County community–along with the help of BP and U.S. Senator Tim Scott–recently joined forces to provide this local hero with a brand new home. Volunteers made up of individuals, businesses and community organizations recently rallied together to condemn and replace the vet’s […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—After more than half a century in business, the Berkeley County Rescue Squad will permanently shut down by next year. “We are still going to be an organization until July 1st,” stated Chief Bill Salisbury. “That’s when the county’s budget shuts off and that would be a good time to shut it down. We may stop running calls […]
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