The New Year offers the perfect opportunity for tobacco users to quit and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is helping tobacco users kick the habit, for good. No matter what stage of the quit process you are in the South Carolina Tobacco Quitline can help. “It’s never too late to quit smoking or using tobacco because […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Fire Department has a resolution for 2017: Smoke detectors in every home. Thanks to a recent grant, that resolution will come closer to reality. This past summer, the GCFD applied for ServiceMaster of Charleston’s Smoke Detector Grant Program. Goose Creek was among several area fire departments awarded the grant, which came in the form of […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Wednesday, the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office released a list of deaths reported and worked in Berkeley County over the last six years. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, 12 deaths from 2016 are still pending an autopsy. The report shows that the coroner’s office responded to 989 deaths in Berkeley County last year–an increase of 56 from the previous year. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to the Goose Creek Police Department, police are still actively looking for the suspect who robbed the Goose Creek CVS on St. James Avenue one day before New Year’s Eve. Authorities say the crime happened around 7:15 p.m. and that the suspect was armed when he entered the pharmacy and demanded to know where the narcotics were […]
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of 12 persons killed on South Carolina roadways during the New Year’s Holiday reporting period, which started Friday, December 30, 2016, at 6 p.m. and concluded Monday, January 2, 2017, at midnight. Preliminary details on these crashes are below. Interstates 2 US routes, SC roads and secondary roads 9 […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department is currently looking to identify the suspect depicted in the above photograph. According to police, the suspect appeared to act as the lookout during the armed robbery and is a person of interest in that effort and the attempted murder of several customers and a Walmart employee. Authorities say the suspect entered the […]
MONCKS CORNER, SC – Following County Council’s vote at their December 12th meeting to seek a legal opinion from the Attorney General on the makeup and responsibilities of the Accommodation Tax Advisory Committee, Berkeley County Attorney John O. Williams submitted a formal request to Alan Wilson’s office yesterday. In his letter to the Attorney General, Williams asks General Wilson for […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Aaron Thomas Woodley, 42, of Moncks Corner,on 12 charges connected to sexual exploitation of minors. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office assisted with the investigation.  Investigators state that Woodley […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, deputies rescued two suspects from a burning vehicle after stealing an ATM and leading officers on a chase early Monday morning. A little after 3:00 a.m., a St. Stephen’s police unit responded to an alarm following a glass breakage at the Citgo in St. Stephen. Once on scene, a suspicious Ford Explorer […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Evonik Corporation, a German chemical manufacturing company, is launching new operations in Berkeley County. The project will result in at least $120 million of new capital investment and the creation of more than 50 jobs. “Berkeley County is truly honored to have Evonik call our community its new home and welcome their investment and the jobs they offer. […]
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