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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to the Cypress Gardens boat landing after their K-9 unit found a man’s body in some nearby woods. According to the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office, foul play is not suspected. Authorities say the man appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The coroner has not released the man’s identity. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of 58-year-old James Keller Volz of Goose Creek, S.C., on one charge connected to sexual exploitation of minors. The Goose Creek Police Department, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, made the arrest. Investigators state that Volz uploaded child pornography to a social networking website. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Joint Base Charleston officials, mosquitoes recently captured at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek have tested positive for the West Nile virus. The tests on the mosquitoes were performed at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in Ohio. The only way to get the virus is from the bite of an infected mosquito. At this time, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, detectives along with the Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office arrested Donald Blair Sr. for 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and sexual battery of a student 16 to 17 years old. Authorities say detectives were investigating a complaint from a student in reference to a consensual sexual relationship between Blair and a […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.– Dr. Gretchen Bowles, band director at Hanahan High School, was recently selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). Each year student members of NSHSS are invited to nominate the educator who has made the most significant contribution to their academic career for the Claes Nobel Educator of […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department is asking the public for help in locating the suspect(s) involved in a weekend murder. Early Sunday morning, officers say they responded to a shooting at 122 Westerfield Dr. in the Cherry Hill subdivision where a 19-year- old man was found dead. “I observed several black males and females who appeared to be […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–On August 21, 2016 at 12:55 a.m., Kyle David Shirlin, 19, was attending a party in a Goose Creek neighborhood when he was shot, according to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury. Shirlin was pronounced dead on the scene. An autopsy will be conducted Monday and more information will follow, Salisbury stated. The death is being investigated by the […]
8/21/2016 UPDATE VIA BCSO: She has been located and is safe. Thanks everyone. BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, officers are actively looking for a missing girl in Goose Creek. Authorities say she was last seen at an address on Henderson Drive off of Redbank Road at 9:18 p.m. on Saturday (August 20th). Deputies have identified the […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–A Lowcountry teen wasn’t exactly thrilled to be in court recently; however, he was especially unhappy when the judge issued his sentence inside a Goose Creek courtroom. Goose Creek police recently charged Kurtis McNeil, 18, with third degree domestic violence. In court, the teen pleaded guilty to the charge, authorities stated. However, when it came down to sentencing, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the latest data from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Berkeley County’s unemployment rate in July 2016 has dropped to 4.8%, down from 5.5% in July 2015 and from 6.3% in January 2015. In the past year, Berkeley County’s employment has increased by over 3,100 people – from 89,018 in July 2015 to 92,149 […]
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