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Sunday, May 19, 2024
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety joined local law enforcement around the state Tuesday to send a strong message about impaired driving enforcement as summer in South Carolina draws to a close. In the weeks prior to Labor Day, state and local law enforcement agencies will intensify their efforts to crack down on drunk driving and reduce DUI-related traffic deaths […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Moncks Corner man has died following a traffic accident on North Main Street (Hwy. 17A), according to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury. Salisbury stated that the accident happened around 9 a.m. on Tuesday. He identified the driver as Edward Milton Thornley IV, 37, of Moncks Corner. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Thornley’s death was ruled accidental, and […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, four people are behind bars for various charges including meth. On Monday, deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office and members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force received information that a wanted fugitive, David Earl Evans, was at 103 Tennyson Way in Summerville. Evans was being sought for 11 bench warrants […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–A Hanahan firefighter was rushed to the hospital following a large house fire in Hanahan over the weekend. On Saturday, 9-1-1 dispatchers received a call in reference to a two-story house on fire. The Hanahan Fire Department along with Goose Creek Rural Fire Department responded to the house fire and found it fully involved upon arrival on Crossbill Trail. Authorities stated that crews […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of exposing himself to a woman inside a Moncks Corner thrift store recently. On August 4th, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a sexual exposure at the Goody’s by Grace Thrift Shop located on South Live Oak Drive. The female victim stated that a white […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a traffic crash involving a marked South Carolina Highway Patrol vehicle, Chief Deputy Mike Cochran confirmed. The single vehicle crash happened on Sunday evening, just after 10 p.m. on Cooper Store Road, he said. Cochran added that the SCHP trooper was travelling from Highway 176 on Cooper Store Road near […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Great things continue to take place in Moncks Corner. The Town of Moncks Corner celebrated National Farmers Market Week by breaking ground Thursday on its pavilion for the Moncks Corner Farmers Market. Berkeley County Supervisor Bill Peagler, Moncks Corner Mayor Michael Lockliear and other community leaders were on hand for the occasion. The open air space will hold 16 […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Goose Creek woman charged with felony DUI after authorities say she hit a lowcountry police officer with her car is out of jail. A judge set Wendy Burnett’s bond at $25,000. The 24-year-old also happens to be a North Charleston High School teacher. “This completely senseless and avoidable act has changed his life and all those near […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday, several agencies responded to Blue & Gold, an auto salvage yard, on Howe Hall Road in Goose Creek for reports of a large fire. Goose Creek Rural, Goose Creek City, Hanahan, Moncks Corner Rural, Pimplico and North Charleston Fire Departments along with other fire crews are currently helping to extinguish the flames. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A former assistant principal of Goose Creek High will spend one year behind bars after pleading guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old student. Paul Herman, 37, of Moncks Corner began serving his sentence on Friday. Court records show that he was given credit for time already served on the sexual battery charge. Following his release, he will remain […]
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