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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry announced that the reward in the Ariel Morgan shooting incident has increased to $10,000, with an additional $1,000 being donated by an anonymous private donor. Violence broke out during a block party on the evening of June 7th, 2014 in the Moncks Corner area of Berkeley County. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Police Chief Harvey Becker is calling on all Goose Creek area residents to join the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s “Making a Difference for St. Jude” Bike-a-thon on Saturday, April 9. The event, in its 31st year, begins at 9 a.m. at the lake and hiker-biker trail behind Goose Creek City Hall. Riders are needed to […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — Santee Cooper will conduct a test of its 15 warning sirens for the Santee River floodplain in Berkeley, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties on Monday, April 4. The tests are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and last a few minutes. As part of the test, Santee Cooper will set off each siren in test mode, which […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to county leaders, there is a prescribed burn of over 700 aces Thursday by U.S. Forest Service just south of Alvin. Hoodtown Road will be temporarily detoured between Highway 17A and Schurlknight Road from 1 P.M. to approximately 3 P.M. Additionally, residents in Alvin should anticipate minimal smoke impacts throughout the day and evening. The public is asked […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–Forget the traditional fairy tale romance. Heather McCreery, 41, and Bryon Perry, 27, were strangers living clear across the country more than five years ago. Then, they met playing an online game called World of Warcraft, became friends, fell in love, and finally made their relationship a reality when Bryon moved more than 3,000 miles from his home in Fresno, California to […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Tuesday at 7 p.m., Doris Nobles, 73, of Conway was a passenger on a jet ski when she managed to fall off and drown. Salisbury said the jet ski was traveling at an idle speed, and she was wearing a life jacket. This accident happened on Lake Moultrie near Short Stay. The […]
A Berkeley County teen has been charged with arson after a fire broke out at a Lexington County house. According to the arrest warrants, John Bradley Wiley, 17, of Ladson has been charged with third degree arson after willfully and maliciously setting a fire that caused extensive damage to a home in the 100 block of Scoggins Drive in Lexington. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Sunday around 10:15 a.m. 44 year old Harold Stewart, Jr. was struck by a train in the City of Goose Creek. Stewart was walking on the side walk that crosses the tracks on Red Bank Road and Highway 52, Salisbury stated. Witnesses stated that the arms were down and the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Saturday around 5 p.m., multiple fire crews were dispatched to a house fire on 1510 Bataw Road in St. Stephen. When crews arrived on scene, they said the house was fully involved. Fortunately, firefighters say no one was inside the house at the time of the fire, and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–This week, Berkeley County officials reiterated that they remain committed to rebuilding Cypress Gardens into an even better destination than it was before the historic floods of 2015. According to Berkeley County Spokesperson Michael Mule, the county’s intentions are to open part of the gardens as soon as the following three issues are addressed: 1) Rebuilding the boat dock […]
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