PINOPOLIS, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is sending out a warning to homeowners in Pinopolis. According to deputies, Thursday morning, December 31, 2015, at approximately 6 a.m., 2 black males, one armed with a knife, and the other with a firearm, attempted an armed robbery of a resident out for a morning walk on Pinopolis Road. When the suspects attempted […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers assisted a family on Tuesday whose apartment, located on Harbour Lake Drive in Goose Creek, was damaged by a fire. The Goose Creek Fire Department responded to the blaze, volunteers stated. The Red Cross helped one adult and four children by providing financial assistance for food, clothing, temporary lodging, comfort kits with personal […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–On Saturday, January 16th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Cypress Gardens is asking for volunteers to come out to help clean-up the trails. “They have needed a good cleaning for a long time, and this is the perfect opportunity to do it,” read a recent Facebook post by Cypress Gardens. “We will be removing dead limbs and […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the woman seen pictured in the photo. Police say she is wanted for questioning in reference to a burglary that occurred on Christmas. According to the police report, officers met with a couple who live in the Pineview subdivision who wanted to report that their home had been […]

ST. STEPHEN, S.C.—For one Berkeley County family, their Christmas was a little less merry thanks to a real-life Grinch. According to a report by Live 5 News, the suspect broke into the house on Betaw Road on December 24th by forcing open the back door. Once inside the thief reportedly stole a flat screen television, two laptops and small tools. […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Christmas Eve, Berkeley County deputies and firefighters were doing more than just responding to calls. They were also giving big surprises to unsuspecting families and their children. Several first responders spent a few hours in Berkeley County delivering dozens of wrapped presents to children with the hope of making their Christmas an even brighter one. For one father of […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Christmas around 6 p.m., a BMW was traveling on Cainhoy Road when it ran off the left side of the roadway. Salisbury said that after leaving the roadway it struck a power pole and a tree.  The driver, 41-year-old Marshevis Ellington, of Columbia, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The National Weather Service Office in Charleston recently examined photographs provided by Berkeley County Emergency Management and aerial drone footage by Skyview Aerial Solutions LLC and determined that an EF-0 tornado touched down shortly before 4 a.m. on Wednesday. The tornado reportedly occurred for about one minute at Carolina Nurseries—about three miles south southwest of Moncks Corner. The […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–You don’t usually see multiple fire trucks randomly roll up to a house unless there’s a fire or other emergency. However, Wednesday night, several local firefighters were on a mission of a different kind–to bring holiday cheer to a brother in blue and his family. On November 3rd, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputy Cameron Babson was injured when he was struck […]