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Sunday, April 28, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The South Carolina State Department of Education recently announced the results of each district’s WorkKeys assessments. According to school officials, Berkeley County students received more National Career Readiness Certificates (NCRC) than students in the state and across the country. Eighty-nine percent of Berkeley County School District students who took WorkKeys earned a National Career Readiness Certificate, compared to […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–The Berkeley County Library System and the Town of St. Stephen recently celebrated the opening of its new library. More than 250 attended the library’s grand opening on Sunday and toured the inside of the building. The new library includes a community meeting room with a kitchen area and seating for 45 people, a conference room, a private study room […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Female law enforcement officers all over the country are standing behind a little girl who stands behinds the thin blue line. Kinley Goertler, 4, was shopping with her mom recently in Washington when she found a SWAT police uniform and picked it out as her Halloween costume. The only problem was Kinley noticed that it was described as […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on September 21, 2015 at 4 a.m., Tiffany Nicole Wilder, 24, of Charleston, was traveling west on I-26 near mile marker 188 when her Toyota ran off the left side of the roadway. She then over-corrected and ran off the right side of the road, struck a tree and was pinned in […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Board of Voter Registration and Election of Berkeley County, in conjunction with the South Carolina State Election Commission, will be joining Americans across the nation to celebrate National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday. National Voter Registration Day is a nationwide effort to register voters before upcoming November elections in that year. Berkeley County Election and Voter Registration Director […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Sheriff Duane Lewis announced today that his office made 50 arrests during a multi-agency sweep that included criminal saturation patrols, drug investigations, warrant sweeps and compliance checks at various bars in Berkeley County’s northern end last week. The sweep took place in the Macedonia, Cordesville, Jamestown, Shulerville, Alvin, Saint Stephen, Bonneau, Moncks Corner and Cross areas […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The South Carolina State Department of Education announced the results of each district’s Advanced Placement (AP) and SAT assessments, and results show that Berkeley County School District continues to increase its number of test takers. The district also was named to the 5th AP District Honor Roll because of its efforts during the 2013-2014 school year, achieving increases […]
Via Press Release: BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson announced that a Berkeley County jury found Jeramy Parks guilty on Wednesday for molesting a child who was three and four years old at the time of the assaults. The victim endured continuous abuse for over two years at the hands of the defendant. Circuit Judge Deadre L. Jefferson sentenced the […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–A series of bomb threats at Timberland High School have prompted Crime Stoppers authorities to offer a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for making the bogus calls. The school has received three bomb threats so far this year. The first occurred back on the morning of May 21st. Shortly before 10 a.m. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—On Wednesday, the community not only lost a friend and dedicated family man—it lost a dedicated first responder. “He took enormous pride in volunteering at the fire departments! He had a passion for helping people,” stated his cousin, Samantha Faulk Anderson. For more than 20 years, Maywood “Tunkin” Gaskins, 56, volunteered his time helping keep people safe. He loved […]
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