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Sunday, April 28, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Jess Benton, full-release teacher mentor with Berkeley County School District, will serve as President of the South Carolina Forensic Coaches’ Association (SCFCA) during the 2015-2016 academic year. Explaining her goals for the year, Benton said, “Most of the active speech and debate schools are located in the Upstate. I hope to work with coaches and programs throughout the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–By unanimous vote, the Berkeley County Board of Education has selected Brenda Blackburn as the district’s new superintendent. Blackburn is currently superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, a 9,600 student district in Christiansburg, Va. Prior to this post, she served as an Area Superintendent and an Associate Superintendent for Brevard Public Schools, a 75,000 student district in Viera, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis has announced the arrest of Ronald Eugene Phillips. Jr. Phillips was on the sheriff’s “Most Wanted” list. Phillips was charged by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office for: Criminal Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature, Criminal Domestic Violence 3rd, 4 counts of Evading Arrest, Animal (Police Dog) Harassing and a General Sessions Bench […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Christina Barbaro, a second grade teacher at Sangaree Elementary who wrote both grants, said, “I am so excited to be able to bring learning to life, get the students outside to experience nature and integrate nature into our curriculum.” Barbaro wrote the grants to secure funding to create the school’s Learning Outdoor Lab (LOL). The LOL will provide […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Six Berkeley County businesses were recognized as Best Places to Work in South Carolina at a dinner last week presented by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and SC Biz News. Total Quality Logistics, a logistics provider on Daniel Island, was named the SC Best Place to Work for large companies. Also on the large companies list were […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–On Monday morning, members of the National Action Network held a press conference to once again call for the removal of the Confederate flag emblem from the City of Goose Creek’s welcome sign. According to members of the organization, the emblem is offensive. “That flag does not speak for me and doesn’t speak for the rest of those folks […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–To help celebrate the SUBWAY® brand’s 50th Anniversary milestone, SUBWAY® Restaurants earned superlative recognition by setting the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for “Most people making sandwiches simultaneously,†with 1,481 people making a sandwich. Moncks Corner Subway owner Cindy Butler participated in the world record breaking sandwich making event held at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis announced that three people have been arrested following a murder early Sunday morning at the Kangaroo gas station on North Main Street in Summerville. According to Berkeley County Spokesperson Michael Mule, deputies responded to a shooting at the Kangaroo gas station at 1571 North Main Street in the Summerville area of Berkeley County just […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Chief Deputy Mike Cochran of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has released details of a car chase from last night that ended with the driver, who is also the the suspect, in the hospital. According to Berkeley County Spokesperson Michael Mule, Berkeley County deputies responded last night to a disturbance call on Sassafras Lane in Summerville. While on the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—A Berkeley County dispatcher is being credited for saving the life of a 77-year-old woman who became unconscious early Tuesday morning. According to the woman’s husband, John Wyndham, he initially woke up to find his wife, Margaret, gasping for air. He then ran to wake up his two children– James Wolley and Cynthia Brown. They then called 9-1-1, and […]
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