BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Shortly before 7 p.m. on Monday, first responders were dispatched to Cypress Gardens Road near Bushy Park after dispatchers notified them that a portion of the bridge in the area had collapsed. Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad Chief Bill Salisbury arrived on the scene, serving as the point of contact for the media. He says the collapse caused five […]
Author: Nikki Gaskins Campbell
3rd annual Beach and BBQ Festival attracts hundreds for good food, lots of fun
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The City of Goose Creek presented its 3rd Annual Beach and BBQ Festival Saturday evening behind city hall along N. Goose Creek Blvd. The free family-friendly festival attracted hundreds of people and featured live music from Shem Creek Boogie Band sponsored by Goose Creek Heating and Air. There was also a corn-hole tournament and kid’s play area sponsored […]
Goose Creek Police investigate playground fire near subdivision
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Police are investigating a playground fire that is believed to have been intentionally set. The playground is located at Fairfax Boulevard and Waterford Place. According to witnesses who live in the subdivision, firefighters arrived on the scene approximately 6:15 p.m. and quickly started extinguishing the flames. One young woman, who lives in the Fairfax subdivision, called […]
Bond set for 2 men in gas station armed robbery, meth lab
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Two men are behind bars after police say they recently robbed a Moncks Corner gas station. Moncks Corner Police later requested the assistance of the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office after locating a small, reported “meth lab” using the “shake and bake” method behind the house of one of the suspects. According to an officer on scene, they simply […]
6 people arrested in two separate burglaries in Berkeley Co.
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to spokesperson Dan Moon, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six people in connection with two separate burglaries that occurred over the past week. Moon says that on April 19th deputies responded to a reported burglary on Rail Drive in Summerville. The victims reportedly told deputies that they returned home to find their home had been […]
Berkeley County man arrested on tax charges
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Ralph Lewis Cooper, Jr., 49, a resident of Berkeley County, was arrested Monday on income tax charges. SC Department of Revenue (DOR) investigators charged Cooper with four counts of attempting to evade or defeat taxes. He is being held at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center in Berkeley County SC pending a bond hearing. For tax years 2008 through 2011, […]
Deputies: Moncks Corner woman shoots boyfriend, charged with attempted murder
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has charged a woman with attempted murder for a shooting that happened Sunday night near Cypress Gardens Rd. Authorities say that when deputies responded to 303 Winnow Court in the Planters Trace subdivision, they found a man in the home with a gunshot wound to his chest. Shelly Anne Taylor, 36, has also […]
Santee Cooper names new general counsel
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – The Santee Cooper Board of Directors has named 4th Circuit Judge J. Michael Baxley as senior vice president and general counsel, effective July 1. Baxley will replace James E. Brogdon, who retires June 30. Baxley was elected resident judge in the 4th Circuit in 2000, where he represents Darlington, Marlboro, Dillon and Chesterfield counties and has […]
DEA to hold prescription drug take back this Saturday in Berkeley Co.
After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Folks can take their pills (no liquids or needles) to one of over 5,600 collection sites […]
Elderly man killed after tree falls on house
HANAHAN, S.C.–Shortly after midnight on early Monday morning, Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury says a 911 dispatcher received a call advising that large tree fell on a house at 5 Leone Ct. in the Otranto community of Hanahan. The coroner says William Carl Klein, 72, was in his upstairs den, sitting in a chair when the tree fell and pinned […]
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