MONCKS CORNER, S.C.– Berkeley County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will move to OPCON 3 at 12:00 P.M. Thursday, September 7, 2017. Hurricane Irma’s threat to Berkeley County continues to increase; therefore, Berkeley County is increasing its preparation for the storm. The County agency is closely monitoring the storm and will be coordinating a response if necessary. OPCON 3 means the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County Animal Center will temporarily stop accepting animals on Thursday, September 7 in preparation for Hurricane Irma. The shelter is working to ensure all animals currently in the facility are properly cared for and/or transported. The shelter is expecting to transport a number of the animals to an upstate shelter on Friday, September 8. Additionally, Berkeley Animal […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–In light of Hurricane Irma, the County is working to provide sandbags for Berkeley County citizens at local fire departments. Right now, the following locations are offering sandbags: Town of Moncks Corner Fire Department, 118 Carolina Avenue, Moncks Corner, SC Whitesville Fire Department, 115 Sunview Avenue, Moncks Corner, SC C & B Fire Department, 509 Royle Road, Ladson, SC […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Forecasters now believe South Carolina will see some effects from Hurricane Irma, causing municipalities statewide to begin taking precaution. Irma could make landfall in South Carolina as a category 3 or 4 hurricane, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Columbia. “Right now, the timing would indicate that it would be a Monday or Tuesday event” when […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A 33-year-old Berkeley County man received a 125-year sentence on Wednesday for multiple rapes against a young victim that began when she was 12 years old. Judge Roger M. Young sentenced Jonathan Galloway to the maximum sentence on each of the seven indictments that spanned over two years and included assaults in both Charleston and Berkeley Counties. Galloway […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Two people are facing charges after using a counterfeit bill to pay for a meal at a Moncks Corner restaurant. Chief Rick Ollic with the Moncks Corner Police Department says officers responded to a local restaurant located on Highway 52 in the early morning hours of Wednesday August 30, 2017 for a counterfeit bill tendered for payment for […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Two fugitives on the run from Berkeley County have finally been taken into custody. This week detectives with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force worked in conjunction with agencies in Duval County, Florida and LIncoln County, WV to arrest two fugitives. Cody Matthew Wroblewski , 33, of Bonneau, was arrested on August 30, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A little more than four months after a high-speed chase resulted in the death of a motorcyclist, a Berkeley County deputy will not face any charges. On April 19th, 2017, Deputy James Vansant attempted to stop a motorcycle operated by Robert Lee Clark, Jr. who was riding his motorcycle erratically and failed to stop for the deputy’s […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Davon Washington pled guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter for the shooting and killing of Luther “Woody” Cribb, III, according to Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson. The shooting occurred at approximately 2 o’clock in the morning in the parking lot of the Kangaroo gas station on Highway 17A in the Summerville area of Berkeley County. Circuit Court Judge Maite Murphy […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Lowcountry Land Trust (LLT) recently announced the acquisition of the 600-acre Hyde Park Plantation in the Cooper River Historic District. The property includes more than 100 acres of rice fields and nearly 500 acres of upland forest as well as a main house, servant’s quarters, and guest house. This purchase brings the total number of protected acres in […]
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