BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County residents have flooded to social media to report seeing heavy smoke and ash in places like Cordesville, Macedonia, Moncks Corner and Goose Creek. For some homeowners, the sight of the thick smoke and ash looked like a volcano getting ready to erupt. Luckily, that’s definitely not the case. Instead, it’s all part of a controlled burn throughout […]

A Hanahan man has now been charged with murder surrounding the disappearance of a Dorchester County woman who vanished without a trace in early April. The two were last seen together in Berkeley County. According to investigators with the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, traces of blood in the trunk of a vehicle prompted them to obtain a murder warrant for 30-year-old Edward Bonilla who […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, the body of 74-year-old John Green of St. Stephen was recovered Monday at 9:30 a.m. by the Berkeley County Rescue Squad and the Berkeley Co. Coroner’s Office. Salisbury stated that Green was found  floating near the St. Stephen Power House. “We have been searching for Mr. Green everyday. I would like to thank […]

HANAHAN, S.C.–Nearly a dozen people are homeless after a fire badly damaged a two-story apartment building on Willard Street early Saturday morning. Both the Hanahan and North Charleston Fire Departments responded to the scene shortly after midnight. Disaster-trained American Red Cross volunteers assisted ten people living inside the apartment whose six separate apartments were destroyed by fire. Since Thursday, Red Cross […]

SUMMERVILLE, S.C.—One person is dead after shots were fired in the area of North Cedar Street and West 3rd North Street in Summerville Friday night. Summerville police responded to the scene around 8:15 p.m. to find a 37-year-old Goose Creek man suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Captain Jon Rogers. Rogers says the victim was rushed to Trident Medical […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol have made an arrest in a hit-and-run case that left a Goose Creek boy with a fractured leg along with a few scrapes and bruises. According to WCSC-TV, 35-year-old Aaron Taste is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury. She was arrested Thursday around 10 p.m. at her […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office announced the formal launch of the Berkeley County Sheriff App – a communications tool that helps the Sheriff’s Office share emergency alerts and news with the public and allows residents to report crime tips. The app allows the Sheriff’s Office to distribute a number of departmental activities and updates including community […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Along with protecting the community, Berkeley County deputies also make a point to interact with the  people in the community as much as possible. On Thursday, students with the College Park Elementary School Book Club were treated to a visit from Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office K-9 deputies Nathan Rollins and Johnathan Litchfield. The deputies brought with them to the school their […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Charleston man sentenced to death in the 2002 fatal shooting of a South Carolina Highway Patrolman is hoping to have his death sentence dismissed. Convicted cop killer Jesse Sapp is in court with his attorney today asking for a new sentence hearing because of “troubling police misconduct.” Meanwhile, prosecutors want the judge to deny a possible hearing for Sapp. […]