The South Carolina Department of Public Safety held a dedication ceremony today remembering the life and service of Patrolman Roy O. Caffey who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1972. He was a 25-year veteran of the Patrol. Patrolman Caffey, a native of Temple, Texas, was survived by his wife, Mildred, and son, Robert who was […]

WCIV-TV | ABC News 4 – Charleston News, Sports, Weather BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Shortly after two lesbian couples made South Carolina history by getting the first legal same-sex marriage license and exchanging vows outside the Charleston Courthouse, comes the news that Berkeley County will begin accepting same-sex marriage license applications starting tomorrow. According to WCBD-TV, Berkeley County court clerks will begin […]

United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that his office has filed information charging Yvondia “Susan” Young, age 57, with bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1344. The information alleges that from 2007 to 2013, Young embezzled approximately $325,000 from her employer, the Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union, by issuing official credit union checks to make payments on her credit […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force all are investigating the recent armed robbery of a postal letter carrier. The carrier was robbed at gunpoint at about 1:00 PM on November 14, 2014 in the vicinity of Cambridge Road and Eaton Way in the Sangaree area of Summerville, […]

The National Center on Family Homelessness recently released America’s Youngest Outcasts, a report card on child homelessness. The report ranked South Carolina 36th in the nation. Alabama was deemed the worst state for homelessness coming in dead last. The state that fared the best was Minnesota. It came in at number one. The report ranked each state based on the […]

The towns of Iva, Newberry and Mount Pleasant were named Grand Winners for the 2014 South Carolina Traffic Safe Communities by the AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety in a ceremony on Nov. 12, 2014, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Columbia. The three towns are part of 15 localities that have been recognized for efforts made in traffic […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.— The Goose Creek Police Department needs help identifying the individual seen in the image on this page taken from the Publix in Goose Creek. According to police, on Tuesday they met with an accountant for East Coast Paper Hanging and Paint who told officers that he was recently reviewing check images for the company’s TD Bank checking […]

wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina | On Wednesday, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the identities of the two people killed in an apparent murder-suicide that occurred over the weekend at the Copper Beech Townhouse Community in Columbia. “Because the investigation is ongoing, there is nothing more to add at this time. Our thoughts are with the individuals and their […]

ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–According to a Red Cross representative,  volunteers assisted a family of three adults and one child after they say a fire destroyed their home Tuesday. The house was located on Albany Street in St. Stephen. The St. Stephen Fire Department responded to the blaze. The Red Cross provided the victims with temporary lodging, food, clothing, comfort kits containing […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–In the United States, approximately 54 million Americans are disabled—that’s about 20 percent of the overall population. In South Carolina the percentage was even higher, with 22.2 percent of the population having at least one type of disability. Over the weekend, some folks in Berkeley County proved a disability can’t keep you from having fun and living a […]