GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department (GCPD) was awarded its fourth re-accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®) in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 22, 2014. The department received its initial accreditation award in 2002. The Goose Creek Police Department had to undergo a thorough and rigorous on-site review inspection in August by a […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On November 24th at 2 p.m., Douglas Soles, 36, of Orangeburg was traveling east on Old State Road in Berkeley County when a van with five children and their mother were traveling west and collided head-on, stated Coroner Bill Salisbury. Soles was pronounced dead on the scene, and the mother and children were transported to MUSC in Charleston. […]

Georgetown County Sheriff’s investigators have charged 40-year-old Theresa D. Crawford of Hanahan with illegally forcing her way into a person’s home. According to deputies, around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday deputies responded to a home invasion in the Pawleys Island community of Georgetown County. Investigators say the homeowner was inside the home, heard a noise and noticed the front door open. […]

Almost 90% of South Carolinians traveling this Thanksgiving holiday will be celebrating with a road trip, while enjoying the lowest gas prices in five years, according to AAA Carolinas. A total of 656,000 South Carolinians are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home. About 591,000 of those travelers will drive, an increase of about 24,000 than last year. […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office recently paused to remember two officers killed in the line of duty twelve years ago. On November 19, 2002 Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Marion Wright and Patrolman William Bell with the Summerville Police Department were struck and killed around 6:00 pm on Highway 17A by a driver, Brian L. Nelson, who was under […]

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 […]