BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to The Post & Courier, a circuit court judge has rejected a request to dismiss an ethics charge against Amy Kovach. Kovach is the communications director for the Berkeley County School District who remains on leave ever since a grand jury indicted her on multiple charges earlier this year. Her attorney, Jerry Theos, made a motion late […]
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Holiday military standard mail deadline is this Friday
The deadline to send Standard Mail packages to APO/FPO addresses by Christmas is November 8, 2014. To send packages to loved ones serving in the military abroad, the Postal Service offers a discount on its largest Priority Mail Flat Rate Box at $15.45. The price includes a $2 per box discount for mail sent to APO/FPO/DPO (Air/ Army Post Office/Fleet […]
Study: Nearly 40 percent of South Carolinians struggle with banking
In June 2013, the FDIC sponsored the third National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households to collect data on the number of U.S. households that are unbanked and underbanked, their demographic characteristics, and their reasons for being unbanked and underbanked. This survey was conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau as a special supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). In […]
Berkeley Co. mom accused of driving kids into ocean denied visitation, can send cards
According to The Dayton Beach News-Journal, the Berkeley County mother accused of trying to kill her three children by driving her van into the ocean will not be able to visit her children. However, a judge ruled that should could send them cards. Ebony Wilkerson’s attorney reportedly argued that his client’s children believed their mother had died during the incident. […]
Charges dismissed against Hanahan man accused of violent sex crime during Craigslist encounter
On Friday, charges were dismissed against, John Phillip Burnside, 33, of Hanahan. In September he was arrested and accused of violently raping a Ladson woman after meeting on Craigslist—an accusation he’s vehemently denied from the very beginning. “She actually sought him out and asked for the specifics of the activity,” said Andy Savage, the attorney representing Burnside. “The solicitor took […]
Postal service provides holiday shipping tips & 2014 Christmas shipping deadlines
With Christmas just two months away, the U.S. Postal Service is offering holiday shipping tips to help customers ship the 15.5 billion cards, letters and packages expected to be delivered in time for Christmas. “The key to holiday shipping is being prepared and starting early,” advises U.S. Postal Service Consumer Advocate John Budzynski. “This is our season and we are […]
DNR to co-sponsor youth coastal fishing tournament on Nov. 15
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in conjunction with several coastal partners is sponsoring the 1st Annual Reel ’em In Rodeo Saltwater Fishing Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Pier, rain or shine. There will be no rain date. The tournament is open to all kids 16 and under. Each […]
Two die in Jamestown wreck after a pickup collides with a log truck
JAMESTOWN, S.C.—Shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday, the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Berkeley Co. Rescue squad responded to a fatal wreck in Jamestown. According to Trooper Hannah Wimberly, the accident occurred along Highway 17A near Von Hollen Road. Wimberly says the accident took place after a pickup truck struck a log truck that was temporarily stopped behind a school […]
Huger man sentenced to 35 years in prison for Conway man’s murder
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson announced Thursday that a Berkeley County jury convicted Jason Edward Kinloch of murder, armed robbery and criminal conspiracy. The jury reached their verdict Wednesday evening. Circuit Court Judge W. Jeffrey Young sentenced Kinloch to 35 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The prosecution presented evidence that on the evening of […]
Berkeley Co. mom who reportedly tried to drown kids wants to see them
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida a 32-year-old woman from Cross accused of killing her three kids by driving her minivan into the Atlantic Ocean off Daytona Beach wants to see them. The TV station reported that a circuit court judge will hear Ebony Wilkerson’s request sometime today. So far, the judge has prohibited Wilkerson from having any […]
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