GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—On Saturday November 8th, organizers will hold a spaghetti dinner, a 50/50 raffle and craft sale to raise funds for H.O.P.E Acres Rescue. Since 2010, H.O.P.E. Acres Rescue has made it its mission to rescue horses near death, neglected and abused. It is the only organization of its kind in Berkeley County dedicated to saving these precious creatures. […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—On Tuesday, Amy Kovach appeared inside a Moncks Corner courtroom where her lawyer has requested that one of two charges against her be dismissed. Her attorney reportedly made a motion before a circuit court judge to drop the charge against Kovach that claims she used public funds to influence the outcome of an election during the ‘Yes 4 […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to Feeding America, 49.1 million Americans lived in food insecure households last year, including 33.3 million adults and 15.8 million children. In South Carolina over 17% of the population live in poverty, and over 23% of South Carolina children live below the poverty line. That means one in six South Carolina families will not have enough food to feed […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—On Monday, dozens of people came out to Crowfield Golf Club to take a swing for Steve Skipton Sr., a former Goose Creek city firefighter. On May 28th, Skipton was diagnosed with lung cancer which ultimately spread to his pelvis and kidneys. Three months after the devastating news, the father of four lost his battle with the disease […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The law enforcement community is mourning the sudden and unexpected loss of one of their own. According to friends, Officer Robert Blajszczak passed away Sunday as a result of complications from an aortic dissection he suffered during a traffic stop just days earlier. Before joining the Summerville Police Department in 2007, Blajszczak, known as “Lumpy” and “Blaze” by […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The body of a missing Ohio man has been located in the same general area that searchers have been looking since early Saturday morning, according to authorities on scene. Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon says 58-year-old Jesse Conley of Waverly, Ohio was located in a thickly wooded area shortly before 2:00pm today. No foul play is […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad was dispatched to Wapoola Plantation off of Cypress Gardens Road to help locate a 58-year-old Jesse Conley of Waverly, Ohio. Conley’s 2011 white Chevy Camaro was located early Saturday morning by a hunter. A search of the nearby wooded area for the missing man came up empty. […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to a spokesperson with the local chapter of the American Red Cross, disaster-trained volunteers assisted thirteen adults and two children displaced by an apartment fire early Saturday morning that caused major damage to two units and minor damage to two adjoining units of the Springhill Apartments in Goose Creek. Red Cross officials say the organization is meeting […]

Forget about Hollywood! Some of the biggest movies to hit the big screen have been filmed right here in good ol’ Berkeley County. We’ve included many of them below. The Patriot (2000): Starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, the movie depicts the life of a peaceful farmer named Benjamin Martin who is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Wednesday night the body of a 54-year-old woman was found in a pond located in the Liberty Hall Plantation subdivision. She was discovered by police around 11 p.m. at 144 Old Jackson Road. It was her husband, police say, who reported his wife, Susan Smith, missing. At this time, it’s […]