GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Goose Creek Police, officers responded to a shooting at the S&K apartment complex located at 107 Carolina Avenue. Once on the scene, police discovered the victim, Bryant Kinsey, suffering from two gunshot wounds, one to the back and one to the neck area. Police say they talked to a woman who witnessed the crime. Officers say […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Whitesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department, the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to 299 Domingo Road after authorities say a vehicle hit a child early this morning. Troopers say the accident happened a few minutes after 6:30 a.m. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, 7-year-old Craig M. Little Jr. of Moncks […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a trooper arrested Melanie Maguire, 38, for a fatal wreck that occurred while she was driving under the influence. Authorities stated that Maguire and her passenger were driving east on Cooper Store Road around 5:00 p.m. Thursday when she ran off the left side of the highway, hit a […]
Photographers of all ages and degrees of expertise are invited to ready their cameras and tripods to enter their best photographs of coastal South Carolina scenes in the annual photography contest sponsored by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. “The winning photo will appear on DHEC’s 2015 annual tide table poster,” said Director of Environmental Affairs Elizabeth Dieck. […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division will begin a survey Oct. 1 to locate illegal buoys along state waterways and lakes. Officials say this action is a result of the increasing number of illegal ‘No Wake’ buoys that are located on many lakes and waterways across the state. They are quickly becoming a navigational hazard and […]
GOOSE CREEK–Matthew Bormann, age 28, of Goose Creek, was charged in a 1-count Indictment with Possession of Child Pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. The maximum penalty that Bormann could receive is 20 years imprisonment. The case was investigated by agents of the Department of Homeland Security and is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney […]
The 2014 shrimp-baiting season will open at noon Friday, Sept. 12 in South Carolina waters. Recent sampling by DNR collected below average numbers of shrimp available for fall harvest, with heavy rainfall and river runoff during the summer washing small shrimp down into some coastal areas, similar to 2013. Recreational shrimpers who purchase a shrimp-baiting license can legally cast their […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to Mark Powell, spokesperson for the state’s attorney general, a Berkeley County grand jury has indicted Amy Kovach, the school district’s communications director, on a second charge of forgery. According to the indictment, Kovach created a false, backdated invoice, purporting to be from the Berkeley Co. School District to the “Yes 4 Schools” campaign, in an attempt […]
WCBD-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Charleston, SC BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—It was a packed room as dozens of Moncks Corner homeowners came out to Monday night’s water and sanitation committee meeting to express their concern over the strong odor produced by GenEarth, a company that converts organic waste into renewable resources. In a report by WCBD-TV, Steve Weber, the attorney […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Although the deer harvest has been on a downward trend the last few years indicating that population levels have moderated, hunter success and deer harvest rates remain good, according to Charles Ruth, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR)’s Deer and Wild Turkey Program Coordinator. Top counties for harvest in 2013 included Bamberg, Union, Allendale, Spartanburg, and Calhoun with […]
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