GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—According to Captain John Grainger with the Goose Creek Police Department, a hostage situation that occurred at the Royal Lanes bowling alley has ended peacefully. Police were dispatched to the bowling alley around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in reference to shots fired inside the manager’s office. “When they arrived they determined that the owner of the bowling alley, his […]

SUMMERVILLE, S.C.–Shoppers and employees inside the Walmart at 1317 North Main Street in Summerville were forced to evacuate the building around 2:15 p.m. According to Captain Jon Rogers with the Summerville Police Department, officers responded to the store after being notified of a suspicious package found on the store’s roof. Rogers says that management at the store decided to evacuate […]

Extra funds have ramped up South Carolinas efforts to repair and replace deficient bridges, but one in five of the state’s bridges still remain substandard, according to AAA Carolinas. A Richland County bridge, which carries one of the heaviest daily traffic counts in the state, tops AAA’s 17th annual substandard bridge report. Charleston County has the most substandard bridges on […]

PINEVILLE, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury,  52-year-old Anthony Brown, of Cross, was a passenger in a Lincoln town car traveling on Thomas Walters Road in Pineville when he died in an accident Saturday shortly after 8:00 p.m. Salisbury say the driver was transported to MUSC and his condition is unknown at this time. The coroner says the car […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Captain John Grainger, at approximately 2:05 p.m. police were dispatched to the Rite Aid Pharmacy located at 214 St. James Ave. in reference to a robbery. Upon arrival, officers met with pharmacy workers who told them that a white man had approached the pharmacy counter, pointed a pistol that was and remained in his waistband and […]

ST.STEPHEN, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury,  shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday 48-year-old Kevin Lee Malay, of St. Stephen, was traveling south on Hoodtown Road when his pickup truck ran off the right side of the road. Salisbury stated that his truck then crossed over to the left side of the road and struck several trees. The coroner […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson recently announced that Syed Ahmed of North Charleston pled guilty in the Berkeley County Court of General Sessions to two counts of Willful Attempt to Evade or Defeat a Tax, in violation of S.C. Code Section 12-54-44(B)(1), as amended. Ahmed, owner of Discount Tobacco in Summerville, admitted to underreporting taxable sales from […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – From Aug. 5 through Aug. 15, Santee Cooper will conduct helicopter treatments of Environmental Protection Agency-approved aquatic herbicides in lakes Marion and Moultrie, targeting the invasive aquatic plant crested floating heart. Non-native crested floating heart is an aggressive plant, which is very difficult to control. At present, very few herbicides are effective in controlling this plant […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—Firefighters are known for putting out fires but not necessarily for their skills on the ball field. However, that has recently changed—at least in Berkeley County. Earlier this month, several of the volunteer fire departments formed a softball league. The league is made up of Moncks Corner Rural, Pineridge, Whitesville, Macedonia and Santee Circle. “A couple of us […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson announced today that a Berkeley County jury found 62-year-old Johnny Irby guilty of murder and attempted murder on Thursday for the shooting of his son and the son’s fiancée at their home in Moncks Corner. Circuit Court Judge Roger M. Young sentenced Irby to thirty years on each charge to run concurrently. Telly Irby, […]