MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, one man is dead after a deadly collision in Moncks Corner. Salisbury says a motorcycle and pickup truck collided on Nelson Ferry Road at 2:15 p.m. The driver of the motorcycle, 32-year-old Piere Yeadon of Moncks Corner, was pronounced dead on the scene. The death is ruled accidental and the cause […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Shortly after graduating high school, Billy Rentiers IV of Moncks Corner joined the U.S. Army, spending a year in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. It was during his time in the military, he first encountered Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier recently released from the Taliban after five years in captivity. “He was strange. I never made any effort to interact […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley Co. deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred shortly after midnight at 316 Tish Lane. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, one person was killed in the shooting.  Salisbury says 19-year-old Ariel Morgan of Moncks Corner died at MUSC in Charleston at 2:45 a.m. An autopsy will be conducted today and more information will be released […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—After a week-long trial, a jury found Shana Ceceil Robinson, 36, of Moncks Corner guilty of felony DUI. The jury deliberated for a little over two hours before reaching their decision Friday. Investigators say Robinson was behind the wheel when she collided with and killed 47-year-old Candy Sue Zoll on November 10, 2011. The wreck happened on Broughton […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—Shortly before 3:30 p.m., the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad was dispatched to the Dennis Boat Landing for a rescue mission. Members were assisted by SCDNR, the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, Moncks Corner Rural Fire Dept. and several other agencies. Less than an hour into the search, at 4:20 p.m., the Rescue Squad recovered the body of 21-year-old Mathew […]

Local governments and businesses have been working hard to recover all recyclable waste and it has been paying off.  For the fourth year in a row, the state of South Carolina’s recycling rate has increased. This time, it has risen from 29.5 percent to 31.5 percent. Kent Coleman, direction of DHEC’s Division of Mining and Solid Waste Management, said, “Recycling […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has awarded an emergency contract in the amount of $3,050,000 to Cape Romain Contractors, Inc. of Wando, SC to replace the Cypress Gardens Road Bridge on S-8-9 near Highway 52 in Moncks Corner. A train derailment on the tracks located under the bridge on the evening of Monday, April 28, 2014 […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—Deputies with the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s office are currently investigating a fatal shooting that occurred around 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Officials with the sheriff’s office confirm one woman was shot to death while two teen girls were injured and transported to the hospital. Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury has identified the woman as 36-year-old Tammy Flowers.  Investigators say […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–A 70-year-old Moncks Corner man  is recovering at MUSC after Chief Timothy Stephenson with the Whitesville Rural Fire Department says a shed collapsed on him earlier this morning.  Stephenson says the man had been trapped underneath the shed located on Sumner Lane for about seven hours. The fire chief stated that it looked as if the man had […]

RUSSELLVILLE, S.C.—On Sunday at 11:00 p.m. dispatchers alerted the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad in reference to an overturned boat. Family members were not sure where the boaters were going. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office located the Jeep and trailer at the Russellville Boat Landing after checking a number of the landings around the lake and the river. The Rescue Squad […]