BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, early Friday morning 22-year-old James Allen Clarkin of Johns Island was walking on Clements Ferry Road when he was struck by a vehicle. The coroner says Clarkin had been walking in the roadway and wearing dark clothing at the time of the accident. He was pronounced dead on the scene by […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–According to Solicitor Scarlett Wilson’s office, 26-year-old Donte Brown will be spending quite a bit of time behind bars. After a nearly week long trial, a jury convicted the young man of three counts of armed robbery, five counts of kidnapping, burglary 2nd degree, and criminal conspiracy. Authorities say that shortly after midnight on December 24, 2011, two […]

HANAHAN– According to a spokesperson for the Red Cross, fire damaged a Hanahan man’s apartment Thursday. The apartment is located on Yeamans Hall Road. While the Hanahan Fire Department put out the fire, the American Red Cross was on scene to help the man in the recovery effort. Since the beginning of this year, the Palmetto SC Region of the […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, a Summerville man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into as many as 10 vehicles in the Sangaree area. Brian Daniel Coglaiti, 32, of Keowee Ct. has been charged with breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and possession of stolen property in connection with one of the break-ins with […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office,  a teacher at Cross High School has been arrested and charged with three counts of sexual battery of a student. Dan Moon, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, says 29-year-old Ellen Lindsay Niemiec of Summerville, turned herself into at the sheriff’s office this afternoon.  She will appear before a bond court judge […]

DANIEL ISLAND, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Councilman Tim Callanan, Daniel Island residents voted to end their annexation efforts from Berkeley Co.  Tuesday night.  Callanan, who represents Daniel Island, says the decision was almost unanimous. “I absolutely think it was the smart thing to do,” said Callanan who opposed annexation from the very beginning.  “I didn’t think we needed to take […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to investigators with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, a 13-year-old Sedgefield Middle School student has been arrested after after they say he brought a gun to school, placing it in his book bag. According to Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, the handgun, a semi-automatic, belonged to the boy’s mother. He told deputies that his mother had no knowledge […]

HUGER, S.C.—Shortly before 10 a.m., the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad along with the assistance of the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office located the body of 52-year-old Laura Lynch of Wando.  Authorities located the woman’s body in a wooded area off of Green Bay Road. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, Lynch was a passenger in the vehicle that crashed along […]

HANAHAN, S.C.–The new Hanahan Library branch celebrated its grand opening Sunday.  The brand new 6,700 square foot library replaces the old branch previously located in Yeamans Hall Plaza. “A new library in Hanahan has been needed for a long time,” said Berkeley Co. Supervisor, Dan Davis.  “The library has been located in less than ideal, not easily accessible locations. Berkeley […]

A non-winning lottery ticket Brian McMaster scratched last summer won him $100,000 last week. The Goose Creek resident won the cash in the South Carolina Education Lottery’s FAN-tastic! Second-Chance Promotion. A big-time race fan, McMaster played the $5 FAN-tastic! game that went on sale in March 2013 showcasing the Darlington Raceway. He entered his losing tickets into a drawing hoping […]