SOUTH CAROLINA–As of April 27, 2014, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety has reported that 223 people have died on South Carolina highways this year. This is compared to the 226 fatalities during the same time period in 2013. Three of these fatalities occurred on South Carolina roadways just this past weekend, April 25, 2014 through April 27, 2014. Troopers say that […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C – As Saturday, May 10, draws ever closer, letter carriers in more than 1,200 branches nationwide are full steam ahead to get ready for the 22nd annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive. “Too many people in this country are still going hungry every day,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said. “As letter carriers, we see this firsthand in just […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Police are investigating a playground fire that is believed to have been intentionally set. The playground is located at Fairfax Boulevard and Waterford Place. According to witnesses who live in the subdivision, firefighters arrived on the scene approximately 6:15 p.m. and quickly started extinguishing the flames. One young woman, who lives in the Fairfax subdivision, called […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Two men are behind bars after police say they recently robbed a Moncks Corner gas station. Moncks Corner Police later requested the assistance of the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office after locating a small, reported “meth lab” using the “shake and bake” method behind the house of one of the suspects. According to an officer on scene, they simply […]
SOUTH CAROLINA–Each year, manatees leave the coast of Florida to make their way to the warming waters of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. These gentle creatures, who feed on plants and pose no threat to humans, number only 3,000 in the United States today, and are often killed because of collisions with boats and entanglement in fishing nets. Because […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Call it “Bambi syndrome,” if you will. Who among us could resist taking home an apparently abandoned baby deer in order to care for it? While your heart may be in the right place, touching or removing a fawn from its habitat is illegal–and for good reason. According to DNR’s Turkey and Deer Supervisor, Charles Ruth, “Many people […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to spokesperson Dan Moon, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six people in connection with two separate burglaries that occurred over the past week. Moon says that on April 19th deputies responded to a reported burglary on Rail Drive in Summerville. The victims reportedly told deputies that they returned home to find their home had been […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Ralph Lewis Cooper, Jr., 49, a resident of Berkeley County, was arrested Monday on income tax charges. SC Department of Revenue (DOR) investigators charged Cooper with four counts of attempting to evade or defeat taxes. He is being held at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center in Berkeley County SC pending a bond hearing. For tax years 2008 through 2011, […]
SOUTH CAROLINA–Last winter’s harsh conditions have led to a boost in sales for travel agencies. According to AAA Carolinas Travel Agency, the largest leisure travel agency in the Carolinas, numbers are up for people booking tours, cruises and hotels, for 2013 first quarter. The top five locations for these AAA members, and the general public, were, Orlando, Mexico/Caribbean, Honolulu, Las […]
SOUTH CAROLINA–With the recent decision in Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana, residents of other other states have begun asking the question: should we do the same? According to a recent Winthrop poll, nearly 40% of South Carolina residents think that pot should be made legal for personal use among adults. Radio personality Bryan Crabtree, on his show, asked Former […]
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