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Cops: Berkeley Co. mom drives van carrying 3 kids into ocean

According to reports from WESH-TV, Daytona Beach police say 32-year-old Ebony Wilkerson of Cross drove her van into the ocean Tuesday with her three children still inside. Wilkerson is said to be also pregnant. The police chief told the station that his officers had actually interviewed the mother prior to the incident after family members reported her acting strange. “Her […]

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SC Attorney General will not investigate 9th circuit solicitor

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he will not launch an investigation into Scarlett Wilson’s office for alleged prosecutorial misconduct. Bobby Frederick, president of the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, had originally sent a letter to the attorney general on February 21. The letter accused prosecutors in her office of not sharing evidence with defense lawyers, tampering […]

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Berkeley Co. man charged with attempted murdered in club shooting

ORANGEBURG CO., S.C.–Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell has announced the arrest of a 29-year-old Berkeley County man in a Saturday morning shooting. Ravenell explained,“Officers were called to the Cornfield Club on Unity Road in Holly Hill shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived they observed a 24-year-old Holly Hill man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.” While investigating the shooting, […]

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Goose Creek woman, others hope George Stinney murder conviction sticks

MANNING, S.C.—The year was 1944.  The U.S. was in the midst of a second world war.  Gasoline cost just 21 cents a gallon and minimum wage was just 30 cents per hour. During this same time, the small community of Alcolu in Clarendon County was a bustling area, home to a tight-knit community and a thriving lumber mill.  Here, neighbors […]

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Gov. Haley, National Guard announce ‘Operation Palmetto Employment’

Governor Nikki Haley recently joined representatives from the South Carolina National Guard and the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) in officially launching Operation Palmetto Employment (OPE) – a statewide military employment initiative aimed at reducing the unemployment rate among South Carolina’s military community. OPE is designed to streamline the process through which military men and women are […]

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Two people arrested on meth charges, child with DSS

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–There’s been yet another meth bust in Berkeley County.  According to Dan Moon, spokesperson for the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested two people Monday for reportedly making the drug. Moon says Whitney Burns Sapp, 33, and David Michael Barfield, 32, were both charged with attempt to manufacture meth and two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child. […]

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Local church ends decade old charter with Boy Scouts of America

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–In a recent article by the Post & Courier, Scoutmaster Brian Odgers confirmed to the paper that Peace Presbyterian Church in Goose Creek was severing ties with the Boy Scouts of America. “It is what it is,” he told the paper. “As far as our relationship with the (Peace) church, we thought everything was working well.” Troop 716 […]

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Berkeley Co. firefighters take part in fire training

On February 22, local firefighters gathered for a day of fire training on Reid Road. “We had a scenario of a search and rescue of a possible person left inside a burning building on the second floor, and the bottom floor was some search and fire extinguishing,” said David McLane with the Santee Circle Volunteer Fire Department. For McLane, who […]

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Cops: Goose Creek man shot to death

According to a recent report by FOX 21 in Colorado Springs, during the early morning of February 15 De’Vante Hill, 20, of Goose Creek was shot to death.  It was reported that he later died from his wounds at a nearby hospital. Colorado police told the news station that’s Hill’s death made the fourth homicide of the year. At this […]

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Police need help locating alleged fraud suspect

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department needs help identifying the individual seen here in the above images taken from Atlantic Spirits in Goose Creek. On January 31, 2014, at approximately 10:39AM, police say the suspect entered the business and attempted to purchase items using a stolen credit card. This suspect also made additional fraudulent charges in the area. If […]