BONNEAU, S.C.–American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers assisted five individuals whose home, located on Long Acre Drive in Bonneau, was destroyed in a fire overnight. According to volunteers, The Red Cross is meeting the immediate needs of the three adults and two children by providing financial assistance for food and clothing, comfort kits with personal hygiene items, and referrals for their […]
Nadia President, a second grade student at Cross Elementary School, won first place in the Primary Division of the 2015 National Career Development Association’s Poetry and Poster Contest. Thirty-five South Carolina public school students and seven adult educators were chosen as state winners in the National Career Development Association’s 49th annual poetry and poster contest. The competition is conducted annually […]
Free nicotine replacement therapy is available for smokers who do not have health insurance, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “Many people without health insurance delay using effective aids like nicotine gum or patches to help them quit smoking because they worry about the costs,” said Sharon Biggers, director of the agency’s Division of Tobacco Prevention […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On January 19, 2015 shortly after 2 p.m. Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury was called to a fatal accident on County Line Road and Addidas Street. According to Salisbury, a tractor-trailer truck was traveling south on County Line Road when it struck a car coming out of Addidas Street. The driver of the car, 74-year-old Florence Hall of […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce is collaborating with local government, education, healthcare and other local business and community leaders on a strategic community and economic development planning process to create a shared vision and strategic plan for Berkeley County, SC. The vision plan will be led by Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Senator Paul Campbell, Berkeley County Delegation Member; Dwayne […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Board has initiated a comprehensive study to develop a new strategy for the economic development growth of Berkeley County. The Berkeley Chamber is working with Market Street Services, a nationally recognized economic development consulting firm that assisted with strategies for some of the top nationally recognized communities, such as Nashville and Austin. This […]
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) Commission on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, elected Jim Rozier of the 1st Congressional District as the new Chairman of the SCDOT Commission. The Commission also elected Mike Wooten of the 7th Congressional District as the new Vice Chairman of the SCDOT Commission. Rozier, a Berkeley County native, was elected in 1990 as Berkeley […]
United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, settled claims of health care fraud with Nason Medical, out of Charleston, South Carolina, and two of its owners, Dr. Baron S. Nason and Robert T. Hamilton. The United States contended that Nason Medical submitted numerous false claims to Medicare, Medicaid […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–During the January 13th Berkeley County Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dr. Rodney Thompson announced that the attendance lines for Berkeley Intermediate School, Berkeley Elementary School and Whitesville Elementary School will not be changed for the 2015-2016 academic year. Plans to change the attendance zones and grade configurations for Berkeley Intermediate School, Berkeley Elementary School and Whitesville Elementary […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley Co. Coroner’s Office has released its annual report for 2014. The results are listed below: 2014 Deaths: Natural: 724 Suicide: 24 Accidental: 32 (Most were accidental overdose.) Traffic deaths: 39 Drowning: 3 Homicide: 14 Assisting Coroners from other counties: 17 Pending investigations: 9 (Most are waiting results from autopsies and toxicology.) Undetermined: 2 (Both are […]
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