BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–In an effort to combat impaired driving and reduce highway fatalities and injuries, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office along with other agencies have scheduled DUI checkpoints in the following areas below. This is all part of the S.C. Highway Patrol’s ‘Sober or Slammer’ campaign. According to troopers, approximately 743 people have been killed in traffic crashes this year, […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Sheriff Wayne DeWitt was arrested shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday for DUI and leaving the scene of a wreck. He was booked into the Al Detention Center approximately three hours later. According to Sgt. Bob Beres with the S.C. Highway Patrol, DeWitt was traveling in his county-issued vehicle when the […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Around 2:30 p.m. rescue crews were called out to the scene of a double fatality in Huger. When they arrived on scene, they found both drivers deceased. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, 32-year-old Brian Morgan Owen Jr. of Mt. Pleasant was traveling west on Halfway Creek Road in Berkeley County when he collided with 58-year-old Elijah […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—According to the Moncks Corner Police Department, a silver Honda Prelude was stolen from a home on Merrimack Blvd. in Moncks Corner on Tuesday. “The owner had just parked the vehicle at his residence, and had in his possession the only key to the vehicle,” stated Officer Steve Meadows. Meadows says when the vehicle’s owner came outside a few […]

Instead of letting your Christmas tree take up space in a landfill this year, state natural resources officials suggest giving it a second life by putting it to good use for fish or wildlife. In rural areas, discarded Christmas trees can be put to good use as erosion control or as brush piles to provide resting and escape cover for […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, a Florence man has been arrested on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Jonathan Michael McKenzie, 20, was charged with 20 counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor on December 22nd by the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. Mark Powell, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office, […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office was called to a mobile home park on Fairground Road in reference to a homicide. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, 51-year-old Willie James Todd was found in his bed with a stab wound to the chest. His death is being investigated by the Moncks Corner […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–In response to the recent increase in crime in Lincolnville, members of the Charleston, Dorchester, and Berkeley County Sheriff’s Offices along with the North Charleston Police Department, the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Al Cannon Detention Center joined forces Friday. From 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., officers initiated a coordinated plan developed with the input of members […]