BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The next time you text and drive in Berkeley County or anywhere else in the Palmetto State, it could cost you. Starting Sunday, law enforcement agencies across the state will begin ticketing drivers caught texting behind the wheel. Governor Nikki Haley signed the measure into law on June 9th, 2014. The new law will pre-empt the state’s many […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Cane Bay High chorus director William Bennett has gone from one of the 25 semifinalists to a top 10 finalist for the ‘Grammy Award for Music Educators.’ For the second year, the organization will recognize a music educator who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrates a commitment to […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—On Thursday, Moncks Corner Police responded to Berkeley Electric Cooperative after a woman reportedly walked into the business and began yelling and cursing out employees after her electricity was reportedly turned off. According to the incident report, when officers arrived on scene, they approached 26-year-old Erica Haynes who appeared to be under the influence of a “mind-altering substance.” […]
MONCKS CORNER, SC – United States Senator Tim Scott will officially swear in Bill Peagler as Berkeley County Supervisor on January 2, 2015 at noon inside the Berkeley County Council Chambers. “Senator Scott’s leadership in serving the people with limited government principles is exactly the type of leadership I am proud to have provided as Mayor of Moncks Corner and […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon, agents with the drug enforcement unit of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in connection with a suspicious package that, after a search, was found to contain approximately two pounds of marijuana. DEU investigators, along with the United States Postal Inspectors, encountered the suspect at 104 Bayleaf […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The City of Goose Creek was named a 2014 South Carolina Outstanding Traffic Safe Community by the AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety. Lieutenant Joshua Battista accepted the award in a ceremony on Nov. 12, 2014, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Columbia. In all, 15 South Carolina communities were honored, including three Grand Winners (Mount Pleasant, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to an American Red Cross representative, volunteers with the organization assisted two adults whose home, located on Oaklawn Dr. in Moncks Corner, SC, was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The Pimlico Fire Department along with several other agencies responded to the blaze. The Red Cross provided financial assistance for food and clothing and referrals to assist the adults with their […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon, the young man found dead inside a home in Ladson is 24-year-old Syquone Kwame Pinckney. Moon says deputies responded to a home at 227 Judy Hill Drive after neighbors discovered Pinckney’s body on the floor of a house. When neighbors saw that the rear door of the house was […]
BERKELEY COUTY, S.C.–Taylor Bauer, a teacher at Timberland High School in St. Stephen, was one of eight South Carolina middle and high school teachers to spend a week last July in Washington, D.C. observing government in action as part of the Riley Institute at Furman’s 13th Annual Teachers of Government (TOG) program. Bauer has been teaching U.S. History, Government and […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor-vehicle crashes that involve an impaired driver. This equates to one death every 51 minutes. In 2012, there were 357 traffic fatalities in South Carolina due to alcohol-impaired driving. “It’s a horrible problem in South Carolina, especially in Berkeley County,” stated Kelly DeHay with Mothers Against Drunk […]
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