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Filming wraps for national series highlighting Alvin businessman

STEPHEN, S.C.—Filming recently wrapped for Maxwell House’s ‘Made Right Here’ series which highlights talented people behind some amazing goods made right here in America. Hosts Joe Gannon and Max Wastler recently traveled to St. Stephen to interview Quintin Middleton, the owner of Middleton Made Knives. Middleton Made Knives was one out of 10 companies highlighted in the upcoming ‘Made Right […]

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Law enforcement community mourns the loss of one of their own

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The law enforcement community is mourning the sudden and unexpected loss of one of their own. According to friends, Officer Robert Blajszczak passed away Sunday as a result of complications from an aortic dissection he suffered during a traffic stop just days earlier. Before joining the Summerville Police Department in 2007, Blajszczak, known as “Lumpy” and “Blaze” by […]

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Body of missing Ohio man located in Berkeley Co.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The body of a missing Ohio man has been located in the same general area that searchers have been looking since early Saturday morning, according to authorities on scene. Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon says 58-year-old Jesse Conley of Waverly, Ohio was located in a thickly wooded area shortly before 2:00pm today. No foul play is […]

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Divers carve ‘spooky’ masterpiece from 120 pound pumpkin

Something that has never been seen before is happening right here in the South Carolina lowcountry. Divers at the South Carolina Aquarium are carving a 120-pound pumpkin– underwater! Unlike years past, when divers carved several small pumpkins, divers worked together on Friday to create a massive underwater masterpiece in the Aquarium’s Great Ocean Tank. It too more than 30 minutes […]

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Berkeley Co. first responders search for missing Ohio man

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad was dispatched to Wapoola Plantation off of Cypress Gardens Road to help locate a 58-year-old Jesse Conley of Waverly, Ohio. Conley’s 2011 white Chevy Camaro was located early Saturday morning by a hunter. A search of the nearby wooded area for the missing man came up empty. […]

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Goose Creek apartment fire displaces 15 people

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to a spokesperson with the local chapter of the American Red Cross, disaster-trained volunteers assisted thirteen adults and two children displaced by an apartment fire early Saturday morning that caused major damage to two units and minor damage to two adjoining units of the Springhill Apartments in Goose Creek. Red Cross officials say the organization is meeting […]

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10 movies filmed in Berkeley County

Forget about Hollywood! Some of the biggest movies to hit the big screen have been filmed right here in good ol’ Berkeley County. We’ve included many of them below. The Patriot (2000): Starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, the movie depicts the life of a peaceful farmer named Benjamin Martin who is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the […]

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Body found in Goose Creek pond

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Wednesday night the body of a 54-year-old woman was found in a pond located in the Liberty Hall Plantation subdivision. She was discovered by police around 11 p.m. at 144 Old Jackson Road. It was her husband, police say, who reported his wife, Susan Smith, missing. At this time, it’s […]

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Deputies arrest four people connected to burglary & home invasion

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon,  deputies have arrested four individuals in connection with a burglary and home invasion in Berkeley County that occured around 4:30 a.m. Monday. Moon says deputies located a silver Dodge Durango in Summer Creek Mobile Home Park on College Park Road that was a vehicle suspected to have been used […]

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Alvin businessman to be featured in new series called “Made Right Here”

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.— Middleton Made Knives of St. Stephen is one out of 10 companies that will be highlighted in the upcoming “Made Right Here” series by Maxwell House. According to Maxwell House officials, the coffee giant has always been about celebrating “good” with its 107-year-old tagline, originated by President Teddy Roosevelt, deeming the quality coffee “Good to the Last […]