The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today that it has been notified of the state’s first flu-associated death of the season. “Tragically, an individual from the Midlands region has become our first lab-confirmed, influenza-associated death of the season,” said Linda Bell, M.D. and state epidemiologist. “We are in the beginning stages of our state’s flu season. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County seniors taking the SAT, a national college admissions exam, surpassed the state average this year, according to district officials. The average composite score for district students taking the exam was 1438 — 9 points above the state average score of 1429 — and 5 points above last year’s score of 1433. School leaders say Berkeley County […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Another school board member is throwing in the towel several months before his term is officially up. Doug Cooper, who represents Daniel Island and part of Hanahan in District 2, resigned from his position on September 24th. His term did not officially expire until November. Cooper was not seeking re-election. Daniel Island residents Mac McQuillin and Rindy Ryan […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon, the department’s drug enforcement unit arrested six people and seized 25 firearms, along with illegal drugs, following the execution of search warrants at two residences on Rutt Lane in Goose Creek on Monday morning. Moon says the raids were carried out with the assistance of the Goose Creek Police […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C.—Bryan Brain, the committee chair for Daniel Island Troop 519, recently appeared on Radio Free Rocky D to discuss the trailers stolen from two separate Boy Scouts troops. “Who would steal from a church? That just never really came into our mind,” Brain told Rocky D. Recently, Brain says thieves stole their newly purchased trailer that they kept […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—If you’re looking for some spooky fun, you don’t have to travel to Boone Hall Plantation to find it. For the second year in a row, the folks at Lebanon Christmas Tree Farm are getting into the Halloween spirit with their haunted hayride. Along with the haunted hayride, there will be activities for the kids—including a jumping castle […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—On Monday, Berkeley High School participated in “National Stomp Out Bullying Day” by wearing blue. Students and faculty hope to send a message that their school is fully committed to “stomping” on bullying on their campus. According to the Journal of American Medical Association approximately 30% of all children and youth in grades 6 through 10 have been […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C.—In less than a week, thieves have stolen a second Boy Scout trailer. According to the Daniel Island News, a 2014 tandem axle trailer was stolen from the parking lot of Holly Cross Church at 299 Seven Farms Drive recently. The trailer belonged to Boy Scout troop 519. The trailer, valued at $3,000, did not contain a logo. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Authorities are investigating a deadly crash that occurred on Clements Ferry Road Sunday night. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened shortly before 9 p.m. Troopers say the driver of a 1980 Oldsmobile was traveling on Clements Ferry when the car veered off the road and hit a utility pole. The driver, who was wearing […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—A Goose Creek police officer is out of a job after troopers with the S.C. Highway Patrol arrested him Sunday morning for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. James Burrell Ross Jr., 46, resigned from the Goose Creek Police Department Monday morning. He’d been with the department for nearly a decade. Ross, who lives in North Charleston […]
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