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Lowe’s employees lend a helping hand to local homeless shelter

For two days in a row, Lowe’s employees throughout the tricounty, including the Goose Creek location, joined forces to give 180 Place, a shelter in Summerville, a much needed makeover. “We have a lot of people on different tasks, different projects,” stated Shenique Rollinson with Lowe’s. “They’re very dedicated.” Nearly 40 Lowe’s employees volunteered their personal time to help out […]

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9-1-1 call released from deadly standoff in Goose Creek

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—Goose Creek Police have released the 9-1-1 call from Tuesday’s deadly standoff on McClain Street. Shortly after 9 p.m., Karen Rice called for help after she says her husband threatened to shoot her in the head. “I live at 501 McClain Street, and I don’t know what’s happened to my husband but he just pulled four guns on […]

Health

South Carolina unveils statewide obesity action plan

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Director Catherine Templeton and the South Carolina Obesity Council, today unveiled the state’s first-ever obesity action plan, SCaledown.org. A culmination of collaborative efforts, the initiative focuses on both long-term and short-term strategies that can be immediately implemented to begin reducing the rate of obesity in the Palmetto State. “Obesity kills […]

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Suspect shot and killed during standoff with Goose Creek police

WCIV-TV | ABC News 4 – Charleston News, Sports, Weather GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—The suspect in Tuesday night’s standoff with SWAT and Goose Creek Police has died. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, the suspect has been identified as 57-year-old Brian Eugene Rice. Several officers surrounded a home on McClain Street near Red Bank Road after Rice fired multiple shots. Rice was […]

Education

BCSD Rodney Thompson requests to resign as superintendent

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Berkeley County School District may soon have to look for another superintendent. According to The Post & Courier, Rodney Thompson sent an email to district employees Tuesday night asking to be released from his contract during the summer of 2015. Thompson became the superintendent in 2011 after serving as the district’s chief administrative officer. Prior to that, […]

Health

Enterovirus strain confirmed in South Carolina

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) laboratory has confirmed the first cases of the EV-D68 strain of enterovirus in two (2) residents of South Carolina’s Upstate region, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported tonight. “We requested lab support from the CDC shortly after this virus was on the rise in other parts of the […]

Entertainment

Goose Creek gears up for 2014 Fall Festival

The City of Goose Creek will present the “2014 Fall Festival” on Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm behind the Marguerite H. Brown Municipal Center. This FREE event will feature live entertainment, arts/craft vendors, kid’s play area, safety demonstrations, food vendors, laser tag and much more!! This event will raise awareness and donations for Helping Hands […]

Education

Mayor to present lecture series on Goose Creek history

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler will present a fall lecture series on the history of Goose Creek again this year. The seven-part series will be held in City Hall on Thursdays from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. from October 2 – November 13, admission will be free. The Mayor held his first lecture series in 2007, which drew over […]

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GCPD: Suspects steal lottery tickets, cigarettes from gas station

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department and the Moncks Corner Police Department are requesting assistance identifying the persons and vehicle depicted in the attached photographs. Investigators say the two persons are suspected of committing burglaries at Murphy USA gas stations in both Goose Creek and Moncks Corner. On September 19th, police responded to Murphy USA on St. James Avenue […]

Government

Berkeley Co. council tackles GenEarth, SaveMoncksCorner.com

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Monday night council members tackled two issues: the stench from GenEarth that continues to plague many Moncks Corner homeowners and a website, SaveMoncksCorner.com, that has taken social media by storm. To address the odor from GenEarth, Councilman Jack Schurlknight proposed a resolution authorizing Berkeley Co. Water and Sanitation to seek DHEC’s assistance in obtaining a “corrective action plan” […]