BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, early Friday morning 22-year-old James Allen Clarkin of Johns Island was walking on Clements Ferry Road when he was struck by a vehicle. The coroner says Clarkin had been walking in the roadway and wearing dark clothing at the time of the accident. He was pronounced dead on the scene by […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–According to Solicitor Scarlett Wilson’s office, 26-year-old Donte Brown will be spending quite a bit of time behind bars. After a nearly week long trial, a jury convicted the young man of three counts of armed robbery, five counts of kidnapping, burglary 2nd degree, and criminal conspiracy. Authorities say that shortly after midnight on December 24, 2011, two […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–After the April 8th City of Goose Creek Municipal Election, Mayor Michael Heitzler, Mayor Pro Tem Kimo Esarey, Council member Mark Phillips, and newly elected Debra Green-Fletcher took the oath of office. The oath took place on Friday, May 9, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers of the Marguerite H. Brown Municipal Center and was administered by […]
HANAHAN– According to a spokesperson for the Red Cross, fire damaged a Hanahan man’s apartment Thursday. The apartment is located on Yeamans Hall Road. While the Hanahan Fire Department put out the fire, the American Red Cross was on scene to help the man in the recovery effort. Since the beginning of this year, the Palmetto SC Region of the […]
COLUMBIA, SC — Earlier this week, Governor Nikki Haley participated in the annual Children’s Mental Health Awareness Rally with the Federation of Families of South Carolina and the Joint Council on Children and Adolescents. by issuing a proclamation which declared the first week of May as Children’s Mental Health Week throughout South Carolina. “Protecting our children is one of the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, a Summerville man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into as many as 10 vehicles in the Sangaree area. Brian Daniel Coglaiti, 32, of Keowee Ct. has been charged with breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and possession of stolen property in connection with one of the break-ins with […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, a teacher at Cross High School has been arrested and charged with three counts of sexual battery of a student. Dan Moon, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, says 29-year-old Ellen Lindsay Niemiec of Summerville, turned herself into at the sheriff’s office this afternoon. She will appear before a bond court judge […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Councilman Tim Callanan, Daniel Island residents voted to end their annexation efforts from Berkeley Co. Tuesday night. Callanan, who represents Daniel Island, says the decision was almost unanimous. “I absolutely think it was the smart thing to do,” said Callanan who opposed annexation from the very beginning. “I didn’t think we needed to take […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.—It may have been a quiet race, but on Tuesday voters in St. Stephen headed to the polls to elect a new mayor and council members. Fewer than 800 people voted in Tuesday’s election at the only polling location, the American Legion Hut, on Ravenel Drive. Robert Hoffman previously served as the town’s longtime mayor. He did not […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis signed a resolution to continue the support or regional stormwater education effort by the Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium. Thirteen county and municipal government representatives attended the signing ceremony at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park. “Education is the key to what we do for managing stormwater,” said Davis. “People need to know what […]
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