With over 2.5 million American affected by it, 1.75 million emergency room visits because of it, and 456,000 hospitalizations each year, severe asthma is a major health issue. Trident Health and Lowcountry Lung and Critical Care have joined together to bring a long-term option for relief to adult sufferers of asthma. By removing excess smooth muscle tissue in the patient’s […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury on May 12, Clyde Cleveland, Jr., 17, was walking down Highway 45 when he was struck by a vehicle at approximately 9:30 p.m. Salisbury says Cleveland was pronounced dead at the scene. Since the driver of the vehicle fled the scene, Salisbury says the teen’s death is being investigated as a […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler recently signed a proclamation declaring the month of May, “Mental Health Month” in the City of Goose Creek. Mayor Heitzler met with representatives of Berkeley Community Mental Health Center to sign the proclamation. Millions of adults and children are diagnosed with mental illnesses every year and only one out of two people with […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–For quite some time now, Small Town Restoration has made it a mission to beautify, restore, rejuvenate, revitalize and repopulate the town of St. Stephen and surrounding areas. “We have several ideas for improvements and with funding and volunteers, plan to complete these and other projects,” said member Michele Stosick. According to the Stosick, the group would eventually […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.– A routine traffic stop on Highway 52 and Medway Road, near Goose Creek, led to a bit of a surprise for deputies, when they say they discovered a white powdery substance in the driver’s seat of the car they pulled over. Deputies say the substance tested positive for cocaine and the driver was arrested by the Drug […]
With the start of the hurricane season nearly upon us, Governor Nikki Haley has begun the state’s preparations by running several interactive exercises with South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) and the South Carolina Emergency Response Team (SERT). The exercises allowed for those participating to run different scenarios in order to be fully prepared in the event that a hurricane does […]
Over a year ago, a juvenile green sea turtle was found floating off the coast of South Carolina. A group of volunteer turtle patrollers found him in August of 2012 and were easily able to catch him because he was suffering from a buoyancy issue. The turtle, affectionately known as Eddie, had scar-tissue build-up along an old boat propeller wound that […]
Being a kid born in 1990, I grew up watching the Spider Man cartoon, read the comics and watched the original trilogy that brought Spider Man to the big screen. So it is by no surprised that I went to see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 yesterday, the sequel to the 2012 film. Even though I knew what was going to […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–It’s certainly a work in progress; however, the construction of the new recreation center is steadily moving along. Recently, the developers of Foxbank Plantation donated 5,000 cubic yards of topsoil valued at $90,000. While it might just be seen as dirt to some folks, it’s that soil that will help lay the foundation for the new building. Today, […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Moncks Corner Police needs the public’s help identifying the man seen in the photos they say stole from the Moncks Corner Walmart on U.S. Highway 52 on Tuesday. According to an incident report, eyewitnesses say within ten minutes of the man entering the store, he left with a Vizio flat screen television valued at $378. Store employees attempted […]
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