NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — An investigation is underway Wednesday after the discovery of skeletal remains. The North Charleston Police Department said it received a call around 5 p.m. that someone may have found remains. Detectives responded and accompanied the caller to a wooded area off South Rhett Avenue and confirmed skeletal remains were present. […]
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Located where Broad and East Bay streets meet in downtown Charleston sits the Old Exchange Building, a place that once housed prisoners during the Revolutionary War. It was inside the Provost Dungeon where occupants were jailed for either treason or sedition, and some are still believed to be haunting part of […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state. Milton drew fuel from exceedingly warm Gulf of Mexico waters, twice reaching Category 5 status. The cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The last phase of Memorial Waterfront Park in Mount Pleasant still has a few more months to go before its finished, but one of the new amenities now has a name. “We’re going to be naming the dog park for a son of Mount Pleasant,” said Mount Pleasant Mayor Will […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities in Berkeley County arrested two men following an investigation into a shooting that injured a woman and two juveniles. Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a location on Sundial Lane on July 31 after a caller told law enforcement someone was outside shooting and that bullets […]
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A multi-agency narcotics investigation led to the arrest of a 45-year-old California man. The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office and Summerville Police Metro Narcotics Unit arrested Ping Nain of Sacramento, California on September 24. He is charged with trafficking in 100 lbs or more of marijuana. Eight large cardboard boxes filled […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm-force winds at the U.S. coast Wednesday on the storm’s steady, potentially catastrophic march toward Florida, where officials issued a final plea to residents to evacuate or face grim odds of survival. LIVE WOBBLE TRACKER: Hurricane Milton wobbles off path, could have huge impacts In its […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A groundbreaking was held Wednesday for a new elementary school coming to Berkeley County. “We are here building one of three of our first phase of our capital penny sales tax projects. And this is an elementary school in the Jedberg area where it’s on the intersection of Cane Bay […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – As the North Charleston Police Department awaits its next chief, the agency reported fewer violent and non-violent crimes this year compared to 2023. In an announcement Wednesday on the department’s social media pages, NCPD reported a 14% decrease in violent crime through September 2024 and added that homicides were down […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – A 69-year-old man was pulled from a Mount Pleasant retention pond last week. Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said Thomas Sharpe, of Mount Pleasant, was found in the pond at Paul Foster Road and Belle Pointe Road on the morning of October 4. She said the cause and manner […]
