SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – Town councilmembers in Summerville voted Thursday evening on a new ordinance that would make it illegal to camp on both public and private property without permission. At the meeting led by Summerville Mayor Russ Touchberry, the council passed a first reading of the ordinance. The town’s public safety committee voted to […]
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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – Every student in Dorchester School District Two will receive free breakfast and lunch during the 2025–2026 school year, thanks to a federal program aimed at expanding access to nutritious meals. The district announced it has qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a program under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An 88-year-old man has died after a fatal traffic collision on N. Highway 52 Thursday afternoon. Christopher Jenkins of St. Stephen was pronounced dead on the scene in Moncks Corner around 12:51 p.m., according to the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office. Jenkins was the only occupant of a 2005 Lexus SUV […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — State Rep. Robert “RJ” May (R-Lexington) is facing federal charges in connection with a child sexual exploitation investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. May, 38, was taken into custody June 11 in Lexington County and charged with 10 counts of distributing child sexual abuse […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India passenger plane bound for London with 244 people onboard crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city with a population of more than […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — State Rep. Robert “RJ” May (R-Lexington) was taken into custody Wednesday in Lexington County, according to jail records. May was listed briefly on the Lexington County Detention Center’s booking page with “Hold for DUSM”, meaning the Deputy U.S. Marshal, but the posting was later removed from the website. Agents with Homeland […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Local shrimpers are calling for more transparency from Lowcountry restaurants, after a recent study claimed several are deceiving their customers. The Southern Shrimp Alliance and SeaD Consulting conducted a survey of 44 randomly selected restaurants that said they serve locally-sourced shrimp. Each restaurant was tested and only four met the […]
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)–Georgetown County is preparing to host its first-ever Juneteenth Festival this Saturday, an all-day event honoring freedom, culture, and Black excellence. Held at the Georgetown County Library, the celebration will feature storytelling, live music, games, food vendors, and more, all designed to spotlight local Black-owned businesses and cultural traditions. “Juneteenth is excellence, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office is burying the remains of an unidentified individual found at Santee Cooper and another unidentified person who died in the College Park Road area. The private burial will take place at the Berkeley Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Friday at 11:30 a.m. “Hundreds of hours have […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as yet unable to reach a verdict on a third charge. The split verdict meted out a measure of vindication to his accusers and prosecutors — but also to […]
