BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Students from across the Berkeley County School District gathered Tuesday to present a check after raising $2,000 for the Charleston Ronald McDonald House. The district launched a pilot program in which students from five high schools (Cross High, Berkeley High, Hanahan High, Goose Creek High, and Berkeley Alternative School) started […]
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Many people celebrated Earth Day in the Lowcountry from shopping for eco-friendly products to cleaning-up littered areas. This year’s Earth Day theme is “our power, our planet” and organizations honored it in their own ways. However, local residents did their part to either give back or connect to our planet. “Earth […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – A retirement ceremony was held Tuesday for a Mount Pleasant Police Department K-9 officer. The department also welcomed her replacement. K-9 Vondi has served with the police department since August 2019, playing a vital role in keeping the town safe while demonstrating an unwavering dedication, skill, and loyalty. During her […]
MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WBTW) — The third suspect wanted in an armed robbery in Murrells Inlet earlier this month has been arrested, the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said. Tymarious Dereintae Shimeek Holmes, 21, was taken into custody Tuesday by Horry County police and US Marshals. He was charged with robbery while armed, first-degree burglary, conspiracy, […]
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Eight people, including six children, were injured in an Easter Sunday crash on I-95. Colleton County Fire Rescue said the accident involved an SUV and a semi-truck on I-95 at the northbound 53 exit. Officials said the SUV overturned after the impact. The victims were initially treated at the scene […]
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A man and his teenage sons were rescued from the Edisto River last week after their kayak and canoe became entangled in a fallen tree, causing them to spill into the cold water. Colleton County Fire Rescue crews responded Friday morning to a report of three boaters stranded on the […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities are investigating an early Tuesday morning homicide in North Charleston. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department responded to Kraft Lane just before 1:00 a.m. after a caller reported someone had been shot. A male was pronounced dead at the scene by Charleston County EMS. Police officials say no […]
HUGER, S.C. (WCBD) – Crews worked through the night Sunday to extinguish a large outside fire, according to the Cainhoy Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the scene around 10:30 p.m. by the railroad crossing on Charity Church Road in Huger. The department said that heavy fire was visible springing from a laydown yard full […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — South Carolina senators will hold a hearing Monday to decide whether Treasurer Curtis Loftis should lose his job over his office’s involvement in a $1.8 billion accounting error. A panel investigating the error recommended last month that Loftis be removed for willful neglect after a private audit determined that much of […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Charleston is remembering the life and legacy of Pope Francis, as people of all faiths around the world mourn his death. A black bunting symbolizing a state of mourning was draped over the doors at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in remembrance of Pope Francis. Inside the church, mass […]
