CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A home on McLeod Mill Road was damaged in a Friday night fire. A neighbor who was returning home around 7p.m. noticed the fire and called 911, according to Chief Fire Marshal Kevin Berkel with St. Andrews Fire Department. Multiple fire agencies responded to the home and found a fire burning […]
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) –The Charleston area is preparing for freezing temperatures next week and the possibility for some winter precipitation. Officials in the Lowcountry were briefed Friday in a meeting with the National Weather Service on what they might expect for next week. While conditions are still unknown, they are making plans for any outcome. […]
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Deputies in Georgetown County arrested a 54-year-old man who shot a teenager Friday evening, the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said. Reginald Cordell Parker was apprehended on Pee Dee Lane and charged with attempted murder. He was booked at the Georgetown County Detention Center. Law enforcement responded to a home on […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—A fraternity at the College of Charleston was shut down by its national headquarters last Friday after numerous student conduct violations since at least 2013. College of Charleston officials said they were notified by national headquarters on Jan. 10 that the SC Upsilon chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon had been closed. According to […]
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)–For years, officials in Georgetown County have worked on improving neighborhoods in underserved communities by tearing down and hauling away 36 dilapidated homes and buildings. The Blight Removal Project is a federally funded program that started back in 2022 to help beautify neighborhoods in rural communities. “This is a voluntary program. We reached […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he gunned down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him, marking a turning point in a case that had been set for trial later this year. Jaremy Smith, of Marion, entered the new plea during a […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month. Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is the third inmate set to die since the state was able to restart executions after a 13-year […]
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) – SC Beach Advocates held a panel with the state’s lawmakers involving questions about funding for future beach management projects on Friday. The last day of the conference provided sessions about water and policy challenges, economic benefits of South Carolina’s beaches, the governor’s address, and coastal resilience. As speakers presented […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a decision made by a lower court in a child sex abuse case involving the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston. A Charleston man sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston in 2018, alleging two teachers sexually assaulted him while he was attending the former […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A 25-year-old woman is in custody after she attacked a Burke High School student with a hammer Wednesday, according to police. Ladaisha Almuid was booked at the Al Cannon Detention Center for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. She was granted a $15,000 bond but remains incarcerated, according […]
