SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities are investigating a Summerville bank robbery. Officers with the Summerville Police Department responded Monday to United Bank on North Cedar Street for a reported robbery. Police said the suspect did not present a weapon; however, they said he left with an undisclosed amount of money. No injuries were reported. Police […]
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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – State police have been asked to investigate the cause of an overnight Berkeley County brush fire. Charity Church Road remains closed to traffic in both directions between Cainhoy Road and Highway 41 because of an active brush fire, which began around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. The cause of the fire remains […]
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) – The Diocese of Charleston released a statement Monday from Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune on the passing of Pope Francis. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at age 88. It came just hours after he made a public appearance for the Easter holiday, which included a ride in his “popemobile,” a surprise to […]
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An unrestrained driver was killed following a Sunday afternoon crash that involved two pick-up trucks. Deputies with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident scene on Davison Road around 3 p.m. An initial investigation found that a Toyota Tacoma was traveling south on Davison Road when it hit […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Closing arguments will get underway Monday in the trial of a former Charleston County deputy facing three reckless homicide charges. Emily Pelletier is accused of crashing into a vehicle and killing a woman and her two daughters on Mother’s Day 2022. Authorities said Pelletier was responding to a disabled motorist call […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — State Treasurer Curtis Loftis has resisted pressure to resign from office over his role in a $1.8 billion accounting error, setting the stage for a hearing Monday that could lead to his removal. A Senate panel called for Loftis’s removal after a private forensic audit determined much of the “mystery” money […]
Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants. Pope Francis during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square. Vatican City (Vatican), March 20th, 2024 (Photo by Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – UNDATED: In this image provided by […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Farrell from […]
GAFFNEY, S.C. (WSPA) – Students and staff at Limestone University in South Carolina were devastated this week to learn their school was in danger of permanently closing due to financial issues. But some aren’t giving up hope, and a few have taken to social media in hopes noted Gen Z philanthropist Mr. Beast can help […]
