CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Place will hold its Easter Eggstravaganza this weekend with children’s activities, live bunnies, and a lavish brunch. Festivities will begin Saturday morning, when guests will be able to take pictures with the Easter Bunny and pet live bunnies, chicks, and ducks. There will also be a “build-your-own-bouquet” flower bar […]
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – There are plenty of Easter events happening around the Lowcountry this weekend, from brunch at The Charleston Place to the Hat Ladies of Charleston’s annual Easter stroll, or Easter beach party at Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina. There will also be plenty of community Easter egg hunts happening across the Lowcountry. […]
This month’s speaker for the World Affairs Council of Charleston was Barbara Bodine—a diplomat with a lifetime of foreign service and what a life it has been. As a former US ambassador to Yemen in 1997, she was there when terrorists attacked the U.S.S. Cole. She was in a plane that was hijacked in 2001 […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – One person has died, and another was injured after vehicles collided near Goose Creek, state troopers said Friday. At approximately 6:11 p.m., a 2018 Toyota Tacoma traveling east on US 176 collided with a 2016 Honda CRV traveling west at the intersection of Radcliff Road. Both drivers were taken to […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Closing arguments will begin Monday in the trial of former Charleston County deputy Emily Pelletier, who is charged with three counts of reckless homicide in a May 2022 crash that killed a woman and her two daughters. The state and defense rested their cases on Friday, but not without first hearing […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Russell Laffitte, a former South Carolina banker and accomplice to convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, pleaded guilty to a slew of financial charges Friday in a federal courtroom. Laffitte was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and three counts of misapplication of bank funds, […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – An upscale grocery store is set to open its first store in the Charleston area this month. The Fresh Market will open at Bowman Place in Mount Pleasant on Apr. 30, according to a social media post by the shopping mall. Designed to resemble a European-style food market, the store […]
CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A school bus crash on I-77 in Chester County has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and left several others injured, turning a routine field trip into a heartbreaking tragedy for a South Carolina community. The accident happened just before 2 p.m. Thursday, April 17, when one […]
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Easter bunny will hop through several Georgetown County communities on Friday. With the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office providing escort, the “Easter bunny,” or Peter Cottontail to some, will visit 14 locations throughout the county. Charleston area churches to hold Easter sunrise services The first stop will be at 9 […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A former South Carolina banker accused of defrauding victims of millions of dollars is scheduled to appear in a Charleston courtroom. Russell Laffitte was the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank. He was convicted of several bank and wire fraud charges back in November 2022 for helping former attorney and convicted […]
