MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – Sections of Highway 52 will be closed in the Moncks Corner area for nightly road construction. Officials say the intersection of Foxbank Plantation and Hwy 52 will be closed on Tuesday, Dec 10 and Wednesday, Dec 11. The work will begin at 7 p.m. each night and will end at […]
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NEW YORK (WPIX) – A man in Pennsylvania has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after being recognized by a McDonald’s employee. Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione, 26, late Monday, according to an online court docket. He remained jailed […]
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston County School Board approved Monday night a $26 million increase to its budget for projects including the construction of a new school and improvements within the school district. A referendum was approved in 2020 to finance capital education projects. Some items included the construction of a new James […]
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NEW YORK (WPIX) – A man in Pennsylvania has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, officials said Monday. Luigi Mangione, 26, was identified as the New York Police Department’s person of interest in last week’s slaying, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. He was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, […]
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston County deputies are assisting US Marshals with a barricade situation Monday afternoon. The suspect is barricaded in a residence on Tree Canopy Drive off Von Ohsen Road in Summerville, law enforcement told News 2. Surrounding roads are currently shut down while authorities work. A Charleston County SWAT team is […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) — Thousands of Santee Cooper customers will see higher energy bills next spring after the state-owned utility company’s board voted Monday to raise electric rates. The base rate increase — the company’s first in seven years — means the average residential customer will pay an additional $11 per month, bringing their […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD)— Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie on Monday called for an end to a local option sales tax proposal that would have funded development projects around Patriots Point. The town council approved the first reading of an ordinance last week that included a tourism development fee. The proposed 1% tax would have […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — North Charleston will soon have a new top law enforcement officer as Ron Camacho is officially sworn in as police chief. Camacho, the former police chief for the Chambersburg Police Department in Pennsylvania, is set to take his oath of office during an 11 a.m. ceremony at North Charleston City […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) — Santee Cooper customers could see a change in their electric bill next spring. The state-owned utility company’s board is expected to vote on Dec. 9 on whether to raise rates for its more than 200,000 customers in Berkeley, Georgetown, and Horry counties—the first base rate increase in seven years. If […]
