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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — A series of small earthquakes over the past week has startled residents across Summerville and parts of the Lowcountry, marking an unusually active stretch for an area that typically feels only a handful of noticeable tremors each year. Three earthquakes were confirmed near Summerville in...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A judge has ordered a suspect in a deadly police chase that ended in downtown Charleston last year to undergo an evaluation to determine whether she is competent to stand trial. Judge Roger Young has ordered the Department of Mental Health to perform an evaluation...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Documents newly obtained on Monday from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy shed additional light on the removal of 10 Mount Pleasant police officers amid an investigation into a cheating scandal. The officers were fired or separated from the police department under...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A convicted felon was arrested after North Charleston Police discovered a gun during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon. Rayshawn Demetrius Mitchell, 38, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing one; felony possession of a firearm by a...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C (WCIV) — North Charleston police arrested a 33-year-old man Sunday evening after an alleged road rage incident escalated into a physical assault and racially motivated intimidation. At around 5:40 p.m, North Charleston Police responded to the 4000 block of Gullah Avenue to a reported road rage...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A woman was arrested after she allegedly left her child unattended in a running vehicle outside of a store Sunday morning. Stacy Leigh Coleman, 35, is charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, according to jail records. North Charleston Police officers responded to a...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Charleston Police Department has arrested three women following a shooting outside a bar Friday morning. Jonszhell Derone Simmons-Agnew, 39, is charged with disorderly conduct; India Grant, 40, is charged with discharging a firearm; and Ebony Jonice White, 39, is charged with driving...

WEST ASHLEY S.C (WCIV) — Charleston Police took three women into custody early Friday morning after gunshots were fired outside R-Pub on Ashley River Road, authorities said. A patrol officer reported hearing a series of gunshots around 1:30 a.m. on Feb 6 near the bar's parking lot at 1836 Ashley River Road....

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The deadly crash along Nexton Parkway in late January started as an apparent motor vehicle theft of a DoorDash driver's car, according to an incident report from the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office. Enaj B. Vasconcellos, 21, from Summerville, was allegedly driving a stolen 2022...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Columbia, South Carolina – A warmer-than-normal and wetter weather pattern is expected to settle across South Carolina heading into Valentine’s Day weekend, increasing the risk for periods of rain, fog, and...