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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – A long-studied and debated roadway improvement project is moving forward after Mount Pleasant Town Council voted Tuesday evening. The council voted 5-4 not to withhold municipal consent, allowing development work to proceed in the town and Charleston County. The plan, also referred to as t

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Berkeley County has secured a $22.5 million federal grant to help fund a major roadway improvement project along U.S. Highway 176. According to Berkeley County, the funding comes through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s BUILD Grant program and will support the Highway 176 Phase 2 C

After more than two decades of rising through the ranks of the Goose Creek Police Department, Tom Hill has been named the city’s permanent police chief. The post Goose Creek Promotes 21-Year Department Veteran To Police Chief first appeared on The Berkeley Observer .

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) — Mount Pleasant town leaders are weighing an extension of a development moratorium set to expire next week in several historic Black settlement communities, including Ten Mile, Phillips and Hamlin Beach. The proposed extension would pause large-scale development for two more years by prohib

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — Residents of James Island are raising concerns about a proposed development called Riverland Oaks, which would build a 95-lot townhome community in the area. Neighbors say the project could worsen flooding and traffic problems that already exist. Flooding concerns. Adam Friend, a James Islan

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Jurors heard two very different versions of what happened inside a North Charleston apartment in December 2021 as the double murder trial of Rashiean Washington continued Tuesday. Prosecutors told jurors that Washington killed two men he was living with before setting the apartment on...

Chinese restaurants easily have some of the best menu items you can order (Peking duck, anyone?), but the cream of the crop is often off-menu.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Charleston leaders are one step closer to updating the city’s short-term rental ordinance after the Planning Commission advanced a package of changes designed to make the rules easier to understand and enforce. If approved by the Charleston City Council, the proposal would mark the...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A man is facing charges in connection to a deadly shooting that took place in the earliest hours of Wednesday morning. Miguel Ortiz Boyd, 18, of North Charleston surrendered to authorities a few hours after the shooting. He is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a viole

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Cheeseburger slider fans will soon have a new drive-thru option in North Charleston. Smalls Sliders, a rapidly expanding fast-food chain known for its slider-sized burgers and signature “Smauce,” will open its newest Lowcountry location on July 20 at 2280 Ashley Phosphate Road, just off