Charleston SC

If you work in manufacturing, logistics or defense in the Columbia area, the latest round of South Carolina layoffs hits close to home. Charter Communications, the cable operator behind Spectrum, is set to permanently close its Lexington facility on May 7. The closure will force 62 employees to find new jobs, according to data from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce . Separately...

Little Feat isn’t ready to give up the road just yet. The band just announced a set of fall dates for their The Last Farewell Tour, with the trek now running through November. The new dates begin Sept. 10 in Nashville, and include stops in Asheville, North Carolina; Charleston,...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A Moncks Corner man was arrested Monday night after he allegedly robbed a Mexican restaurant at knifepoint, according to the North Charleston Police Department. 44-year-old Thomas Matthew Speissegger was arrested and charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — North Charleston Police arrested a Moncks Corner man after he allegedly threatened restaurant workers with a knife Monday night. Thomas Matthew Speissegger, 44, is charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Police responded to Taqueria El Manatial on...

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCIV) — (Update) The missing child who was last reported seen near the Fishburne Educational Center on Murray Drive, has been located safe according to the City of Hanahan. (Original) The city of Hanahan Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating a missing child who...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A North Charleston man who pleaded guilty to murder and related charges in a deadly 2020 Charleston robbery spree is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, according to the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson announced Tuesday that Darcellus Fishburne, 21, will appear...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A suspect who was wanted for assisting an escaped inmate was taken into custody by the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office on Monday evening. Deputies say that Adrian Wallace Lesston, 34, of North Charleston, was taken into custody for his alleged involvement in assisting Lauren Ashley Thrower, who had escaped from […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCIV) — A 36-year-old man was arrested after a seven-month-long investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics, Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis said. Aundreas Martell Johnson, from Moncks Corner, was arrested on March 22 and faces charges of trafficking cocaine, trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking cocaine base, 12...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston City Councilmember Aaron Polkey will be holding an affordable housing town hall on Tuesday, meeting with housing authority residents and supporters to discuss Project 3500. Project 3500 is the city's ambitious initiative to build 3,500 net new affordable housing units across the city by...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The family of a Moncks Corner man killed in 2022 is speaking out following a recent conviction in the case, raising concerns about how justice is being handled for others accused in the crime. Jerell Tresean McMillan, 19, was found guilty in April for...