Charleston SC

Award-winning author Margaret Seidler delivered the keynote address at Seneca’s 14th annual Black History Luncheon on Friday, organized by the city’s Arts, History & Culture Department. She detailed her book Payne-ful Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth, revealing her ancestors’ extensive involvement in...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man and his dog Friday evening after their sailboat ran aground on rocks near Winyah Bay. The MH-65 Dolphin crew, based out of Air Facility Charleston, hoisted the pair from the 37-foot sailing vessel, Chusan, after the man radioed for help around 6:16...

A brother and sister, Latesha Johnson (45) and Deontay Miller (33), were arrested Thursday morning after a violent domestic dispute on Allwood Avenue in North Charleston, South Carolina. Incident Overview. North Charleston Police responded around 10:15 a.m. to reports of the siblings fighting, with a follow-up call...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — One family was displaced Sunday after their apartment was damaged in a fire, according to the American Red Cross. Disaster-trained volunteers are assisting the family of two after their home, which is located in the Hallmark at Timberlake on Hallmark Drive in Goose Creek was damaged by a...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — The South Carolina Democratic Party is once again hosting California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he prepares for his national book tour, this time with a stop in the Lowcountry. Presented as “On the Road Again with Gavin Newsom,” the governor and other South Carolina...

A motorcyclist died in a single-vehicle crash Thursday evening in Ravenel, South Carolina, after striking a deer on Hyde Park Road. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of Hyde Park Road, where deputies found an overturned motorcycle. Initial investigations by the Charleston County Sheriff’s...

From the Lowcountry to the Midlands, several small earthquakes have been reported in those areas so far this year. Irmo is the latest on the map to experience the tiny tremors. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 1.9 magnitude earthquake near Irmo at 11:57 p.m. Sunday. On Friday night,...

A 24-year-old man, Romelle Allen Mazyck, was arrested following a high-speed, multi-county police chase in a stolen red Jeep Compass in the Summerville area. The pursuit began late Thursday night, February 12, 2026, when Dorchester County deputies spotted the vehicle on Ashley Phosphate Road. Chase Details. Deputies...

According to jail records, Monique Latrice McCoy, 35, was booked into the Dorchester County detention center and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm at a person. The post Former Hanahan Police Sergeant Terminated, Arrested in Summerville first appeared on The Berkeley Observer .

Tyler Deshayne Heyward was convicted of murder by a Charleston County jury for the 2023 killing of Wesley Francis and sentenced to life in prison by Judge Jennifer McCoy. The shooting occurred shortly after 5 a.m. on November 10, 2023, at a Circle K gas station at Meeting and Calhoun streets in downtown Charleston,...