Charleston SC

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office conducted their second targeted crime suppression operation on Feb. 28, leading to 16 traffic stops and one felony arrest. According to the sheriff's office, the operation was conducted in areas that had been previously identified as experiencing...

Nevaeh Burgess-Brown, a 20-year-old North Charleston woman, faces charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime after allegedly stabbing someone at Northwoods Mall’s food court. Officers responded just before 10 a.m. on March 4, 2026, finding mall security had secured the knife; they...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) –The passing of a former Charleston first responder has sparked renewed conversations about mental health within the firefighting community. The City of Charleston and the Charleston Fire Department are working to break the stigma surrounding mental health and ensure firefighters know help is...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The arrest of a North Charleston couple accused of neglecting a vulnerable adult is drawing renewed attention to elder care oversight in South Carolina — a state that ranks near the bottom nationwide for elder abuse protections. Reginald and Cynthia Kelly were arrested...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Months of construction noise, road closures and disruption are driving customers away from many businesses along Saint Philip Street in downtown Charleston, leaving some owners worried they may not be able to hold on long enough to see the promises paid off. Island Provisions, a...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A man is facing charges after he told Charleston police officers that he broke windows at a downtown Charleston Walgreens Thursday morning. Tamir Grant, 27, of Charleston, was charged with malicious injury to property. Officers responded to the store at King and Calhoun streets for...

A northbound dump truck lost control and overturned at the intersection of Mount Carmel and Wolf Creek Road Wednesday morning February 25th. The truck received heavy damage in the accident. The adult male driver was able to crawl out of the wreckage of the truck which received heavy damage in the accident. He...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Charleston County School Board of Trustees has been in turmoil since last Wednesday’s meeting over which members would be nominated to the district’s new Education Foundation Board of Directors. For the second week in a row, a nomination to the Charleston County...

Calestro Bernard Frazier, a 23-year-old man, was arrested late Monday night, March 3, 2026, at the North Charleston Lodge on Ashley Phosphate Road during a burglary investigation, facing charges of fentanyl trafficking (14g+), methamphetamine distribution, possession of Schedule I/II narcotics, and possession of a...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A man legally prohibited from possessing a firearm was arrested after a frisk revealed one in his jacket pocket late Wednesday night. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department stopped a man riding a bicycle in the roadway without any lights while patrolling near Dorchester...