Special Report
In the case that you ever visit central South Carolina, you will want to check out our Congaree National Park, one of the most breathtaking places in the world. It boasts an impressive diversi…
Berkeley County officials say the county is above the state average in the numbers of COVID-19 vaccinations, but there are still portions of the population who aren't ready to roll up their sl…
Berkeley County Economic Development Authority is partnering with Berkeley County School District and SC Works Trident to host two upcoming job fairs.
SOL Southwest Tequila Bar in Summerville is hosting "Kitchen Karma" through the end of the month to raise money for a local nonprofit.
A former Summerville police officer was arrested by agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division after investigators accused him of stealing guns from Summerville Police Department'…
Before Elizabeth Griswold cleans a COVID-19 patient's room, she slides into a gown, two sets of gloves, an I-95 mask, goggles, a hair net and booties.
Charleston area residents can join the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's in North Charleston on Oct. 16.
Trident United Way has partnered with local library systems, including those in Berkeley and Dorchester counties, to promote reading to children from birth to age 5 and improve regional litera…
Local organization Keep Berkeley Beautiful (KBB) has won multiple awards in recognition of its efforts to combat litter and promote recycling throughout the county, according to a county press…
The 22nd McElveen Race for the ARK was a "banner year" that saw 400 participants and raised more than $30,000 to benefit Alzheimer's research and resources, according to an ARK press release.
The city of Goose Creek announced a regional company is setting up its headquarters there and will create 30 new jobs for the area.
In mid-October of 2015 the Lowcountry was still assessing damage caused by a rare flooding event, better known as the 1,000-year flood. Over four days, as if on a conveyor belt, a swath of rai…
It’s a fern, of course.
Goose Creek Police Department announced the arrests of two suspects, including a juvenile girl, in a fatal shooting last month.
Almost two decades have passed since Fred Greene Jr. was gunned down inside a Berkeley County night club. On Sept. 28, as his family looked on, the sheriff’s office announced an arrest in the case.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a designation meant to bring more attention to a year-round problem that is generational and widespread. Throughout the past year and a half, the …
Every day, new arrivals show up at the Berkeley County Animal Center.
It was just before 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 when a 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Lowcountry, following two smaller temblors in Dorchester County earlier that day. The quake’s epicenter was …
JAMESTOWN - R & R Acres honey farm and homestead invites you to join their family on Oct. 9 for a free, family-fun event.
This is one of the many plants that make me glad that I live in the South.
The deadline is approaching for nonprofits to submit a project to Trident United Way for Days of Caring Nov. 17-19.
First responders from Berkeley County were recognized for helping save the lives of two cardiac arrest patients over the summer during an event honoring "hometown heroes" at Patriot's Point on…
In a job that literally puts its workforce on the front lines of the medical profession, right now paramedics and EMTs (emergency medical technicians) are in short supply locally and across th…
Moments after taking a fall while trying to learn how to ride his bike, 4-year-old Lynk Servey got back up and successfully rode for the first time. Four months later, he had covered more than…
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce is rebranding.
One of these summers I am going to take a proper vacation. This pandemic has upset so many aspects of our lives, and I am really looking forward to more “normalization” … which ought to come w…
Earlier this month, the Summerville chapter of the American Legion celebrated 100 years of service to the area with an event complete with military history and equipment.
Veteran paramedic Michael Shirey has been named chief of Berkeley County Emergency Medical Services, according to a county press release issued Sept. 22.
It’s a fairly simple seam of raised concrete along a mile stretch of St. James Avenue between Old Moncks Corner Road and the intersection at Highway 52 in Goose Creek. Police say in just a sho…
For the third year in a row, Berkeley County EMS was recognized for the agency's care of patients suffering from heart attacks.
Earlier this month, Gov. Henry McMaster signed a statewide response plan for child abuse cases, establishing protocols for how agencies in South Carolina should handle allegations.
Berkeley County officials are implementing a countywide noise ordinance, which they feel is solid enough to enforce without infringing on the personal freedoms of residents.
You have probably seen this one’s bright butter-yellow flowers, the plants commonly very abundant in old agricultural fields and roadsides. The plants are sometimes present in the thousands, a…
Buffalo Wild Wings opened its new Summerville location in Cane Bay on Sept. 17.
On Sept. 11, 2001, he was one of the thousands who responded to the World Trade Center.
“…And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.”
Happy 64th Anniversary to James and Ida Chisolm, of Charleston SC, wed on September 11, 1957. James and Ida are the proud parents of 5 children, grandparents of 10, and great-grandparents of 8…
Berkeley County has officially begun the first phase of a road widening project on U.S. 176 last month.
The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office is investigating scams involving alleged moving companies.
Berkeley County EMS officials visited health care staff at Moncks Corner Medical Center on Sept. 1 — and they brought some four-legged team members with them.
The days have been heavy for over a year now as Crystal Campbell continues to care for her patients in the Intensive Care Unit at Trident Medical Center.
The time when screech-owls cry and ban-dogs howl,
A grassroots effort to bridge law enforcement and community members was announced at Hutchinson Square in Summerville on Sept. 16, 2020. In the year since, those involved believe that effort i…
A planned boat landing on Lake Moultrie in Moncks Corner has been in the works for a while, and finally the site is ready for work.
On Aug. 29, 1979, the first edition of The Goose Creek Gazette was published, heralding the start of a community paper that has recorded the first draft of the city’s history for 42 of its 60 years.
A local nonprofit serving those who struggle with addiction will recognize International Overdose Awareness Day with a drive-through event educating citizens about drug addiction and overdose …
MONCKS CORNER, SC — Carolina Youth Development Center (CYDC) announced today the next session of its Strengthening Families Program (SFP) will launch on Sept. 7. The virtual program, offered i…
Gov. Henry McMaster visited Goose Creek last week to give South Carolina’s highest civilian honor to a longtime resident and public servant. Kimo Esarey, was given the Order of the Palmetto at…
On Aug. 11, at the corner of Montague Plantation Road and Dennis Drive, ceremonial shovels of dirt signaled the beginning of Phase 2 of the Henry E. Brown Jr. Boulevard project in Berkeley Cou…
