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Pedestrian dead in collision with train on Hwy 174 Sunday night
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train late Sunday night in the Adams Run community. Deputies with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) responded to the railroad crossing on Highway 174 between Savannah Highway and Old Jacksonboro Road around 11:30 p.m. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at […]
Former SC officer charged with murder after shooting, killing Winston-Salem man outside Chick-fil-A
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — A former police officer has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a man from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, outside of a Chick-fil-A in Summerville, South Carolina. According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, former Summerville Police Officer Anthony DeLustro, 64, is charged with murder in the death […]
6 Summerville residents receive aid from Red Cross after home fire
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — The American Red Cross is assisting a family whose Summerville home was damaged in a fire Sunday night. A release from the organization said they're helping six people who after their home on Simmons Avenue was damaged. Red Cross officials are helping the family by...
Early voting for Dorchester School Dist. Two’s $200 million referendum underway
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Early voting for the $200 million Dorchester School District Two referendum has begun. The Dorchester School District Two Board of Trustees discussed the referendum back in February at a school board meeting as the district saw they did not have enough classroom space for current and future students.
FIRST ALERT: W. Richardson Avenue in Summerville shut down by overturned car
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Police are advising drivers to avoid a Summerville area road because of a car accident with an overturned vehicle. Summerville Police Department and Summerville Fire and Rescue are both asking that motorists avoid traveling on West Richardson Avenue between South Laurel and South Pine Streets as it is shut down.
‘They need to do better’: Ladson family reacts to sentence for daughter’s killer
LADSON, S.C. (WCSC) - While the parents of a woman killed in Colleton County say justice has been served after her ex-boyfriend was sentenced to prison for her murder, they say her death could have been prevented. A Colleton County jury found Justin Cole Carroll guilty of the 2021 murder...
Former Flowertown school employee charged with scratching non-verbal student: SPD
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A former support staff member at Flowertown Elementary School was arrested in connection with the abuse of a non-verbal and autistic student. Patricia Rose Harris is charged with child abuse, according to the Summerville Police Department (SPD). The SPD took her into custody on...
Missing in the Lowcountry: Police searching for 13-year-old girl in school uniform
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Above video: Your Thursday headlines. Police in the Lowcountry need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Pacheco Casta Solane, 13, was last seen Wednesday in North Charleston. Police say she is a runaway. She is described as 4 feet 11 inches and 90 pounds.
Fire department says driver disobeyed roadblock during 5-vehicle crash, then harassed crew
LADSON, S.C. (WCBD) – A fire department in Ladson offered a stark reminder Wednesday for drivers to obey roadblocks as firefighters respond to vehicle crashes. It comes after one driver decided to go around a barrier while crews were working a multi-car crash on Treeland Drive during the morning rush hour, according to leaders with […]
Why North Charleston’s police chief is retiring
North Charleston Police Chief Greg Gomes never really planned on being the department’s chief, he told the Charleston City Paper April 24. But when now-Mayor Reggie Burgess — the former chief — announced his bid for the city’s top office, he simultaneously announced his retirement as chief of one of the largest police forces in the Palmetto State.
Black Food Truck Festival returns to Ladson this weekend
LADSON, S.C. (WCSC) - Be sure to bring an appetite to the Exchange Park Fairgrounds in Ladson this weekend for the Black Food Truck Festival. The festival runs Saturday and Sunday and is a family-oriented event featuring some of the top food trucks in the Charleston area. Tickets are $20...
N. Charleston woman says complaints about Section 8 home have gone unanswered
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A woman says her mobile unit has been neglected by her landlord and the Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Tanika Capers has been living at Delta Oaks Trailer Park in North Charleston for about 8 months and she said it’s nothing short of a nightmare.
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