Branchville, SC

Tony Thomas, founder and co-owner of Tony Thomas Family Karate, was recently certified as a 10th-Degree Black Belt in Karate. Over his long career competing in karate tournaments and teaching karate, Thomas has racked up numerous awards. He was inducted into the South Carolina Black Belt Hall of Fame on August 17, 2013 in Myrtle Beach. He is also a member of the National Black Belt Hall of Fame, as well as the South Carolina State University Physical Education Hall of Fame.

Deion Jamison, an English teacher at Legacy Early College in Greenville, has been named the first Black male S.C. Teacher of the Year. The Orangeburg native is also the first public school charter teacher to earn the award. S.C. Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced Jamison as the winner during...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A Wednesday morning crash is causing traffic delays for eastbound motorists along I-26 near the Harleyville area. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a crash is blocking all eastbound lanes near exit 177. The crash happened around 6:55 a.m., SCDOT said. As of now, no injuries have been reported. See […]

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The eastbound side of I-26 has fully reopened after an early-morning crash in Dorchester County blocked all lanes. The crash was reported near mile marker 182, about four miles east of the Harleyville exit, at 6:50 a.m., the Highway Patrol says. For more than an hour, all eastbound lanes had been blocked.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Orangeburg firefighters responded to a woods fire on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was threatening a structure on Prosperity Drive in Orangeburg. The first engine on scene reported fire burning a wood material pile about 40 feet by 50 feet. Fire was spreading to adjacent wood storage-Dempsy...

The Carolina Reds U-14 baseball team participated in their first 2022 tournament of the summer, earning a championship title in the War on the Shore Global NIT. The tournament was held May 14-15 at the Ace Basin Sports Complex in Walterboro. The Reds lost to Summerville Heat and Charleston Braves...

Mrs. Rhonda Jacquelyn Chaltraw Hughes, known to everyone as “Jackie”, 73, of Walterboro entered into eternal rest Wednesday evening, May 11, 2022 at Colleton Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Clinton Lee Hughes, Sr. Born November 25, 1948 in Walterboro, she was a daughter of...

WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCSC) - Walterboro Police say they found a missing 15-year-old girl who deputies in Richmond County, Georgia said had run away from home. The teen had last been seen Friday leaving her high school on foot. Deputies in Georgia said she fled from school staff after being caught skipping school.

ORANGEBURG, SC (WACH) — The Orangeburg County Coroner's Office has identified the six-year-old that was shot and killed Friday. According to the report, Winston Hunter was pronounced dead on the scene at Mclain Street in Orangeburg. Officials say an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

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Orangeburg Christian Academy will hold graduation at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 19. Dr. Shane Stutzman will address the graduates. Valedictorian is Allison Renee Newhall and salutatorian is Joanna Kay Crider. The school is located at 1842 Joe S. Jeffords Highway, Orangeburg.

WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCBD) – Two buildings were damaged during a fire Sunday afternoon in Walterboro. Fire crews responded to a vacant auto shop off Acorn Road around 3:14 p.m. where they found flames coming from the front, rear and roof of the building. Officials with Colleton County Fire Rescue said wind carried embers to an […]