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COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A person was injured Wednesday after possibly being struck by their own vehicle. Colleton County Fire Rescue said the incident happened the evening of Nov. 4 near the intersection of Polk Road and Cross Swamp north of Islandton. “Initial reports indicated the person was struck by a passing vehicle, but […]
A baby girl was the only Halloween arrival at the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center. PEARLS of Hampton County is accepting applications for its 2027 grant program to fund community initiatives. The Savannah River Site has announced its public and historic driving tour schedule for 2027. Bluffton Town offices will...
VARNVILLE – Make no bones about it, Hampton County has gone to the dogs. The rural, Lowcountry county has been in financial disarray and is now under state police investigation. It also suffers the stigma of being the former home of South Carolina’s most-notorious man: confessed swindler and accused family slayer Alex Murdaugh, whose ongoing criminal saga remains in the spotlight. Now, on top of all that, Hampton County is increasingly overrun by stray animals. County employees and nonprofit pet organizations are struggling to respond to an overwhelming number of wild dogs and cats in the 560-...
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A mobile home in Colleton County’s Green Pond Community sustained heavy damage during a fire on Saturday evening, according to Colleton County Fire Rescue. Around 7:37 p.m. Saturday, 9-1-1 dispatchers were notified of a residential fire on Turkey Hill Lane in the Green Pond community, CCFR says. Firefighters arrived minutes […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — State prosecutors have filed a response to Alex Murdaugh's motion to dismiss the indictments brought against him in July 2022 for the murders of his wife and son. After filing the original motion to dismiss in August, Murdaugh's defense team filed a memorandum in late...
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Denmark-Olar walked away with it. They came out on top against the Lewisville Lions by a score of 32-20 on Friday. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Vikings' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
RIDGELAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Volunteers with the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network rescued a young bottlenose dolphin stranded on a sandbar in a tidal creek near Ridgeland on Sunday, November 8. The rescue marked the organization’s fourth marine mammal stranding response within the past 10 days. LMMN was notified by a resident that the dolphin was […]
