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Coast Guard inquiry into the Titan implosion resumes with new witness, OceanGate competitor
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Friday’s Titan Marine Board of Investigation public hearing will feature a newly added witness, according to a late-night post from the Coast Guard. For day four, Former OceanGate Mission Specialist Fred Hagen, University of Washington Applied Physics Lab employee Dave Dyer, Triton Submarines employee Patrick Lahey, and Former OceanGate Contractor […]
Officer shot in Chesterfield County, is expected to be okay: PD
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – An officer is expected to be okay after being shot in Chesterfield County overnight. The McBee Police Department said that the officer was shot overnight, was treated for his injuries at a nearby medical center, and is expected to be okay. The shooting occurred near McBee High School […]
Charleston’s mayor presents financing plan for Union Pier transformation to Charleston County Council
CHARLESTON, S.C (WCBD) – Charleston County council members heard Wednesday from Charleston Mayor William Cogswell on his plan to transform Union Pier into a place that he says improves the quality of life in Charleston while also generating revenue. “When you look at cities like Brooklyn and their Brooklyn Bridge Park and Grant Park in […]
South Carolina to conduct its first execution in 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A man is set to be executed in South Carolina for the first time in more than a decade. Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, will die by lethal injection around 6 p.m. Friday. The only thing that can stop his execution is a call from Governor Henry McMaster. That decision could come […]
Sweet Tea Festival kicks off in Summerville
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – Celebrate the birthplace of sweet tea in Summerville at the annual Sweet Tea Festival this weekend! Summerville’s Historic Downtown is transformed into a street fair, featuring various food trucks, vendors, and entertainment for attendees to enjoy. “Of course, there is plenty of sweet tea and you can help select the Tea […]
Berkeley County woman wants landscape company to pay for repairs after damaging her car
HUGER, S.C. (WCBD) — A Berkeley County woman is sharing her frustrations after she said a landscaping company caused damage to her car and the issue still has not been resolved months later. Jeanette Lawrence said she was driving down Cainhoy Road in June when the incident happened. She said crews were mowing the grass […]
Local volunteers prepare to give beaches and rivers a cleaner look
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) – On the third Saturday day of September, Beach Sweep/River Sweep takes over the state. This marks 35 years since the mass cleanup effort began. According to the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, it is the “largest one-day volunteer waterway cleanup event.” Typically, local schools and groups participate but organizers say […]
Lowcountry woman celebrates 110 years of life
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – It is likely that no one reading this story right now was alive in 1914. Except for Ercelle Moore Chillus. 110 years ago, World War I started. The first traffic lights were installed, and women could not vote. It was a privilege to sit next to a living legend who has […]
Did the former OceanGate CEO panic and throw a controller on a previous submersible voyage? A former dive passenger doesn’t think so.
Former OceanGate Mission Specialist Renata Rojas was a passenger on numerous dives with OceanGate including one trip down to the Titanic on the Titan in 2022. Rojas, the fifth witness to testify in the hearing, is a longtime scuba diver with a self-proclaimed obsession with the Titanic. She told the Coast Guard panel she met […]
How Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding is helping others live a more active life
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – A local organization is using horseback riding to empower children and adults with disabilities to live more active and fulfilling lives. From the moment you step foot on the Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding’s Johns Island farm it’s easy to see the peace and purpose through partnerships there. Some of the […]
Georgetown city ordinance could make it illegal to drive fast through flooded roadways
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCBD) – Georgetown city council members on Thursday discussed a potentially new ordinance that would make it illegal to drive faster than five miles per hour through streets flooded with more than six inches of water. “We are in hurricane season, and we know there is the potential for severe flooding every year. […]
SLED charges former Berkeley County detention deputy with assault and battery, misconduct in office
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – State police on Thursday charged a former Berkeley County detention deputy with assault and battery and misconduct in office. The incident happened last May while the deputy, Aisha Zakiya Davis, was employed at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center. According to affidavits released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Davis is […]
John-Paul Miller sues paralegal for $6M, claims she slandered and libeled him on YouTube, TikTok
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach pastor at the center of a News13 investigative series after his wife’s suicide in April is suing a paralegal for $6 million, alleging that she slandered and libeled him on TikTok and YouTube. John-Paul Miller, pastor of the Solid Rock church in The Market Common, filed the […]
Swim advisory issued for portion of Edisto Beach
EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – A temporary swimming advisory was issued Thursday for a section of beach on Edisto Island. The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services said the short-term swim advisory was in place for water near the access point at Ebbtide Street (Station LC-081). The beach is not closed nor does the advisory […]
Man arrested for sexual exploitation after tip from Florida agency
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for sexual exploitation of a minor after receiving information from an agency in Florida. Casey Donald Marshall, 40, of Ladson is charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor in the second degree. According to the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, deputies executed […]
Blitz on 2 Week Four FNF: Playing for the name on the front and back
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – Stratford High School has produced a lot of talent over the years, including three quarterbacks with the surname Davis. Before starting quarterback Jachin Davis took the field, there was Josh and J.D. “My youngest, other than me, I ran the ball out for him,” Jachin said. “My other brother was […]
Man says he lied when he testified against inmate who is set to be executed
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just days before inmate Freddie Owens is set to die by lethal injection in South Carolina, the friend whose testimony helped send Owens to prison is saying he lied to save himself from the death chamber. Owens is set to die at 6 p.m. Friday at a Columbia prison for the killing of a Greenville […]
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