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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Hot weather has arrived in the Lowcountry, and the high temperatures are impacting plenty including farmers. The lack of rain and intense heat has impacted one corn farmer in the Cordesville community. “The day after I got through planting all of this corn I got one inch of rain on […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)—When the school year begins in August, students at a northern Berkeley County elementary school will attend a different school. At a Monday night Berkeley County School Board meeting, committee members decided to proceed on the merger with St. Stephen Elementary School. Initially, the board voted to close J.K. Gourdin and move […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Delaying the closing of J.K. Gourdin Elementary and merging it with St. Stephen Elementary is no longer in the cards after the Berkeley County School Board didn’t let the vote get out of committee. The boardroom Monday night overflowed into the hallway with the...

ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (WCIV) — A St. Stephen man is facing charges after being accused of stealing an air conditioning unit from a senior center in Berkeley County. Michael Dennis Eagerton, 27, was arrested and charged with receiving stolen goods, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office announced. Berkeley County detectives...

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The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office will take a hiatus from the popular REELZ television show On Patrol: Live. Berkeley County deputies have been featured on the show since its premiere on July 22, 2022. Berkeley County was one of two departments featured on the show since the first episode.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office says they have arrested a man after a large amount of narcotics were found during a traffic stop. Shawn Casey Thieman, 32, is charged with trafficking methamphetamine more than 100 grams but less than 200 grams, trafficking heroin, possession of a scheduled narcotic and manufacturing a scheduled narcotic.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The Berkeley County School District’s (BCSD) Board of Education has upheld its decision to close J.K. Gourdin Elementary School. In Monday night’s meeting, a motion was made requesting to delay the merger between the school and St. Stephen Elementary by one year. But no board member seconded the motion, therefore there was no discussion and no vote taken.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has arrested a man after deputies located an air conditioning unit that was stolen from a senior center. Michael Dennis Eagerton, 27, of St. Stephen, has been arrested and charged with receiving stolen goods. Officials say on July 10, detectives with the Berkeley County […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) - The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the woman who died in a shooting in Goose Creek. Isis Lorena Johnson, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the shooting, Coroner Darnell Hartwell said. Officers were called to...

A man has been apprehended by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office following a traffic stop that yielded a significant quantity of narcotics. The charges against 32-year-old Shawn Casey Thieman include dealing heroin, and methamphetamine (more than 100 grams but less than 200 grams), possession of a controlled substance, and production of a controlled substance.

A South Carolina man was recently arrested for trying to sell an HVAC unit on Facebook after the 10,000-pound air conditioner was stolen from a senior center, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Dennis Eagerton, a 27-year-old St. Stephen resident, was charged with receiving stolen goods after...