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CRIME & SAFETY
Fatal collision on US-321 claims one life
JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A single-vehicle collision late Saturday night resulted in one fatality, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP). Master Trooper Gary Miller said the incident occurred at approximately 11:25 p.m. on US-321, near Cal Causeway Road, about nine and a half miles west of Ridgeland. A 2019 Dodge Coupe, traveling […]
Beaufort Co. head-on crash results in fatality
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating after a person died in a head-on collision Friday night. Troopers say the crash happened just after 10:20 p.m. on Highway 170 near Old Baileys Road, about 9 miles north of Bluffton. Two cars, a 2008 Ford Sedan...
Lowcountry couple’s crash leads them to advocate for stricter reckless driving laws
BLUFFTON, S.C. (WSAV) – Tom and Spring Davis are still recovering from a terrible crash Valentine’s Night on the busy streets of downtown Bluffton. An accident that led to serious injuries, long hospital stays and lasting damage. An accident that may have contributed to her mother’s death. An accident they say could have been avoided. […]
Bluffton man sentenced after pleading guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCSC) - A Beaufort County man was sentenced Friday after he pleaded guilty to charges connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach. Tyler Bradley Dykes, 26, of Bluffton, is sentenced to 57 months, or nearly five years, in prison, as well as three years of supervised release and must pay $22,000 in fines and restitution.
Bluffton Fire responded to 4 structure fires as severe storms passed the area Friday
BLUFFTON, S.C. (WTOC) - Fire crews in Bluffton responded to four calls for structure fires Friday as severe thunderstorms passed through the area. According to a post on thier social media page, Bluffton Fire says three homes were damaged by fire with varying degrees of severity. No injuries were reported.
Chatham County Woman Indicted for Fraudulently Claiming Deceased Army Veteran’s Benefits
The divorced spouse of a deceased U.S. Army veteran has been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently claiming the veteran’s benefits. Miranda Rachel Briggs, also known as “Miranda Rachel Fisher,” 33, of Rincon, Georgia, was indicted by a U.S. District Court Grand Jury on charges of Wire Fraud and Theft of Government Money, Property, or Records, according to Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Conviction on the charges carries a statutory penalty of up to 20 years in prison, along with substantial financial penalties.
Israeli company illegally imported herbicide to Port of Savannah, feds say
An Israeli company faces thousands of dollars in federal fines for importing an unauthorized herbicide to the Port of Savannah, even though the product was subsequently cleared for use in the states where it was headed, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Two nearly 95,000-pound shipments of metamitron, a...
Port Royal, Bluffton ranked among safest cities in South Carolina
In a recent study recently released before this summer by popular website safewise.com ranking the safest cities in South Carolina, Bluffton came in at a very impressive #1 on the list and on this side of the Broad River Bridge, Port Royal came in at #9. Each year, SafeWise experts...
Convicted Unite the Right attendee to serve time for role in Jan 6
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CVILLERIGHTNOW) – A man who pleaded guilty to burning an object with an intent to intimidate the night before 2017’s deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville will serve nearly five years in prison for assaulting police officers who were guarding the U.S. Capitol during the 2021 insurrection.
Chatham EMS, Savannah fire fall victim to CrowdStrike outage
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The global CrowdStrike outage hit Chatham EMS and Savannah Fire paramedics briefly Friday morning, forcing crews to switch from digital incident reports to pen and paper. During every call, paramedics have to fill out an incident report on a program called "ImageTrend." “We upload our patient...
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