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Civitans looking for its Person of the Year
The Walterboro Civitan Club held its July 25th meeting at Dukes Barbecue. The meeting was called to order by the ringing of the bell. After recitation of the Civitan Creed, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Invocation, Civitan President, Kimber Santorella led the meeting. The guest speaker was David Stanfield...
HOT PROPERTIES: The Peninsula Co. finds second location for antiques business
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One arrested following hourslong Summerville standoff involving SWAT, deputies
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Berkeley County deputies arrested an individual in the early hours of Thursday morning after an hourslong standoff between them and a barricaded suspect. Live 5 News crews arrived at the scene around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday on the 400 block of East Third North Street in Summerville,...
Shooting during 'narcotics transaction' in SC leaves 1 person injured, police say
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A shooting during what police call a "narcotics transaction" in Beaufort, South Carolina, left one person injured. The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Wilderness Cove Apartments on Talbird Road. Officers said one person was shot and taken to the...
Child care options expanded for SC military families needing off-base care
SUMTER — South Carolina military families will now be able to use their military benefits at more child care centers in the state. Military families are now able to use federally-funded vouchers that help cover the cost of child care at centers that meet heightened health and safety standards under the state Department of Social […]
Beaufort residents blast dock operator selection process
BEAUFORT – Residents here are outraged that town officials are negotiating behind closed doors a possibly decades-long contract to operate the town-owned docks that many say is already decided in favor of a giant conglomerate with operations already in Beaufort and in coastal South Carolina. But the number of...
Arts WACH: "Payne-ful Business" explores state's difficult racial past
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) - On this week's Arts WACH, William Starrett explores a powerful exhibit at the Richland Library that uses art to explore a painful part of South Carolina's past. Author Margaret Seidler's work "Payne-ful Business: Charleston's Journey to Truth" explores her family's past and looks at the realities...
Death by firing squad deemed legal by South Carolina Supreme Court
The electric chair and the firing squad have both been deemed constitutional ways to end a death row inmate’s life, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled. The five justices were split, with Justice John Few writing the lead opinion arguing against the electric chair and firing squad being cruel or unusual forms of punishment. Few […]
Circle K to offer up to 40 cents off gas pricing at select stores
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Circle K, the global convenience store and gas station hybrid chain, has announced that it will be offering up to 40 cents off gas per gallon in 22 states across the eastern United States, including South Carolina. The special sale event will occur between 4...
Hampton Police Chief charged with assault and battery by SLED
HAMPTON, S.C. (WSAV)—After admitting to trying to cut a tree down while a man was in it, the Hampton Police Chief has been charged by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) on Thursday. Police Chief Perry Zachary McAlhaney, 61, has been charged with assault and 3rd degree battery and was booked into the Hampton […]
Eastover man charged after stealing over $200,000 from a vulnerable adult, attorney general says
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a man has been charged with the exploitation of a vulnerable adult after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from them. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Evening Headlines) An investigation revealed that between January 2018 and February of...
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