Berkeley County News

MONCKS CORNER a ' Berkeley County budget proposals don't include any fee or tax increases, but officials are trying to figure out what to cut to make the numbers work.

MONCKS CORNER a ' A mother accused in a 2006 shaken baby case pleaded guilty Thursday to two charges related to her daughter's death.

South Carolina regulators approved two certificates of need to build hospitals in Berkeley County, north of Charleston, but one of the recipients said it plans to appeal its competitorA's CON.

Trident Health System plans to appeal a state health board's decision to let both Trident and its competitor, Roper St.

The statea s health regulating agency signed off Friday on Roper St. Francis Healthcarea s and Trident Health Systema s plans to build separate 50-bed hospitals in Berkeley County.

S.C. Highway Patrol Capt. Christopher N. Williamson has been named the new commander over the troop that oversees six Lowcountry counties, including Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley.

The following are the estimated percentages of next school year's rising freshmen who read at a fourth-grade level or worse in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester 2, according to eighth-graders' test scores from this fall.

They train to live and he lives to train, Pine Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Thompson is committed to fire safety and to passing it along.

By Ashley Fletcher Frampton aframpton@scbiznews.com Published May 11, 2009 On May 1, the tax rate on most purchases in Berkeley County rose from 7% to 8%, a result of the transportation sales tax that voters approved in November.

Big black dogs are among the last animals to be adopted, but local shelters are trying to turn that around with makeovers and a little better marketing.

Authorities say a two year old girl has drowned in Berkeley County. Police identified the child as Katie Feagin of Ladson.

DANIEL ISLAND a ' Authorities on Monday repaired a ruptured natural gas line that interrupted summer school and summer camp programs at Bishop England High School for several hours.

A 43-year-old Myrtle Beach man died and a Murrells Inlet man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Macedonia, officials said.

Berkeley County Sheriff's Office has an arrest warrant in connection with the burglary that occurred at a boy's home in Summerville.

LADSON a ' The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office has released a sketch of a man who robbed a motel in the College Park Road area Thursday night and pistol-whipped the clerk.

HANAHAN a ' Guy Stamps couldn't swim, but he loved to spend time at the beach or at his community pool at the Spring Valley Mobile Home Park, his family said.

Two Lowcountry men are dead following separate head-on collisions in Dorchester and Berkeley counties this weekend.

A sailor who worked at the Naval Weapons Station died Saturday morning, just hours after he was shot at a Berkeley County apartment.

MONCKS CORNER a ' Luckily, it was only a simulation. The drill scenario involved a "dirty bomb" that exploded Wednesday near the Santee Cooper plant.

MONCKS CORNER a ' Two years ago, when Berkeley County Coroner Glenn Rhoad got sick and lost almost 100 pounds in four months, he started thinking about what was important in life.