Nearly 3,000 job openings are coming to Florence County. Florence 1 Schools will revive a career center program to prepare students for jobs at the AESC electric vehicle battery factory.
The governor’s office on Tuesday announced a $1.5 billion investment for a new Pee Dee battery plant to create a second plant that will employ 1,080 workers who will manufacture cells to be used in electric vehicle batteries.
Ready to get crafty? Florence's first Michaels arts and crafts store will open in the Commons at Magnolia near Magnolia Mall.
Stop for a quick bite at Florence's new grab-and-go restaurant. The gas station spot was born from a known downtown eatery.
Imagine being on a stage, but not just any stage – a theater on Broadway in Manhattan.
“The Verdant Beauty of Cypress,” drawn by Stratford High School senior Ash Trespicio, will grace the cover of the annual Home Telecom Directory this year after winning first place in the 2024 Home Telecom Directory Art Challenge competition.
In a collaborative effort to provide educational resources for the community, the Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) is co-hosting the Lowcountry Educational Admissions Representative Network (L.E.A.R.N.) Spring College Fair. The event is from 2-5 p.m. Friday, March 15, and will take plac…
The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) is expanding its Information. Inspiration. Illumination collection. Two new additions, focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEAM), are set to provide insights and practical applications for library users.
Berkeley County School District teachers, staff members and administrators spent Friday, Feb. 16, participating in a series of workshops and classroom sessions as part of an annual professional development event known as BCSD Conference Day; this year's theme was “Together We Thrive.” Sessio…
The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) is partnering with Feld Entertainment to bring young readers an opportunity with the Jurassic World Live Tour: Read Five Books Reading Program. Aimed at children ages 2 to 12, the program runs until March 10, offering families a way to combine readin…
The Steinberg Law Firm’s 2024 College Scholarship Program is now open. This year’s program offers five $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors and current college students who are residents of South Carolina.
The following local students earned academic achievements during the fall 2023 semester at their respective colleges or universities:
Scenes from the Berkeley County School District Family Engagement Summit that took place Saturday, Jan. 27, held today at Berkeley Middle School.
Monnet, Ipock graduate from Lander University
Berkeley ONEderland wrapping day took place the week before Christmas. Volunteers wrapped presents donated by community members for more than 200 BCSD students. Berkeley ONEderland is a program set up by Berkeley County School District social workers that gives gifts and other valuable donat…
Abigail Litchfield, of Moncks Corner, has been named to the dean's list at Lee University for the fall 2023 semester.
Kaitlyn Nash, of Moncks Corner, and 25 other first-generation students were the first inductees into Wofford's Theta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha on Nov. 8.
Joshua Legnard, a senior sport management major at Bob Jones University from Bonneau, is completing an internship with 17 Co Performance Center in Taylors.
Berkeley Preparatory Academy earned four different honors in recognition of its performance in the 2022-2023 school year this past November at the Charter Institute at Erskine’s Academic Showcase.
The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) invites Berkeley County residents ages 18 and older to participate in “Two-Sentence Story Writing” sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley County Library.
Berkeley County School District employees are earmarked for another incentive check just in time for the holidays.
Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, welcomed new initiates in October, including one from Berkeley County.
The Trident Literacy Association received a $5,000 grant Tuesday, Oct. 31, from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina. The foundation awards grants to nonprofits striving to reduce poverty throughout South Carolina. Trident Literacy Association was part of the Immediate Needs c…
Charleston Southern University has announced the launch of Buc Promise, a new renewable scholarship for Pell-eligible South Carolina residents with a minimum 3.5 high school GPA.
While wars still wage and discrimination and division still exist, the effort to remind younger generations that, “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it” is as important as ever.
The 2023 Govie Writing Awards, presented by the SC Governor’s School for the Art and Humanities Creative Writing Department, is now accepting submissions of short fiction and poetry by South Carolina students in grades 6-12. Students can submit their original works to www.scgsah.org/writinga…
Recently, I was asked to help define the parishes of old, and where were the boundaries? That’s a question not really easy to answer because of all the changes that have taken place in our (present-day Berkeley) county, and with your understanding neither the original Berkeley County, nor th…
In response to a public records request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina (ACLU-SC), the Berkeley County School District has released a list of 93 books that have been challenged and are under review.
The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office was notified at 4:03 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, by some bystanders about a child being found deceased inside a car at Bishop England High School, 363 Seven Farms Drive.
Bryce Ellison, front row, fourth from left, of Moncks Corner, completed the requirements for an associate degree in nursing from Central Carolina Technical College. Graduates of the associate degree in nursing (ADN) program are prepared for careers as technical nurses in acute care, long-ter…
Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) is hosting a monthly Wonderful World of Crafts, Wednesday, August 9, 2023, from 4–5 pm at Sangaree Library, located at 595 Sangaree Parkway, Summerville. Customers will be painting on an 8 x 10 art canvas. Sangaree Library is proud to give customers a sa…
At the regularly scheduled Berkeley County Board of Education meeting on July 17, members of the community stepped forward to voice concerns of their own and of Berkeley County School District faculty regarding teacher reassignment. This issue continues to be a hot-button topic in light of r…
Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) in collaboration with the Sangaree Special Tax District, is hosting an End of Summer Reading Party, Monday, July 31, 2023, from 3:30– 5:30 p.m. at Sangaree Library, located at 595 Sangaree Parkway, Summerville.
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Two students were recognized at the regularly scheduled Berkeley County School District board meeting on June 5 for receiving $2,500 scholarships from the BCSD Teacher Forum.
Berkeley County Council has recognized Kylee Kellermann as the local 2023 choice for the South Carolina Association of Counties Board of Directors Scholarship.
Nearly 900 kids turned out at the March 29 Berkeley County Kids Who Care "NatureScope" event at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner — held for the first time since 2020. The field day offered the young participants an opportunity to play and learn about the environment. Organizations on h…
The Berkeley County School District (BCSD) technology team was honored at the regularly scheduled April 4 board meeting for being the recent recipient of the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) 2023 District Team Leadership Award.
With a national teacher shortage and low teacher pay, it is no secret that our state and local communities are facing a serious crisis. This issue hit close to home on March 21 when the Berkeley County Board of Education opened their regularly scheduled meeting to citizen comments.
The Berkeley County Board of Education (BOE) met on March 7 at Berkeley Middle School for their regularly scheduled meeting. A significant portion of the County board's regular session agenda was devoted to ceremonial recognition for this year’s 48 school-level Legacy Builders Teachers of th…
Cross High School students showcased their acting, dancing and singing skills during a Feb. 22 Black History Month performance that elicited ample applause and an enthusiastic reception from spectators.
Fossil Fest 2023 at Cypress Gardens allowed kids to imagine what it was like to live among dinosaurs, woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers on back-to-back exhibitions from Feb. 4-5. Young explorers learned about gemstones and other archeological finds, as well as being invited to dig for…
Moncks Corner-based Santee Cooper recently presented Berkeley County School District Superintendent Anthony Dixon (pictured at center) with a check in the amount of $89,000 that will go towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiatives. Joining Dixon during the pres…
Dear Editor,
Non-native educators seeking to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the environmental history of Berkeley County can look forward to the reintroduction of an instructional series known as "Avoiding the Wump World," running from February through March 2023 (see below for class overview a…
Two local students who hadn't set foot in a classroom in 49 and 24 years respectively have recently demonstrated that it's never too late to chase your dreams, particularly as it pertains to securing your college degree and/or high school diploma.
