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4 days ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department is investigating an infant who was found unresponsive at a North Charleston hotel. Officers were dispatched to the Residence Inn on Northside Drive for a report of an infant that was not breathing, police spokesman Harve Jacobs said. The mother found the infant unresponsive after she had just woken up. Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and tried to perform life-saving measures.
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5 days ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston County Emergency Medical Services Division Chief Terry Kindred was honored on Thursday with a posthumous promotion. During a celebration of life event, Kindred was promoted to Assistant Chief, according to a Facebook post from Charleston County Government.
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6 days ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The City of Charleston announced the Hospitality Worker Parking Pilot Program on Thursday to provide temporary, limited free parking access for hospitality workers on the peninsula. Applications will open on Monday for businesses to request permits for their employees. Business owners or general managers can only apply, with each business eligible to request five permits, according to the City of Charleston.
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6 days ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina Department of Revenue agents arrested the owner of a Charleston County restaurant on Thursday and charged her with operating without a retail license. Paula Nelson, 58, of Summerville, was the operator of Crepes Palace in North Charleston. An arrest warrant says that her retail license was revoked on Dec. 18, 2024, because of an unpaid tax balance. Despite this, Nelson continued to operate the restaurant without the license, the warrant alleges.
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6 days ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a drop-in public information meeting to discuss a proposed highway safety improvement project on James Island. The drop-in meeting will be on May 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Camp Road Middle School, according to SCDOT. The school is located at 1825 Camp Road. The proposed highway project will be along Folly Road from Old Folly Beach Road to Maybank Highway.
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6 days ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man on nearly a dozen charges on Thursday. Robert Edward Williamson Jr., 37, of North Charleston, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, trafficking fentanyl second offense, driving under suspension, three counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and three counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Alexis Douglas.
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1 week ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teen. Cashmiere Green, 15, was last seen on May 5, police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said. Cashmiere Green, 15, was last seen on May 5, police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said.(North Charleston Police Department)Green stands 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. Anyone with any information is urged to email [email protected]. Copyright 2025 WCSC.
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1 week ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing, vulnerable woman. Nadia Bessamra, 60, was last seen on April 10 on Speissegger Drive, police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said. Nadia Bessamra, 60, was last seen on April 10 on Speissegger Drive, police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said.(North Charleston Police Department)Bessamra stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds.
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1 week ago | 
live5news.com | Colt Yeargin
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on May 1 in Berkeley County. Master Trooper William Bennett says the crash happened at 3 p.m. on US 17 Alt near the intersection at Horseshoe Road, around four miles south of Moncks Corner. There were two vehicles involved. The first vehicle was a 2007 Honda sedan with the driver as the only occupant. The second vehicle was a 2002 Toyota Camry with only the driver and one passenger inside.
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1 week ago | 
live5news.com | Patrick Phillips |Colt Yeargin
HEMINGWAY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office has arrested the man who fired into a Hemingway building, wounding one victim. Jamie Sentrell Gamble, 41, of Hemingway, was arrested by deputies on Wednesday and is charged with four counts of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and breach of peace high and aggravated in nature, Investigator Jalisa Brown said.
