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2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Alan Hovorka |Kailey Cota

ORANGEBURG — The earliest memories Meredith Barnette has of her father revolve around the vast South Carolina outdoors, as he taught his only child to share in his love of hunting, fishing and gardening. The firefighter’s work shifts of 24 hours on, 48 hours off gave him long periods with his unabashed daddy’s girl to bask in the simple pleasures of building the perfect fire and watching the flames dance to their cackles. In time, he became an Orangeburg police captain, as well.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

NORTH CHARLESTON — Police are diverting drivers away from Rivers Avenue after a truck struck a power pole after 3 p.m. April 9. Anyone driving eastbound on Rivers Avenue should expect to be diverted onto Greenridge Road with a U-turn back onto Rivers Avenue, North Charleston Police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said around 3:40 p.m. He could not give an estimate about when the road may reopen. No other information about the collision was immediately available. This is a developing story.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

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3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

NORTH CHARLESTON — Curtis Alan Smith's attorneys aren't denying that he hoisted his girlfriend's body into a blue recycling bin, wheeled it across Spruill Avenue and disposed of it under a pile of trash on the nearby railroad tracks. But while the state will seek to prove during a trial this week that he murdered the 36-year-old in cold blood, the defense hopes to convince a jury he acted in self-defense.

4 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Kailey Cota

JAMES ISLAND — A  watermain break March 27 closed Riverland Drive at Central Park Road, diverting traffic away from the area but causing an expansive traffic snarl in the region. An 8-inch water main broke at the corner of Riverland Drive and Bradham Road around 11 a.m. March 27, according to Charleston Water System spokesperson Mike Saia. Though it had been repaired by 5:30 p.m., about 60 customers were expected to be without water until about 6:30 p.m., Saia said.