Colleton County Fire-Rescue units responded to a report of an unconscious person who was not breathing at an address on Koth Street Friday evening 27 October. Medic 19 and Battalion 1 arrived in the …
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11/5/23
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The Walterboro Police Department is attempting to identify this subject. Anyone with information that could assist in the identity of this person please contact Detective Fisk 843-782-1031
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2/15/24
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An adult male was severely injured in a fall Monday evening October 16. Colleton County 911 was notified of the incident which occurred in Bamberg County. The worker was on a crew assembling a metal …
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11/5/23
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Today, Station 7 received a 2023 Kenworth Truck Co. T880 E-ONE Fire Trucks (Official Site) pumper. E7 is the first of the five pumpers that were delivered earlier this month to be placed in service. …
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11/5/23
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Fire-rescue responded to a structure fire in a 20x20 workshop on of Symly Road north of Ruffin Saturday October 21. The occupants were cooking when grease started the fire. The occupents notified …
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11/5/23
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An adult male was transported to Colleton Medical Center after his car struck two tractor trailers on Jefferies Hwy. (US Hwy 15) Friday afternoon December 29. The man was driving a Chevrolet Equinox …
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1/11/24
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The top prosecutor of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office Special Victims Unit secured three domestic-violence murder convictions against two separate Lowcountry defendants this week.
In both …
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1/11/24
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Source: Colleton County Fire Rescue Facebook page
Get to know #yourColletonFirefighter Chris Fassett on #firefighterfriday. Firefighter/Paramedic Fassett joined the department in July 2020, and is …
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9/15/23
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Source: Colleton County Fire Rescue Facebook page
TAKING A STAND: The Colleton Sheriff’s Office joined Dr. Rev. Beckett and other influential speakers and longtime advocates to discuss the …
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9/15/23
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Walterboro Police Department
Incident Date: September 1
Offense: Leaving the scene of accident with personal injury
Location: South Jefferies Boulevard@ Greenpond Highway; Walterboro, S.C. …
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9/5/23
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Law enforcement and Colleton County Fire-Rescue were a busy handling a pair of shooting in Walterboro.
The first shooting occurred on Proctor Street where an adult male received a …
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By Scott Grooms
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3/28/24
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This month’s Protect and Serve segment highlights Lieutenant Craig Stivender of the Walterboro Fire Department.
Stivender is a native of Colleton County specifically of Cottageville. He is a …
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By Dana Erickson
editor@lowcountry.com
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12/29/23
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This month’s serve and protect is on Captain Joseph Holmes with Colleton County Fire-Rescue.
Holmes grew up in the Yemassee area and started as volunteering as a junior volunteer at the Yemassee …
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By Scott Grooms
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3/28/24
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A pickup truck left Interstate 95, struck a guard rail, and tumbled down an embankment landing on its side in Ivanhoe Creek. An adult male was injured in the accident. Motorists stopped to assist …
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By Scott Grooms
sgrooms@lowcountry.com
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12/29/23
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Fire-Rescue Engine 9 responded to a residence on Augusta Hwy, Thursday afternoon December 14th. Upon arrival they found smoke visible from a double wide mobile home. Firefighter-Paramedics entered …
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By Scott Grooms
sgrooms@lowcountry.com
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12/29/23
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When starting her route Thursday, December 21, Walterboro USPS mail carrier Vickie Tripp probably did not expect to come upon a fire in someone’s front yard. Therefore, in addition to delivering …
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By: Dana Erickson
editor@lowcountry.com
Source: ABC News 4 Staff, #CCFR
Photos: ABC News 4 Staff
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12/29/23
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Walterboro Police Department welcomes our newest employee Anthony Polk. Polk is a native of Islandton and a U.S.M.C. veteran. Polk will be joining our patrol division.
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5/18/23
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Six people were injured, two seriously, in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 95 near 42 mile marker on December 20. The two southbound vehicles collided in a construction zone when the Jeep went …
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By Scott Grooms
sgrooms@lowcountry.com
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12/29/23
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For The Press and Standard
A Ruffin woman died from injuries received after her vehicle struck a parked semi-trailer on Deliverance Rd at Big Easy Dr., Tuesday morning 09-May. At 08:10, a caller …
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5/18/23
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For The Press and Standard
Fire-Rescue responded to a water rescue south of West Bank Landing on the Edisto River Sunday afternoon 07-May at 15:18. A small boat carrying three people capsized in …
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5/18/23
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