Bonneau News

The Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Berkeley Class of 2007 has raised $2,500 in donations for the Berkeley County Rescue Squad. via The Post and Courier

“The money from the state is the difference between a healthy, vital organization and our being very severely damaged and potentially going out of business”

In the latest version of the state's upcoming budget, several local projects survived the ax while public colleges and universities continue to walk a tightrope during hard economic times. via The Post and Courier

It happened at US 52 and Mandella road in Bonneau. Atleast six people were involved and the Berkeley county coroner confirms a 52 year old man died from injuries sustained in the accident. via WCIV

“There are some trends that point to below normal precipitation in South Carolina, but they're very weak. We're not betting the odds one way or the other. It looks more like an average kind of summer”

Atkins Landing in Moncks Corner on January 16, 2008. A sign that Santee Cooper placed at Atkins Landing in Moncks Corner during drought conditions in January of this year is surrounded by water on Wednesday. via Post and Courier

“Oh, it was a great feeling to be able to get back on the lake”

Ed Riley did something last weekend he hadn't done in nearly six months. He launched his motorboat into Lake Moultrie. via Post and Courier

“For those of us at Heritage, the well-being of children is what it is all about”

In January, the principal of C.E. Williams Middle School wrote parents and encouraged them to have their children participate in the Heritage Keepers Life Skills Education program. via The Post and Courier

“Every fish species ought to do well”

Santee Cooper's fishing industry, a boon to the area's economy for the past 60 years, has been devastated by the drought that has ravaged the Southeast in the last year. via Post and Courier

“I don't know what the appropriate level is. I just don't want alligators encroaching on the human habitat”

A bill making it easier for property owners to kill alligators on their land and setting up a special hunting season for the animals received key approval Thursday in the House. via Fox News

“An alligator just doesn't stop moving. Even shot on a bank, they'll crawl off in the water. They're pretty incredible when it comes to their survivability. It's not that hard to get a line on an alligator.”

Gator hunting might begin this fall, if state lawmakers swallow legislation allowing some alligators to be shot without being tied off first. via Post and Courier

“Knowing Jeff's personality and character, something happened that evening between the people on the property that put him in a disparaged, desperate, heart-broken, melancholy state”

Jeffrey Smith holds his daughter, Carlina Amber, in this family photo. Smith was fatally shot by a Charleston County deputy Saturday. via Post and Courier