Moncks Corner News

Our Viewpoint Let's get this part out of the way first: PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - has done some good in the world, bringing attention to genuine animal abuse and championing the causes of the creatures who have no real voice.

By Stefan Rogenmoser Berkeley Independent Are a new high school and at least one new middle school in Berkeley County's immediate future? That will ultimately be up to voters but school district officials say that the growing population of the county makes new schools a must.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. -- After investigating the escape of an inmate from the Berkeley County Detention Center, Dan Moon with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office has announced that disciplinary action has been taken.

AP Photo/Bruce Smith In this Jan. 27 photo, Brother John Corrigan stands in a trailer where Trappist monks grow oyster mushrooms at Mepkin Abbey near Moncks Corner, S.C. The monks turned to growing mushrooms after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals complained about the monks' egg farm nearly five years ago.

Front, from left: Avery Carhart, Ethan Smith, Malik Brown, Hayley Durant. Back, from left: Haven Xu, Ian Bongalonta, Charles Ritter, Drew Peavy, Breanna Lundblad, Tawandre Joseph, Charlize Lemendez, Nicholle Lewis and Superintendent Rodney Thompson.

Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms.

Thirty-seven of Berkeley County's best third through eighth-grade spellers took part in one of the most memorable spelling bees in recent history Thursday.

A South Carolina man accused of using a stun gun on other fans during a fight at a New York Jets-Dallas Cowboys game last year pleaded not guilty Monday to several criminal charges.A lawyer for Leroy McKelvey of Moncks Corner, S.C., entered the plea in state court in Hackensack.

Five years after an animal rights group complained about the treatment of chickens at an egg farm run by a Roman Catholic abbey in South Carolina, the monks are now earning their daily bread by growing mushrooms.

Sheriff's spokesman Dan Moon says 39-year-old James A. Sanders of Ridgeville was sentenced to time served in jail for a restraining order violation on Thursday afternoon in Moncks Corner and was to go back to jail to await a hearing on a criminal domestic violence charge when he escaped.

On Jan. 6, agents responded to a complaint of drug activity at 120 S. Cranford Road in the Goose Creek area.

A Berkeley County Sheriff's Office deputy was hit Jan. 17 by a drunk driver while working at the scene of a traffic collision.

His secret isn't a secret at all, he says. "No gimmicks, no pills, no special foods.

Berkeley Independent Berkeley County residents can take a virtual tour of over 15 higher education institutions and career opportunities in one day at the Berkeley Middle School College Fair.

Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service in Berkeley County will offer Private Pesticide Applicator License Certification Training on Thursday, Feb.

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. -- Officials with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office say several arrests were made this month for the trafficking of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.

Members of the "amen section" shout during Wednesday night's sermon at Elevation Church's "Code Orange Revival" at the sanctuary in Charlotte.

A Berkeley County Sheriff's deputy was hit by a car Tuesday evening. The South Carolina Highway Patrol was responding to an accident along Highway 17 at Frederick Douglas Ave.

Firefighters were called to the scene on Ben Barron Lane around 6:30 p.m. and found a very large pile of debris burning upon arrival.

The January meeting for Low Country Day Lily Club will be Sunday, January 22, 2012, at 2:30 pm, at the Berkeley Electric Co-Op, located at 551 Rembert Dennis Blvd., Moncks Corner, SC, 29461.