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No missing persons reported following possible abduction Video included

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Investigators with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office say they have not received any missing persons reports following a possible abduction on James Island on Wednesday. Authorities are continuing the investigation into a reported incident where a female was taken in a car by three men. More>>

Business owner says sinkhole response slow in Georgetown Video included

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Two months have passed and by looks alone not much has changed at the former Parish Place in Georgetown. John Simons a lifelong resident said,"It looks miserable, it looks very terrible." More>>

North Charleston man gets 12 years for dealing cocaine base

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A 25-year-old North Charleston man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for dealing cocaine base. United States Attorney Bill Nettles said Alvin Grant was sentenced on Thursday in federal court in Charleston. More>>

A judge sentenced 22-year-old Adrian Beaton to 35 years on Thursday for murder, kidnapping, burglary in the first degree, and assault and battery with the intent to kill for his role in a home invasion which occurred at Marsh Oaks Apartments in Mount Pleasant in March 2010. More>>

Cops: Man arrested after hitting employee during Dollar Tree robbery

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Police arrested a man on Wednesday following a strong armed robbery at the Dollar Tree store in West Ashley. More>>

Cops seize over 80 pounds of pot after traffic stop; 3 arrested

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North Charleston police arrested three men on drug charges Wednesday after seizing over 80 pounds of marijuana during a search following a traffic stop and subsequent foot chase. More>>

Deputies: Suspects cooked meth in soda bottles with kids in home Video included

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An anonymous tip about an active meth lab led Berkeley County sheriff's deputies and Department of Social Services officials to three children Wednesday that were living inside a Moncks Corner home that contained a meth lab. Deputies arrested three people with manufacturing meth. More>>

Feds meet with harbor pilots on Charleston harbor project

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The Army Corps of Engineers is meeting with harbor pilots this week to try to save money and time in a study of deepening the Charleston Harbor shipping channel. More>>

Suspected robber armed with rifle nabbed following police pursuit

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Police say a man armed with a rifle was arrested after he attempted to rob a convenience store in Williamsburg County Wednesday night. Kingstree police charged Nathan Battle with the attempted robbery of the Sav-Way store on Highway 52. More>>

Investigators locate stolen shipping containers worth $100k

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Investigators have arrested a 44-year-old Holly Hill man after detectives located several stolen shipping containers worth $100,000. More>>

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Authorities with the Department of Social Services and sheriff's deputies were checking the welfare of a family Wednesday when they discovered a meth lab at the home in Moncks Corner. More>>

Police say the victim of a North Charleston burglary shot one of the two armed intruders in his kitchen Wednesday afternoon. The two suspects then fled the scene in a car, but were pulled over by police and arrested. More>>

A witness to a possible abduction on James Island recalled what led up to those terrifying moments Wednesday night. More>>

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