Harve Jacobs
Reporter
Charleston, SC
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Professional Experience:
News Director, WCSC Radio, 1979 - 1987
Reporter, WCBD, 1987 - 1992
WCSC-TV July 1994 - present
Awards:
15-time winner of the Charleston City Paper's Top Investigative Reporter Award
2002 South Carolina Broadcaster's Association Star Award for "911, No Emergency" story
News Philosophy:
Be Fair. Be Accurate. Be Informative.
Education:
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Hometown:
Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies/Interests:
Wine-tasting and exercising
Favorite Music:
Contemporary Christian
Likes Best About the Lowcountry:
The choice of restaurants and the friendly people
Most Interesting Assignments:
My series on mail-order brides. I went to the jungles of Peru to follow a man who went to pick up his mail-order bride.
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One of the largest wine retailers in the country is under state investigation, and it is not the first time the company has been under the microscope.
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North Charleston police arrested 35-year old Dominick Archield Monday night. Court records show Archield has been free on bond for last year’s murder charge.
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A possible breakthrough in the testing of a vaccine for COVID-19 has a Charleston physician confident a vaccine for the virus will become available next year.
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Two men armed with guns tried to carjack a woman in Mount Pleasant Tuesday morning, police said.
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A tenant at a North Charleston apartment complex said she is fearful after a young man was found shot to death Wednesday night.
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Republican Nancy Mace has won the U.S. House 1st Congressional District race beating incumbent Rep. Joe Cunningham.
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Charleston County Deputy Administrator for Public Safety Eric Watson said so far there is no indication there will be any problems in downtown Charleston.
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Some businesses on King Street have boarded up their storefronts the day before the general election.
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Investigators have identified a man wanted in a shooting that killed one person and injured another in Dorchester County on Friday morning.
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Investigators say the suspects distributed cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana. The indictment states authorities seized almost $200,000 in cash, a gun and ammunition.
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Thieves are targeting a certain car part that can get them some quick cash. Authorities say thefts of catalytic converters are becoming a big problem across the Lowcountry.
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On Monday afternoon, a judge dismissed the case against Rev. Dr. Byron Foster, saying the congregation of New Ashley Baptist Church couldn’t prove they own the property.
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Some members of a Summerville church want their pastor permanently booted from the pulpit. Members of New Ashley Baptist Church recently voted to put pastor Rev. Dr. Byron Foster on trespass notice, but were told a judge will have the final say.
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There’s more possible fallout from the threatened closing of Century Aluminum in Goose Creek.The aluminum plant said it will close down its Mount Holly operation on Dec. 31 if its power supplier Santee Cooper doesn’t give the company a break in its rates.
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Dozens of cats, some of them family pets, have disappeared from a Johns Island neighborhood.
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A Charleston attorney charged with pointing a gun at a Charleston police cadet says he’s innocent. For the first time since his arrest, Jason Taylor is telling his side of the story.
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The mayor of the Charleston County town of Ravenel said Tuesday he’s concerned about an uptick in thefts.
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The Dorchester County Election Commission moved the Delemar polling place at Sand Hill United Methodist Church in the Clubhouse community to Sand Hill Elementary School about six miles away.
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Gun shop owners say they are running out of ammunition to sell to customers. One gun shop owner said he had to put limits on purchases to two or three boxes to keep ammo on the shelves.
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Some homeowners in a Hanahan neighborhood say speeders have turned a street into a racetrack. People on Dickson Avenue say they are concerned their kids will be hit by speeding car.
Berkeley County’s sheriff says his agency is most likely involved in more car chases with suspects than other agencies in the Tri- County area because they get results and make arrests.
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Executive Director Joe Debney said more than 800 people have voted at the North Charleston Coliseum on Monday. Debney said in 2016, it took an entire week for 1,000 people to vote absentee.
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Charleston County deputies say they have caught the thief who stole about $5,000 worth of rare coins from an antique store in Ravenel while the business was open.
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A 13-year old girl wounded in a drive-by shooting in Ladson Friday night is expected to survive, Charleston County investigators said Monday.
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The investigation was launched after school board chairman Kenneth Jenkins claimed Dr. Kelvin Wymbs sent him threatening text messages.
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Lowcountry fire departments are mourning the loss of two firefighters who died in recent suicides. An organization that tracks first responder suicides says the increase in suicides is a troubling trend.
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For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit our state, criminal trials are resuming in Dorchester County. However the rules and look inside the courtroom have changed drastically.
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Charleston’s police chief said he’s very concerned after his officers found guns and ammo inside a pickup truck during a protest downtown Saturday night.
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The inmate, 44-year-old Robert Dukes is serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery at Lieber prison in Ridgeville in Dorchester County.
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Delays in criminal trials from the COVID-19 pandemic are causing frustration for the family of a woman who was shot and killed one year ago Sunday.
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A former Trident Technical College student is accused of threatening to use the potentially deadly powder Anthrax at the school.
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Charleston County deputies say a thief stole about $5,000 worth of rare coins from an antique store in Ravenel while the business was open.
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Cops say Hakim violated the city ordinance that prohibits brandishing a gun and that’s why they arrested him.
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Dorchester County deputies are looking for a man who broke into the Antique Mall on Orangeburg Road and got away with thousands of dollars worth of jewelry.
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Summerville police on Friday returned to the neighborhood where a 5-year-old girl was shot and killed in an effort to solve the case.
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North Charleston Police say they are searching for a man who has been ripping off people in the Whitehall subdivision.
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A Berkeley County detention deputy has been arrested for smuggling food, clothing and other items to inmates from outside the jail.
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People in a Summerville neighborhood are fighting developers who want to build 228 apartments. The apartments are planned for the entrance to South Pointe Estates which is located off of Highway 78.
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The City of Charleston is preparing for flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Sally. Forecasters say the area may get as much as four inches of rain from the system.
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Courtrooms in the Lowcountry and around the state are getting ready to resume holding jury trials. It will be the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.It will look a lot different inside the courtroom, especially for jurors.
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A Johns Island man says he’s tired of being the target of thieves, and now he’s using social media to try to get something done.
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A civil rights organization is demanding a public apology from a North Charleston store owner after he admitted kicking a customer.The incident happened last Sunday at Star Beauty Supply on Centre Point Drive and was caught on cell phone video.
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A Walterboro woman got the scare of her life, when an SUV crashed into her home, covering her daughter in the rubble.
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Authorities say a 34-year-old man led authorities on a high-speed chase through two states after setting his home on fire and then shooting at cars on I-95.
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A man accused of stabbing the Bonneau police chief in the face with an ice pick is in custody after a standoff with Berkeley County deputies.Forrest Bowman was arrested shortly after 12:30 p.m.
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Berkeley County deputies say shots fired from a Goose Creek apartment complex hit a nearby house while people were inside.
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Investigators say the thefts occurred on Aug. 17 and this past Tuesday at Sparrow and Kennedy on Savannah Highway. Deputies say both crimes were committed between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.
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A West Ashley man who was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver is asking for help to find the person who hit him.
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A Ravenel woman who is tired of bad internet service is trying to get it fixed for her entire community, especially for students who will have to learn virtually.
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Vandals spray painted racist graffiti twice on a West Ashley bridge in five days, Charleston police said Monday.
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