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.
Education
Awards
Updated: Dec. 29, 2020 at 6:49 PM EST
|By Jared Kofsky and Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2020 at 6:40 PM EST
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM EST
|By Harve Jacobs
Two men armed with guns tried to carjack a woman in Mount Pleasant Tuesday morning, police said.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 at 7:12 PM EST
|By Harve Jacobs and Ray Rivera
A tenant at a North Charleston apartment complex said she is fearful after a young man was found shot to death Wednesday night.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 8:20 AM EST
|By Ray Rivera, Patrick Phillips, Harve Jacobs and Lillian Donahue
Republican Nancy Mace has won the U.S. House 1st Congressional District race beating incumbent Rep. Joe Cunningham.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 at 6:44 PM EST
|By Harve Jacobs
Charleston County Deputy Administrator for Public Safety Eric Watson said so far there is no indication there will be any problems in downtown Charleston.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 at 5:57 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Harve Jacobs
Some businesses on King Street have boarded up their storefronts the day before the general election.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2020 at 5:03 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera, Harve Jacobs, Riley Bean and Patrick Phillips
Investigators have identified a man wanted in a shooting that killed one person and injured another in Dorchester County on Friday morning.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 7:30 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 7:04 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 8:40 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
Dozens of cats, some of them family pets, have disappeared from a Johns Island neighborhood.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 7:24 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
The mayor of the Charleston County town of Ravenel said Tuesday he’s concerned about an uptick in thefts.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:53 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 1:24 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 12:35 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
A 13-year old girl wounded in a drive-by shooting in Ladson Friday night is expected to survive, Charleston County investigators said Monday.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
The investigation was launched after school board chairman Kenneth Jenkins claimed Dr. Kelvin Wymbs sent him threatening text messages.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 10:23 AM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
The inmate, 44-year-old Robert Dukes is serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery at Lieber prison in Ridgeville in Dorchester County.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 4:48 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
A former Trident Technical College student is accused of threatening to use the potentially deadly powder Anthrax at the school.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 1:30 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
Cops say Hakim violated the city ordinance that prohibits brandishing a gun and that’s why they arrested him.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 2:32 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
North Charleston Police say they are searching for a man who has been ripping off people in the Whitehall subdivision.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
A Berkeley County detention deputy has been arrested for smuggling food, clothing and other items to inmates from outside the jail.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 3:39 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2020 at 2:07 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 7:26 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
A Walterboro woman got the scare of her life, when an SUV crashed into her home, covering her daughter in the rubble.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 7:52 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs and Live 5 Web Staff
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.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 8:27 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
Berkeley County deputies say shots fired from a Goose Creek apartment complex hit a nearby house while people were inside.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
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.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Harve Jacobs
Vandals spray painted racist graffiti twice on a West Ashley bridge in five days, Charleston police said Monday.
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