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Police list road closures ahead of Cooper River Bridge Run
live5news.com...(WCSC) - Police in Charleston and Mount Pleasant have announced road closures ahead of Saturday's Cooper River Bridge Run.... ...Police list road closures ahead of Cooper River Bridge Run. CHARLESTON, S.C.... ...to Wentworth Street. - Charlotte Street from Elizabeth Street to Meeting Street. - Henrietta Street from Elizabeth Street to Meeting Street... .... - Calhoun Street between King Street and East Bay Street. - Hutson Street between King Street and Meeting Street. - Meeting Street from John Street...

Charleston Small Business Expo focuses on inclusivity this year
live5news.com...Charleston Small Business Expo focuses on inclusivity this year. CHARLESTON, S.C.... ...(WCSC) - This year's Small Business Opportunity Expo has added two new inclusive sessions to its agenda aimed at Latinx and veterans.... ...City of Charleston Office of Women, Minority Business Enterprise Manager Ruth Jordan said inclusivity was the goal of this year's expo one being... ...So, SBA our small business administration will be here to talk about veteran certifications for our service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses."...

DEA warns of flesh-rotting "zombie drug" mixed with fentanyl
live5news.com...According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 107,735 Americans died between August 2021 and August 2022.... ...HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - Federal authorities have issued an alert about a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl being mixed with a powerful... ...Gary Yabuta, of the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, told KHNL it gives users a "calming sensation" and is cheaper than fentanyl so it's used... ...The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert about the use of xylazine, saying it has been recovered in 48 of the 50 states....

Changes coming to Special Services in Dorchester District Two
live5news.com...(WCSC) - Parents at Sand Hill Elementary learned about changes to Special Services programs and how the district is responding to overcrowding at... ...During their presentation they explained they will be dissolving their PDK Program and introducing two new programs.... ...Amy Fite has a six-year-old in the special services programs at Sand Hill and was told Wednesday night that he will be relocated to Knightsville.... ...Gadsen called "unexpected" and "rapid" growth in the district, four special services classes will no longer be offered at Sand Hill Elementary....

SC lawmaker pushes bill to crack down on sextortion after son's death
live5news.com...Brandon Guffey, a Republican from York County, has fastened a black lapel pin to his suit jacket every day. On it is a symbol:... ...SC lawmaker pushes bill to crack down on sextortion after son's death. COLUMBIA, S.C.... ..." punishable by up to 30 years in prison in South Carolina.... ...The first bill Guffey filed as a House member after winning his seat last November would make that crime, called sexual extortion or "sextortion,...

'HerStory" event encourages N. Charleston students to chase their dreams
live5news.com...(WCSC) - To wrap up Women's History Month, girls at North Charleston High School got the chance to talk with women from all kinds of careers on Wednesday... ...From Live 5?s Ann McGill to engineers from Boeing and attorneys in the Charleston area, women from several different career paths attended Wednesday's...

Family of slain Lyft driver raises enough money to send his body home to Honduras
live5news.com...New Orleans authorities said 32-year-old Marvin Enrique Bardales Valle was shot and killed just after 2 a.m. on March 8 near an apartment complex... ...Valle was working for Lyft at the time. Police said his passenger, 19-year-old Tarius Tully, fatally shot him.... ...Valle's cousin, Isaac Bardales Lopes, launched a GoFundMe to give Valle a proper burial in his home country of Honduras.... ...Tully faces a second-degree murder charge....

'Why not me?': Chief Burgess looks ahead to race for N. Charleston ...
live5news.com...(WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Chief recently confirmed he will be entering the race for mayor, and now he's looking ahead to how he would... ...: Charleston mayor. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.... ...The bill proposed that North Charleston would be removed from the Charleston County School District.... ...My mother and my father was from there," Burgess said. Burgess has served with the North Charleston Police Department for 34 years....

67-year-old man accused of sex act at West Ashley Park
live5news.com...Joseph James Bowler, 67, is charged with indecent exposure.... ...67-year-old man accused of sex act at West Ashley Park. WEST ASHLEY, S.C.... ...Bowler was booked in the Al Cannon Detention Center. He has since been released on a $20,000 personal recognizance bond.... ...The officer then found Bowler, who was in the wooded area of the park, and said he was just going for a walk by himself, according to the report....

Boston, Staley Pick Up Naismith Awards
live5news.com...COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley and senior Aliyah Boston picked up a pair of award from the Atlanta Tipoff... ...South Carolina's 36 wins are a single-season program record, as its current 42-game win streak that dates back to the 2022 NCAA Tournament.... ...South Carolina is back in the NCAA Final Four for the fifth time in the last eight NCAA Tournaments, including each of the last three.... ...Boston is the SEC's active blocked shots leader with 329 in her career, which is tied for sixth in league history....