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HOLLYWOOD, S.C. (WCSC) - Concerns are being raised about an abandoned mobile home that was left on the side of the road about two months ago in the Town of Hollywood.

Despite their efforts, residents have seen no action taken to remove the trailer.

One Hollywood resident described the issue as playing “hot potato”, because he’s been dealing with non-stop back and forth trying to figure out who can get the mobile home taken off the side of Davison Road.

The concern at hand is potential environmental impacts, with rain causing internal leakage of unknown fluids.

Resident Jerry Gray claims further deterioration of the home has occurred due to weather and pieces have blown into the roadway, creating a traffic hazard.

“I’m looking for creativity,” Gray said. “I’m not looking for sympathy or for anyone to agree with me. I’m looking for action, plain and simple. Get it going, bye.”

The mobile home has somehow managed to end up on a widely used GPS platform.

“To be here long enough to show up on Google Maps, we’re now a global landmark,” Gray said.

Charleston County issued a “do not occupy” notice on the home on May 22 on behalf of the Town of Hollywood, but in an email said it is not the county’s jurisdiction.

In an email on Wednesday, DHEC said it is a matter that would need to be addressed by local officials.

The Town of Hollywood said in a statement:

This is an ongoing complaint. The mobile home broke down and landed in the Charleston County unincorporated area. The first attempt to repair and move failed and the trailer was dropped off on property under the jurisdiction of the Town of Hollywood, Charleston County and SCDNR. SCDNR has taken over the code enforcement case and has notified the owner of the mobile home, the mover of the mobile home and the property owner who never gave permission for the broken-down trailer to be left on Davison Road.

In response, SCDNR said:

“We do not enforce any codes. We have written a (litter) ticket to the company that was in charge of moving the mobile home. The subject has asked for a jury trial. There is a contract dispute between the moving company and the owner of the mobile home on going. SCDNR Law Enforcement is not involved with this part of the contract dispute. Also, we have not heard from or made contact with the owner of the property where the trailer is currently located. We have reached out but have not heard back. Also, it is not located on any state-owned property or WMA (Wildlife Management Areas).”

The Charleston County’s Geographical Information System (GIS) says that the property owner is a real estate investment firm called CJB Investment LLC.

Live 5 reached out to the property owner for a comment on the matter, asking if they were charging the owner of the mobile home to sit on their land and have not heard back.

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HOLLYWOOD — The pink-speckled stars along Hollywood Boulevard in California will soon display the names of two more South Carolina-born celebrities.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame added the late Chadwick Boseman and Darius Rucker to its 2024 class of entertainment professionals to be honored at the iconic West Coast landmark.

Since the first-ever terrazzo and brass stars were laid in 1960, more than 2,700 now cover 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street. The upcoming class will add 31 more.

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An Anderson-native and “Black Panther” lead, Boseman, receives the posthumous accolade in the motion pictures category. He passed away in August 2021 after a battle with colon cancer.

Rucker, a country singer and former frontman of ’90s band Hootie & the Blowfish from Charleston, is being recognized in the recording category.

The entertainers were two of hundreds nominated for this class. The Walk of Fame Selection Panel of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce made their final picks on June 16. The Hollywood Chamber’s Board of Directors approved the choices on June 21.

Boseman and Rucker join a handful of other South Carolina-born artists engraved on the boulevard, including actress Viola Davis, talk show host Leeza Gibbons, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, singer Eartha Kitt, playwright Barton MacLane, comedian Chris Rock and game show hostess Vanna White.

The new honorees have two years to schedule star ceremonies from the date of selection before they expire.

The entire Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2024 includes:

GREENVILLE — Twenty-seven years ago, Lonestar topped the country music charts for the first time — and didn’t slow down.

Song after song seemed to make a hit. “No News” reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart in 1996. Then “Amazed” captured the top spot in country and the United States in 1999. Then “Mr. Mom” closed out the band’s No. 1 run for the final time in 2004.

Nineteen years later, country music has evolved. And that’s OK with Keech Rainwater, the band’s drummer and founding member. They’re still making music the way they know how.

“We’re not trying to reinvent ourselves or change anything,” he said. “We’re trying to keep the same vibe that we’ve had.”

Earlier in 2023, Lonestar released its most recent album, “TEN to 1” — a rerecording of 10 of their most popular songs. It was a chance to revisit, reconsider and reproduce the tracks that made them famous, with modernized beats and even some alterations.

The four-person band — Rainwater, Drew Womack, Michael Britt and Dean Sams — will bring those classic hits to Greenville on Nov. 24 at The Foundry at Judson Mill as part of its 2023-24 tour.

It marks a 30-year run for the band that hails from Texas, got its start playing in bars and Walmart parking lots before blowing up around the U.S., evolving from honky-tonk to country pop, stacking up three platinum albums, three Grammy nominations and two Academy of Country awards along the way.

Despite changes in band members, the industry and the years, they’re still going, still rocking — and enjoying it, touring multiple days per week, playing Christmas concerts, riding around on one-wheelers in new cities and visiting thrift shops.

They spent years chasing top hits. Now, they’re content.

“It’s a chance to have fun with it,” Rainwater said of the new album. “You’re not under any pressure. They’ve already been No. 1 songs.”

The production of “TEN to 1” started in February 2020. It had been four years since they produced a record, and they wanted a new project that would “keep us current,” stream online and sell at concert merchandise tables.

They considered producing cover songs or a live record that would pay homage to their first album in 1995, which was recorded live.

Then someone recommended a remastered album featuring their No. 1 hits. They had nine No. 1 and 18 Top 10 country songs to choose from after all.

It was a “no-brainer,” Rainwater said.

At first, he thought the album would sound like a “greatest hits soundtrack.” Instead, they found themselves improving and revitalizing the already-popular songs.

They reworked some tracks, such as “Smile,” where they added a synthetic loop, emphasized the vocals and “re-did the whole feel” with a “boy band” sound, Rainwater said. On “Tell Her,” Britt added a guitar riff that he had discovered while improvising live over the years.

They didn’t tinker with other songs like “Amazed” and “What About Now.” They just modernized the audio, rerecorded the track and let their classics speak for themselves.

“Once you create these songs and you put them out there and they become hits, they’re no longer your songs,” Rainwater said, paraphrasing his bandmate, Womack. “They belong to the people.”

Since the group first released those songs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, though, country music has grown at unprecedented rates.

And Rainwater has mixed feelings about how country has changed.

HOLLYWOOD, S.C. (WCBD) – A mobile home that was left abandoned along Davison Road in Hollywood could be removed in the near future thanks to actions taken by the surrounding towns.

Residents said the mobile home has become an eyesore; it’s been there for so long it now appears on Google Maps. But what you won’t see on Google Maps is that the trailer is still furnished.

On Thursday, Ravenel Mayor Stephen Tumbleston said he is working with Hollywood Mayor Chardale Murray to create a timeline for a speedy demolition and removal of the trailer. Tumbleston said once the owner of the trailer signs an approval letter, the towns will work together to remove it.

“We’re waiting on that letter to come back executed with a signature, and then we’ve solicited bids and we will partner with Hollywood on getting it out. And just as soon as we get the document back from the owner, court cases and all that aside, we’ll get it cleaned up, we’ll get it moved out,” said Mayor Tumbleston.

News 2 spoke with the crew working to help remove the trailer, Berry Demolition. Once they are given the go-ahead, the process of removing the trailer will take 2 to 3 days. After the demolition crew surveyed the area, like many, they agree it must go.

“I mean its definitely got to go, needs demolishing that’s all. There’s probably no saving it and moving it again from now, so yeah it definitely has to be torn down and moved from here,” said one crew member.

Over in Hollywood, newly elected Mayor Murray is still getting settled into office, but said that won’t stop her from doing what she can to have the trailer removed from Davison Road.

“That feels good you know, to know that this trailer has been sitting out here almost two months. My word is my bond. I called the Mayor of Ravenel and when I called him he said ‘Hey we got to do whatever we can to do to make this happen’ and here it is,” said Mayor Murray.

Concerned resident, Jerry Gray, who first told News 2 about the trailer, says he’s happy to see progress being made.

“If you don’t have a plan, you don’t have a clue. Ideally, a plan is being formulated. That’s why I say I’m optimistic with a little dose of caution,” said Gray.

News 2 will continue following this story as the community awaits the removal.

HOLLYWOOD, S.C. (WCIV) — A public pool is hosting its first competitive swim team for young swimmers and it's a dream come true for Jennifer Holmes. She turned her pain into power.

"I never imagined that we would actually have a swim team coming from tragedy, overcoming, and becoming a lifeguard," she said. "Now, this season, this summer will be the beginning of a new swim team for many walks of life."

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Holmes learned to swim after her son, Genesis, drowned in 2014. She built a pool in his honor and taught other children to swim. Holmes said she never knew the progress of the Genesis Pool would get so far and it's changed her life forever. Now, she is working on a swim team for kids in the Hollywood area. Many of them never would have learned to swim if it wasn't for Jennifer.

Allison Foster, with Charleston County Parks Health and Wellness, says kids will be refining their skills with breaststroke, freestyle. They will also be encouraged to grow confidence in their swimming. The emphasis is on the team.

"We encourage team building and supporting one another in a welcoming environment," Foster said.

A public pool is hosting its first competitive swim team for young swimmers and it's a dream come true for Jennifer Holmes. (WCIV)

Holmes gives the credit to her son Genesis, who she says has guided her every step of the way.

“To be standing here in front of the Genesis pool and to know that there's going to be a swim team, I know in my heart it's going to change lives and I know that God had a major part of this," she said.

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Holmes says she can hear her son's voice in her ear cheering her on.

"Right now, I know Genesis is saying, 'Mommy get it'."

Swim team conditioning starts in April and the Genesis Pool will be open for the season on May 6. Holmes says she'll be wearing the number 11 for Genesis because that was his number on his basketball team.

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A new subdivision in the works in Hollywood and is on track to the be the largest in the town.

The subdivision would be near downtown Hollywood, near Highway 162 and Highway 165 and it is set to be larger than Stono Ferry with nearly 400 new homes.

The land has been passed down for generations, and the town’s planning director, Roy Dehaven, says it’s time to grow the town where they can to bring more jobs and more residents to the area.

“Long-term, as its completely built out, it will give us the anchor to this town center district,” Dehaven said. “It’ll give us 350 residences close to the heart of downtown Hollywood.”

The developers say they plan to make the homes entry to medium-priced. Many of the homes will be one-story, which the developers hope could make them attractive to retirees.

Hollywood town officials say this area could serve as a hub for people working in Summerville and North Charleston, and they are already working with the state’s Department of Transportation on improving and widening the highways.

The developer working on the project, Joe Margarite, says they are planning to hire locally within the town for all construction work, and they say that means at least 600 jobs to get the project started.

“It’s going to bring a lot of money into this community,” Margarite said. “It’ll support all of these local businesses here that are struggling. Our Piggly Wiggly right here is struggling to stay open, and they need more customers. There will be construction jobs here for at least 6 years.”

The proposal will be discussed at the town’s planning commission meeting on Oct. 8 and then again at the end of the month.

They’re taking public comment now. Public hearing comments will be accepted in writing via email to the Clerk of Council at twhite@townofhollywood.org or by mail to P.O. Box 519, Hollywood, South Carolina, 29449.

If it is approved in October, the developers are hoping to start construction by the spring. And construction would take about six years.

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