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October 4, 2021

South Carolina police K-9 shot during 8-hour SWAT standoff discharged from vet's office

K-9 Nikos, with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina, was shot multiple times while he "put his own life on the line" to subdue an armed suspect, authorities said.

October 4, 2021

Alex Murdaugh’s ‘lawyer friend’ agrees to settlement after alleged millions embezzled from housekeeper's sons

A South Carolina law firm announced Sunday that a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit alleging that Alex Murdaugh embezzled millions from the sons of his longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield.

October 3, 2021

Murdaugh murders: SC judge keeps Mallory Beach case local after lawmaker’s controversial move to join defense

A South Carolina judge denied a request to move a lawsuit regarding the 2019 boating accident death of Mallory Beach, 19, out of Hampton County, as controversy over the Murdaugh family was spotlighted.

October 3, 2021

One week ahead of Trump Iowa rally, Pence announces return trip to key 2024 state

Former President Donald Trump heads to Iowa next weekend, which will only generate more speculation about whether Trump will follow through on repeated flirtations by launching a 2024 presidential bid to try and return to the White House.

October 3, 2021

‘We have found a body’: 911 caller outlines discovery of Sheridan Wahl’s body

Officials released a disturbing 911 call made after the body of missing Florida woman Sheridan Wahl was found behind a South Carolina fire station last week.

September 30, 2021

Alex Murdaugh spox dismisses 'salacious' report that wife sought divorce, claims two had 'loving relationship'

Alex Murdaugh’s wife sought advice from a divorce attorney in potentially ending her marriage months before she was eventually killed alongside her younger son at the family’s South Carolina hunting estate, according to a report.

September 30, 2021

SC mom allegedly came to 11-year-old daughter’s school, threatened 6th grade bullies in hallway

A South Carolina mother was arrested this week after coming into a middle school and approaching two sixth grade girls whom she claims were bullying her 11-year-old daughter online.

September 30, 2021

SC Supreme Court assigns outside judge to Alex Murdaugh criminal probes amid concerns over family's influence

South Carolina’s Supreme Court assigned an outside judge to handle any pretrial matters relating to the criminal investigations concerning disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, whose prosecutorial influence in the state’s Low Country region stretches back three generations and over a century.

September 30, 2021

Alex Murdaugh, old money SC Democrat, knew how 'to play political game' in red state: GOP consultant

A once prominent Democrat in South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, Alex Murdaugh and his family members made hundreds of thousands of dollars of political donations in the past several years.

September 29, 2021

Federal judge suspends ban on mask mandates in South Carolina schools

New mask guidance for South Carolina schools was released Wednesday by the state's superintendent of education and department of education.