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September 14, 2021

9/11 monument builder describes outpouring of support after vandal defaces memorial to Twin Towers

The Greenville, South Carolina community was outraged over the weekend to find a vandal had spray-painted the word "Taliban" on a stone replica of the World Trade Center erected to commemorate 9/11.

September 13, 2021

South Carolina police investigating whether Alex Murdaugh misappropriated funds from former law firm

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened a new investigation Monday into allegations that Alex Murdaugh, who was shot in the head earlier this month and whose wife and son were shot to death in June, misappropriated funds from his former law firm.

September 10, 2021

Alex Murdaugh’s gunshot wounds not self-inflicted, lawyer says

An attorney for Alex Murdaugh said Thursday that the gunshot wound suffered by the South Carolina legal scion was not self-inflicted.

September 9, 2021

South Carolina 4-sentence incident report on Alex Murdaugh shooting: 'Further investigation required'

South Carolina authorities have released a four-sentence incident report on the alleged Saturday shooting of attorney Alex Murdaugh, whose wife and son were gunned down in an unsolved double murder in June.

September 9, 2021

Brother of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh ‘shocked’ about drug addiction, stolen money

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who found his wife and younger son murdered in June, resigned from the family law firm earlier this week following accusations of misappropriating funds and getting shot in the head.

September 9, 2021

Mindy makes landfall in Florida as western states feel the heat

Tropical Storm Mindy made landfall across the Florida Panhandle late Wednesday night. 

September 8, 2021

Alex Murdaugh's South Carolina law license suspended after quitting law firm in wake of shootings

The South Carolina State Supreme Court suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday.

September 8, 2021

SC sheriff warns child predators after 5 sting arrests: 'If you hunt our children you will become the hunted'

South Carolina authorities announced Tuesday that five more people have been arrested as part of a sex crime sting operation targeting those who seek out children over the internet.

September 7, 2021

South Carolina attorney pushed out of firm day before he was shot

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh resigned from his law firm after he learned he was being investigated for the misappropriation of millions of dollars the day before he was allegedly shot in the head on a rural road, the New York Times first reported.

September 6, 2021

South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh to resign from firm, enter rehab after wife and son shot dead

The prominent South Carolina lawyer who was shot along a country road over the weekend, months after he found his wife and son murdered outside their home, is quitting his law firm and will enter rehab, his lawyer said.