Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Steven Ardary
Attorneys representing the family of a Hampton County teen found dead on the side of the road in 2015 are holding a virtual news conference.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Steven Ardary
GasBuddy’s survey of more than 3,000 gas stations in the Palmetto State shows the average price per gallon fell 6.6 cents to $3.08 per gallon.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:38 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The former CEO of Palmetto State Bank is once again requesting a new trial. This time based on Alex Murdaugh’s testimony in his murder trial last month.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 1:02 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Dylan Leatherwood and The Associated Press
For more than 80 years, Alex Murdaugh’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather tried cases as elected prosecutors in the same court where Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:08 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
A 71-year-old man shot his wife in the head before turning the gun on himself, deputies said.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:36 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
A Lowcountry couple says their winnings are going towards retirement after purchasing a scratch-off ticket at a downtown store.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 7:01 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
A U.S. district judge has denied the request of the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank for a new trial.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 7:16 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The average price for a gallon of gasoline in South Carolina rose 4.2 cents over the past week, wiping out last week’s drop and pushing the state average back above the $3-mark.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 12:09 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Gray News staff
Disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh received two consecutive life sentences Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 9:41 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Gray News staff
Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murder in the killings of his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:46 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
The 12 jurors and two alternate jurors assembled Wednesday morning for a trip to the Colleton County property where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death in June of 2021.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Molly McBride
The sixth week of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial began Monday morning at the Colleton County Courthouse with word that the jury will be able to see the rural property where Murdaugh’s wife and son were shot to death.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 5:42 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Cameron Bopp and Jeffrey Collins
Alex Murdaugh told the judge overseeing his murder trial he does plan to testify in his own defense.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Cameron Bopp
After a long weekend, the trial of Alex Murdaugh resumes Tuesday morning as his defense team works to prove he is not guilty of the 2021 murders of his wife and son.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 6:02 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Jeffrey Collins
Alex Murdaugh’s defense team worked to establish doubt over testimony from the doctor who performed autopsies on Maggie and Paul Murdaugh and the man who took care of the dog kennels.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 9:01 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Jeffrey Collins
The fourth week of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial began with word from the judge that two jurors tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:52 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Blair Sabol
One of Alex Murdaugh’s closest friends took the stand Thursday morning in the Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
The judge presiding over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial told the courtroom Tuesday that a juror had to go to the emergency room but that it would not affect the trial.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
The judge presiding over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial will likely decide this week whether jurors will hear about the financial crime charges Murdaugh faces.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 10:30 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary and The Associated Press
Prosecutors at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial are asking a judge to allow jurors to hear from the son of the family's housekeeper who says Murdaugh promised to take care of them when she died in a fall, but kept a $4 million settlement for himself.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 10:19 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
A judge is expected to hear additional testimony from banking officials Friday morning as he decides whether the jury in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial will hear it.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
Some of the testimony in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial Thursday was heard without the jury being present.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
State prosecutors claim a video taken on the night Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were killed at their Colleton County home puts Alex Murdaugh at the scene despite his telling investigators he wasn’t there.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
The trial of Alex Murdaugh continued Tuesday morning with the defense cross-examining a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigator.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:06 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
In a Colleton County courthouse Monday, prosecutors continued to present their case in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Jeffrey Collins
Evidence collection and preservation continued as the main theme during day five of the Alex Murdaugh trial.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:59 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Jeffrey Collins and Blair Sabol
The prosecution called a deputy who responded to the scene of the June 7, 2021, double killing at Alex Murdaugh’s family property as its first witness in the murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh Thursday morning.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Marissa Lute
Opening statements from each side show vastly different interpretations of what the state is calling key evidence in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:31 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Marissa Lute and Patrick Phillips
A busy second day in the Alex Murdaugh trial saw the judge rule on three motions and qualify a fourth pool of jurors to return for actual jury selection.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
The trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh will begin in Walterboro this week with jury selection set to begin Monday morning.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 1:22 PM EST
|By Cameron Bopp and Steven Ardary
Just days before disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh is set to face trial for charges in the murders of his wife and youngest son, his defense team is calling for a state expert’s testimony to be excluded from the trial.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 8:22 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office says a missing teen may have switched vehicles after they found the vehicle he was believed to be driving was recovered in Florence County.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 6:54 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The cheapest gas was priced at $2.50 on Sunday while the most expensive was $3.54, a difference of $1.04.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 12:29 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The cheapest gas was priced at $2.45 on Sunday while the most expensive was $4, a difference of $1.55 per gallon.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 12:04 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The Charleston Animal Society said on social media that “Juliet,” a cat brought in for life-saving surgery to remove 38 hair ties from her stomach, has died.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 4:08 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Jordan Gartner
Officials at an animal shelter in South Carolina say a cat that was brought in for lifesaving surgery has died.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 8:19 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
An order filed Wednesday will prohibit the disclosure of identities and identifying information about the jurors selected in the January trial of Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 10:00 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
A bill referred to the House Ways and Means Committee would give South Carolinians the opportunity to take a ride to space.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 7:21 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Two inmates helped a South Carolina corrections officer who was being assaulted Monday night, the state’s department of corrections said.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 12:19 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Students, renters and homeowners in Charleston, Georgetown and Horry Counties whose homes and property were damaged during Hurricane Ian may qualify for individual assistance through FEMA.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:23 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh on Friday was indicted on more financial crimes, the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office announced.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:31 PM EST
|By Rey Llerena and Steven Ardary
A maker of electric vehicle battery components is bringing a $3.5 billion investment to Berkeley County.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 8:23 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Boeing and United Airlines on Tuesday announced the airline’s intention to purchase 100 new planes with an option to purchase 100 more.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 6:47 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Gas prices in South Carolina fell 10.1 cents last week bringing the state’s average price per gallon to $2.88, according to GasBuddy’s weekly survey of the state’s gas station.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 7:53 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Gas prices in South Carolina fell 10.6 cents last week bringing the state’s average price per gallon to $2.98, according to GasBuddy’s weekly survey of the state’s gas stations.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 11:53 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The aquarium received a $2 million donation from Boeing to help create the Boeing Learning Lab at the Maritime Center.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 8:17 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Motorists in South Carolina may notice an increase of people cleaning up along roadways in the state Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 10:30 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Students returned to a Williamsburg County middle school after a bomb threat caused an evacuation Monday morning.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 6:34 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary
Gas prices in South Carolina dropped 8.6 cents last week bringing the state’s average price per gallon to $3.09, according to GasBuddy’s weekly survey of the state’s gas stations.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 12:40 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism is making it easier to get outside and walk off the extra calories.
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