Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The Citadel announced Monday that a former president passed away over the weekend.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 8:31 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
The man who led multiple law enforcement agencies on a 26-hour manhunt on Johns Island was fatally shot shortly after he killed a K-9 officer Thursday afternoon, the chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
South Carolina’s attorney general has requested the state law enforcement division to investigate allegations of jury tampering in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
Officials with the National Weather Service in Charleston confirmed a tornado touched down in Goose Creek Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2023 at 6:30 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says a large quantity of marijuana is now off the streets.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 10:12 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Jordan Gartner
Authorities are investigating after a toddler was found dead in a car in a high school parking lot.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2023 at 4:11 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office has released a video showing the moments before their helicopter went down earlier this week.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 11:19 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Emily Johnson
A pilot for the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office suffered injuries Tuesday afternoon when his helicopter crashed at the Charleston International Airport.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 11:14 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying two persons of interest in a homicide investigation.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Gray News staff
More than 30 animals were found in what officials call “inhumane living conditions” in South Carolina.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2023 at 11:25 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
Traffic on I-26 eastbound was backed up for over an hour as deputies searched for a suspect after a pursuit ended in a crash Wednesday night.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2023 at 11:20 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2023 at 10:14 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says a man was out on bond when he held a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint Friday night.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 6:52 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
Deputies found one person inside a vehicle who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
New court documents are giving insight into what led up to a four-day manhunt across the Lowcountry.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
Investigators in Orangeburg County are looking to identify a man who is accused of shoplifting and assaulting an employee.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 7:19 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds passed away following a battle with cancer Monday.
Updated: May. 14, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person died in a motorcycle crash in Orangeburg County Friday.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:24 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
A Summerville man is facing charges after officials say he caught flying a drone with contraband over a Lee County correctional facility.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 12:18 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
Officials are warning beachgoers to use caution after dozens of Portuguese men o’ war recently washed up on a Lowcountry beach.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 8:36 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
An Orangeburg County man is facing several charges after a late-night traffic stop.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 5:21 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Bryce Jacquot and Dylan Leatherwood
The city of Isle of Palms says five of the six people who were shot on the beach Friday afternoon are recovering at home after being released from the hospital.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2023 at 6:28 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Gray News staff
Two people were arrested following the shooting.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
Activists with the animal rights advocacy group PETA were in downtown Charleston Wednesday to protest ahead of Easter.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 9:50 AM EDT
|By Marissa Lute, Steven Ardary and Amanda Alvarado
Stephen Smith was 19 years old when he was found dead on the side of a road in Hampton County, South Carolina, in 2015.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:57 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a pedestrian in Orangeburg County.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 6:58 PM EST
|By Marissa Lute
Buster Murdaugh, Alex Murdaugh’s only surviving son, is claiming someone has been following him and taking invasive pictures following his father’s trial.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 7:59 AM EST
|By Marissa Lute and Amanda Alvarado
The FBI is investigating the death of a woman aboard a Carnival cruise ship.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 6:29 AM EST
|By Marissa Lute
Troopers are investigating a fatal crash that left one person dead in Orangeburg County Monday night.
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. 10, 2023 at 2:45 PM EST
|By Marissa Lute and Emily Van de Riet
A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a jury convicted him of the 2019 brutal stabbing murder of his wife.
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: 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. 18, 2023 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Marissa Lute
The United States Geological Survey is reporting a small earthquake hit the Lowcountry on Wednesday.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 8:08 PM EST
|By Marissa Lute
The South Carolina Attorney General announced Tuesday the state will not seek the death penalty for Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Marissa Lute
The International African American Museum in Charleston has announced they are delaying their grand opening.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 5:14 PM EST
|By Marissa Lute and Jordan Gartner
A homeowner in South Carolina has been taken to a hospital for burns after an explosion at his house.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 9:32 AM EST
|By Melissa Rademaker and Marissa Lute
A federal jury convicted Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank whom prosecutors accused of conspiring with Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh on all six charges Tuesday night.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 11:51 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute
The two candidates running for South Carolina Governor are making last minute stops around the state just ahead of the midterm election next week.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2022 at 1:10 PM EDT
|By Marissa Lute and Gray News staff
Deputies determined that the man had active arrest warrants.