Nick Reagan
Reporter/MMJ
Charleston, SC
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Nick joined the Live 5 News team in April 2020.
Professional Experience: Four years at KOTA in South Dakota producing morning shows, reporting during the week and producing/anchoring weekend shows.
News Philosophy: Trust but verify.
Education: BA in Broadcast Journalism at South Dakota State University, BA in Political Science at South Dakota State University
Hometown: Rapid City, South Dakota
Family: I come from a family of six. Along with a pair of parents, I have two sisters, a brother and a host of family cats. I moved to Charleston with my wife and our young-at-heart golden doodle.
Hobbies & Interests: I love politics, elections and random data that is more likely to end up in Jeopardy answer than a news story. When not nerding out about politics, I love spending time outside or binging a Netflix series with my wife.
Favorite Books/Music: I am a big fan of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. And yes, I am a hoopy frood and I always know where my towel is (Don’t Panic).
Likes Best About the Lowcountry: Shrimp, grits and Pimento cheese. I am also a history nerd and there are few places in the United States with more history than Charleston.
Most Interesting Assignment: In South Dakota, I worked on a series of stories about the world-class science experiments being conducted at the Sanford Underground Research Lab. One of the things they are trying to do there is prove the existence of Dark Matter. I got to go inside the old mine turned lab and tour all of the high tech experiments.
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A Deer Park Middle School student is facing second-degree assault charges after a video on social media shows him knocking out another student.
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Justin Bullock was deployed to Iraq in 2009 and was preparing to begin training to become a drill sergeant to instruct new soldiers. He says his future is now in jeopardy after suffering multiple injuries at Liberty Hill.
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Judges sometimes grant bond to those suspected of committing crimes. But if suspects are accused of committing additional crimes while out on bond, victims' families may face an additional fight for justice.
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Olya Kupka wipes away tears as she recounts how she learned of the first moments of the war in Ukraine.
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The South Carolina State Legislature will consider a proposal that will give all teachers, regardless of years of service, a $4,000 raise.
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The Charleston Jewish Federation is asking lawmakers to reject a series of bills that dictate what teachers can and cannot teach.
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A recent CDC study shows those with disabilities are more likely to support the COVID-19 vaccines but have a lower vaccination rate.
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The U.S. Secretary of Energy is heading to South Carolina Thursday.
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The Charleston County Coroner’s Office says a 21-year-old and a 17-year-old were shot to death Monday night at a North Charleston apartment complex.
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Dorian Wrighten and her son are two of the 158 million people the National Retail Federation says will be shopping during the Black Friday weekend.
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The survey found 83 percent of teachers in the district say they feel more exhausted this year than they did last year with another 66 percent admitting they considered or are considering quitting or making this their last year of teaching.
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The City of Charleston and the Army Corp of Engineers are testing the waters on the idea of building 12-foot sea wall around the peninsula to combat storm surge.
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Residents and board members alike are sounding the alarm about an increased level of criminal activity at Joseph Floyd Manor.
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The Orangeburg County Animal Shelter is quickly recuperating after hundreds of pounds of dog food was stolen from a pair of locked storage units.
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A highway in Colleton County collapsed Wednesday morning following flooding in the area. Colleton County officials said heavy rains and flooding caused a washout in the are of the 2300 block of Hendersonville Highway which is south of Walterboro.
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The Homeowners Association of Del Webb at Cane Bay Association, Inc is considering a change to its by-laws that would ban weapons from the area of the community owned and operated by the HOA.
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Protesters want criminal charges in the January death of a man in custody at the Charleston County jail.
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Charleston County Council has voted unanimously to settle the Jamal Sutherland case for $10 million. The finance committee earlier voted in favor of the settlement.
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Dylann Roof is attempting to appeal his federal death penalty conviction for the 2015 mass murder of nine people attending a bible study at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston.
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Small business owners are expressing support for parts of the American Jobs Plan, but are hesitant to fully embrace its programs all at once. The $2.3 trillion dollar package is being billed as a once in a generation investment that would restructure American business.
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SCDOT is in the middle of addressing more than half of the deficient bridges over a 10-year project.
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SC Housing found nearly a quarter of the state’s renters spend at least half of their income on housing and utilities.
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More than 1.1 million South Carolinians have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control shows less than 18 percent of those vaccines have ended up in the arms of people identifying as Black.
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Broken window screens, damaged walls, and running faucets were just some of the horrors Jamie Haines and her boyfriend Ayden Daff discovered when they entered their home on Nov. 22.
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SC Housing launched its SC Stay program Thursday night and was overwhelmed with applicants.
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They told her the COVD-19 side effects should hopefully be resolved in six to eight months. That was eight months ago. Sarah Simon is still waiting for normality to be restored.
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A South Carolina legislator is pushing to end the use of a federal act that allows employers to pay people with disabilities less than minimum wage.
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The Medical University of South Carolina has received more COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines than any other listed facility in the state with nearly 44,000 first doses.
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Health officials say if you are traveling to get tested before you leave and when you arrive.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster lauded a Summerville plant that manufactures the ultra-cold freezers used to protect the COVID-19 vaccine after touring the facility Tuesday.
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Thousands of mail-in ballots across South Carolina were not counted because they lacked a voter signature, a witness signature or they were returned late.
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One demographic of voters often overlooked is those experiencing homelessness. Casting a ballot requires getting registered to vote and getting registered requires an address.
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The family of Ian Hernandez held a vigil for the 6-year-old boy Wednesday night. Hernandez was killed after getting caught in a rip current off Folly Beach on Sunday.The boy was pulled from the water by one of several people who jumped in to try and save him.
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Landlords can no longer evict people for failing to pay rent if their tenant was impacted by the coronavirus. That comes as welcome news for people like Pamela Martin, who did not know about the moratorium on evictions until today.
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States that opt into the program will see a $300 or $400 boost to weekly unemployment benefits. Each state has to apply for the aid that is administered via a Lost Wages Grant and approved by FEMA before any money is distributed.
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Administrators, staff and cadets at The Citadel are gearing up to welcome back the core of the academy this weekend when sophomores, juniors and seniors set foot on the neatly trimmed grass of Summerall Field.
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While businesses are still trying to figure out how to operate amid a global pandemic, small distilleries are a relatively new industry in America and are particularly susceptible to uncertainty.
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Mayor John Tecklenburg toured downtown businesses along King Street on Friday to see how shops are handling the coronavirus and to see what suggestions owners may have.
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Coronavirus cases are quickly taking over hospitals and health facilities. MUSC’s Intensive Care Unit beds are near capacity, 37 percent of in-patients at Roper St. Francis Healthcare are COVID-19 related and at Trident Health nearly a quarter of the ICU beds are occupied by coronavirus patients.
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There is now an extra layer of protection recognition for businesses called the Palmetto Priority.
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With so many major fireworks displays canceled plenty of people are now looking to make their own fireworks shows at home.
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Wednesday morning’s graduation ceremony at Ashley Ridge High School will surely be one the school and the Class of 2020 won’t ever forget.
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The group's primary focus is to end racial disparity in the legal system, but as of last week they began offering free representation at bond hearings.
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While we know the federal unemployment rate, we do not have the latest number for the state.
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Through the federal CARES Acts, South Carolina is offering child care vouchers in order to keep essential employees at work. The state will use a portion of the $63 million provided by the federal government to fund the vouchers.
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A Mount Pleasant family is celebrating the birth of triplets while being cared for by a nurse spending what should have been her honeymoon caring for new mothers at MUSC.