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.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 12:56 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Nick Reagan
A federal lawsuit claims Facebook radicalized Dylann Roof culminating in the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Nick Reagan and Patrick Phillips
A state circuit court judge mostly sided with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Thursday, denying motions filed by the defense team of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 6:24 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
To fight back on an uptick in illicit behavior inspired by the social media platform TikTok, a Charleston County school is taking the traditional hall pass digital.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:37 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan and Sean Evans
Attorneys representing former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh are asking a Hampton County judge to delay a lawsuit filed by the family of a teen killed in a boating crash.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 9:16 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
Bond was denied for one of the three people charged with murder in what is being dubbed the Tinder Slaying.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
A deposition reveals a Charleston-area high school principal is being accused of racial and sexual harassment, contributing to the school’s violence problem and encouraging students to engage in revenge sex as an alternative to fighting.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
The latest data compiled by SC for Ed, a teacher advocacy group, shows more than 3,400 open positions across the state.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
After the shooting in Uvalde that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead, the Charleston County School District is redoubling its efforts to make sure all of its facilities are as secure as possible.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 7:16 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
Current State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced Monday that she is throwing her support behind fellow Republican Kathy Maness
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 7:52 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
A Deer Park Middle School student is facing second-degree assault charges after a video on social media shows him knocking out another student.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 11:44 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan and Debra Worley
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.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By Lisa Weismann and Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 7:38 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
Olya Kupka wipes away tears as she recounts how she learned of the first moments of the war in Ukraine.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 1:22 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
The South Carolina State Legislature will consider a proposal that will give all teachers, regardless of years of service, a $4,000 raise.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 6:27 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
The Charleston Jewish Federation is asking lawmakers to reject a series of bills that dictate what teachers can and cannot teach.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
A recent CDC study shows those with disabilities are more likely to support the COVID-19 vaccines but have a lower vaccination rate.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Katie Kamin and Nick Reagan
The U.S. Secretary of Energy is heading to South Carolina Thursday.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2021 at 10:34 AM EST
|By Ray Rivera and Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2021 at 5:24 AM EST
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 4:11 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 11:12 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
Residents and board members alike are sounding the alarm about an increased level of criminal activity at Joseph Floyd Manor.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 8:03 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
The Orangeburg County Animal Shelter is quickly recuperating after hundreds of pounds of dog food was stolen from a pair of locked storage units.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean and Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: May. 26, 2021 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Nick Reagan
Protesters want criminal charges in the January death of a man in custody at the Charleston County jail.
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 11:13 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: May. 24, 2021 at 7:40 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 10:18 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan and Laurel Mallory
SCDOT is in the middle of addressing more than half of the deficient bridges over a 10-year project.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 3:44 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
SC Housing found nearly a quarter of the state’s renters spend at least half of their income on housing and utilities.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2021 at 9:07 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 7:08 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2021 at 1:09 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
SC Housing launched its SC Stay program Thursday night and was overwhelmed with applicants.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 at 3:37 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 at 6:45 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2020 at 5:16 AM EST
|By Nick Reagan
Health officials say if you are traveling to get tested before you leave and when you arrive.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 at 5:05 PM EST
|By Riley Bean, Patrick Phillips and Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 11:16 PM EST
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2020 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
One demographic of voters often overlooked is those experiencing homelessness. Casting a ballot requires getting registered to vote and getting registered requires an address.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 5:02 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2020 at 9:35 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 1:44 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2020 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2020 at 10:16 AM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2020 at 11:41 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
There is now an extra layer of protection recognition for businesses called the Palmetto Priority.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By Nick Reagan
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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