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There was a lot to unpack from this week’s big bond hearing in the double homicide case at the heart of the ‘Murdaugh Murders’ crime and corruption saga. As expected, disbarred attorney/ accused murderer Alex Murdaugh was denied bond on the charges that he killed his wife, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh, and youngest son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced Thursday that it is investigating another officer-involved shooting that happened — this time in Horry County. The shooting occurred early Thursday morning, according to SLED spokesperson Renée Wunderlich. According to a news release from SLED, North Myrtle Beach Police officers exchanged...

With U.S. president Joe Biden’s cognitive decline on full display – and vice president Kamala Harris drawing similarly toxic approval ratings to the teleprompter-in-chief – Democrats are desperately seeking another option 2024. According to veteran Democratic operative Dick Morris, their choice is clear: Hillary Clinton. “It will...

Under the administration of former governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina taxpayers were coming out of pocket to the tune of tens of millions of dollars in fines each year. How come? Because the Palmetto State was the very last state in the nation to create an online database for tracking child support payments, as mandated by the federal government.

A bank of television microphones stood lonely – deliberately unaddressed – outside of the Colleton County, South Carolina court house on the morning of Wednesday, July 20, 2022. In the aftermath of any other high-profile murder hearing, the midsummer morning air would have been filled with the rapid-fire clicking of camera shutters and the thunderous, thick-drawled assertions of the various protagonists to the drama.

On the same day accused murderer Alex Murdaugh appeared for a bond hearing in Colleton County, his alleged co-conspirator and banker friend Russell Laffitte was indicted by a United States grand jury for his alleged role in illegally loaning himself money from the accounts of Murdaugh’s clients. The five-count...

Former 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office prosecutor Alex Murdaugh — who stands accused of trying to fake his own death, stealing millions of dollars from clients, money laundering, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and, the latest, killing his wife and son in cold blood last year — was denied bond on the murder charges Wednesday morning at Colleton County Courthouse.

Prosecutors attending a scheduled bond hearing in Colleton County, South Carolina this week for accused murderer Alex Murdaugh will provide S.C. circuit court judge Clifton Newman with limited evidence and information about the grisly crimes the former attorney has been accused of committing. Or so say sources with knowledge of...

Days after news broke that former U.S. president Donald Trump had decided to mount a third campaign for the White House, one of his top potential rivals in the 2024 “Republican” field made her own bold move. Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley – who has spent the...

South Carolina fourth district congressman William Timmons took to the airwaves of the Upstate on Tuesday morning – angrily denouncing this news outlet for its recent reporting on his various alleged extracurriculars. During a cantankerous appearance on Greenville, S.C.’s top talk radio station – WORD 106.3 – Timmons rebuked...

Agents of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) sent an informant wearing a wire into the office of arguably the most prominent defense attorney in the Palmetto State earlier this year – hoping to see if he was part of an alleged plot to derail one of the state’s highest-profile murder cases, apparently.

A fatal shooting between a Georgetown Police Department officer and a man armed with a knife is under investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, according to a news release Monday. Georgetown Police Chief Bill Pierce requested SLED investigate. For many law enforcement agencies across the state, it is...

It would be premature of me (or anyone, really) to say Alex Murdaugh should receive the death penalty prior to hearing an evidenced-based narrative from police and prosecutors regarding the particulars of the grisly homicides he stands accused of committing on June 7, 2021. We all know what the disgraced,...

It’s almost impossible not to love Democrats – and the Big Apple is ground zero for conservatives’ affection. Just following their leaders’ lunacy is good for at least a dozen belly laughs every day. And while most of the laughs are tragic, comedy is – after all – tragedy that happens to others. And man-oh-man do the liberal voters in NYC love to vote tragedy into their lives.

This story is breaking and will be updated as more information becomes available. One of the founding principals at Forge Consulting LLC — the asset management company whose name was used by former attorney and murder suspect Alex Murdaugh to allegedly steal from clients — died Friday alongside his wife.

I will never endorse former U.S. president Donald Trump again … for anything. Ever. Seriously, were he to campaign for dogcatcher, I might consider endorsing the dogs. It’s not that I am some reflexive Trump-hater – or that I would ever be part of the droning mainstream media demonization of the man and his movement. I am not – and will not. In fact, the people demonizing Trump are far more frightening to me than those who worship him – and far more dangerous to the future of the American Republic than his MAGA minions, in my estimation.

It was a huge news week in South Carolina as murder indictments in the ‘Murdaugh Murders’ crime and corruption saga were finally handed down. As expected, disgraced and disbarred 53-year-old former attorney Alex Murdaugh was formally charged with the June 7, 2021 slayings of his wife – 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh – and younger son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh. Alex Murdaugh was also charged with two counts of possessing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

One of the most unexpected – and unexpectedly exposed – sex scandals in South Carolina political history is about to break in what they call “wide circulation.”. According to multiple sources familiar with the story, reporters Dave Weigel and Taylor Lorenz of The Washington Post are about to publish a treatment of the William Timmons’ sex scandal – which was exclusively reported by this news outlet over the last few weeks.

A 60-year-old Conway, South Carolina man who was appointed personal representative of a deceased person’s estate stands accused of stealing more than $465,000 from that estate, according to a news release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Though the case is starkly different from that of Alex Murdaugh...

Chief Mark Keel from the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said last year, “we have seen murders increase 51 percent over the past five years in South Carolina. Gangs, drugs, and criminals’ access to guns continue to play a significant role.”. One means of reducing a criminal’s...