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. 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 7:11 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Michal Higdon
The jury in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial has convicted the disbarred Lowcountry attorney with the murders of his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 6:44 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol, Michal Higdon and Patrick Phillips
Alex Murdaugh’s defense team used closing arguments in his double-murder trial to make a plea to jurors and claim Murdaugh was the only target for state agents.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 4:58 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
Attorneys in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial are expected to deliver their closing arguments beginning Wednesday after jurors visited the scene of the killings of the disbarred Lowcountry attorney’s wife and son in June of 2021.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:29 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary and Cameron Bopp
Prosecutors are expected to call two rebuttal witnesses in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial Tuesday, a day after the defense rested its case.
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. 25, 2023 at 7:19 AM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Steven Ardary
Disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh will return to the stand Friday morning to face more questions as he stands trial for murder.
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. 19, 2023 at 6:00 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips and Blair Sabol
The fourth week of the trial saw two jurors released because of COVID-19, Maggie Murdaugh’s sister taking the stand and a timeline that combined weeks worth of data.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2023 at 6:00 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary, Patrick Phillips, Marissa Lute and Blair Sabol
Week three of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial had lots of talk about his financial misdeeds, loud objections and a bomb threat.
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: Jan. 28, 2023 at 7:25 AM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Patrick Phillips
The first week of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial wrapped up Friday after a three-day jury selection, fiery opening statements and first responders detailing their response on the night his wife and son were killed.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Steven Ardary, Michal Higdon, Blair Sabol, Raphael James and Cameron Bopp
Before the start of jury selection in the murder trial of former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh, his defense team had already filed a motion seeking to block testimony on potential blood evidence.
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: 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. 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. 15, 2022 at 5:30 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary
A Lowcountry woman needed extra verification to confirm she took home a big prize playing the South Carolina Education Lottery.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 8:46 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
The North Charleston Fire Department says dozens were displaced by a fire at an apartment complex Friday morning.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 7:10 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Rey Llerena
A crash involving a school bus in North Charleston sent seven people to the hospital Tuesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 1:25 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Gray News staff
Four of the eight students on the bus and the driver were taken to the hospital, along with the student who had been hit.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:22 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Blair Sabol and Lauren Quinlan
A Colleton County judge granted motions from the state and the defense concerning evidence in the murder trial of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh Monday.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary, Emily Johnson and Jordan Gartner
Police in South Carolina are investigating a violent incident that happened over the weekend at a popular children’s restaurant.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 9:23 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Jordan Gartner
A police officer in South Carolina is being recognized for helping save a woman from a burning car.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Steven Ardary and Debra Worley
The Charleson County Sheriff’s Office said Jennings was walking on the road when he was hit by a vehicle that drove away from the area then hit again by a second vehicle that also left the scene.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 3:37 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
Charleston Police Sgt. Elisabeth Wolfsen said “multiple people” were struck by gunfire.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 3:15 PM EDT
|By Steven Ardary
The Charleston County coroner is expected to provide an update on the identity of a foot found last October at Fort Sumter.