Nick Neville
Reporter/Anchor
:no_upscale()/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/gray/5521e3db-ceac-4054-9274-bbc15e3d4814.png)
He looks forward to telling stories that share the heart of the Midlands community. He’s a native Bostonian and comes to Columbia from Washington, DC where he spent three years with CNN. While in our nation’s capital, he worked as an overnight assignment editor, field produced on Capitol Hill, and helped cover major stories like the 2020 presidential campaign.
Nick attended Boston University where he earned a degree in Journalism and a minor in Political Science. During his time at BU, Nick performed in musicals through BU On Broadway and hosted Offsides, the college’s sports talk show.
When not at work, Nick can be found cheering on the Red Sox, re-watching 90s sitcoms or searching out the best food options in Columbia.
Nick wants to hear from you. Send story ideas, tips and notes to him via email at Nick.Neville@wistv.com and follow him on Twitter at @NickNeville_.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/JPA247VSDZGRPLGYCTE4KRLGXI.jpg)
A motion to dismiss evidence collected during search warrants executed on Rick Chow, the Columbia gas station owner accused of fatally shooting 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in May, was granted.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/SEYNDELK3BBWZIG6VOGEDWHBL4.png)
The preliminary autopsy results for a body found in an abandoned Columbia motel were released by the Lexington County Coroner’s Office on Thursday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FCVFSWCU5FEQDBS4TILWF74MAA.png)
South Carolina Senator John L. Scott, Jr., has died at the age of 69.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/BKMUIGXJU5HLRERT2U3FDGXA64.png)
A former Catholic priest who worked in Laurens, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to a federal child sex crime.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/TJPWU22LNRDO5P46I2ASNDVVIM.png)
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh loses another legal battle in a case involving the family of his longtime housekeeper Gloria Satterfield.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2U4WWWGAEJERZEAKUFIYYM2VZA.png)
The Supreme Court of South Carolina is putting a pause on the application process for Richland County’s master-in-equity position, amid ongoing litigation from the judge who currently occupies the post.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MJTBY4L63JBNNE6H2Y5JMRI3KI.png)
A meeting of the Richland County Delegation to discuss the county’s master-in-equity post quickly went off the rails Wednesday amid ongoing litigation, with some legislators alleging corruption in this process.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/W6NQTRTNBNDDJGEAPJSNFYVYSM.png)
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a City of Newberry officer died after a crash in Newberry.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YTAY5Z4YDBDT5OC3D42BREA5UU.png)
A judge is weighing the validity of a search warrant in the Rick Chow murder case following a hearing requested by the defense on Tuesday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/QL5BHN7H5ZDOZIK4Z6QCC5W6CY.png)
A little more than a week after being convicted of murdering his wife’s lover, Greg Leon, the prominent Midlands restaurant operator, died Friday night at a local hospital.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/SP52UYQMEBEDZI6XHYKP2B4FYA.png)
An 8-year-old cold case in the Lowcountry may be heating up after questions have lingered about the death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old former classmate of Buster Murdaugh’s, since his body was discovered along a Hampton County road in 2015.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UP7YYY2C2VBEFEVZ7ZLGP57N44.PNG)
In court documents, the Satterfield family’s attorneys called the defense team’s latest filing “absurd and nonsensical.”
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/PM5WX4YG35CT7HKLYWBCTJ7AY4.PNG)
SCforED to suspend direct advocacy efforts.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/56V3K2BKGJFXXEGLZNTOVNVPDM.PNG)
Tributes continue to pour in for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, the 14-year-old who was gunned down this week after being falsely accused of shoplifting bottles of water.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ZZFUXG7NJVEDLAITLC2C3XIYAM.PNG)
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office are commenting publicly for the first time about the possibility of additional charges in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/HFK7GZH24VH3XPZSCNK44VFUOU.jpg)
South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn has issued a statement on the shooting death of a 14-year-old South Carolina teen in Columbia.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2N7XAYOFFVC57LYD6YUZADZD2Y.PNG)
The Columbia convenience store owner charged with murder in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy will remain behind bars.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/IM4IUYPRMRCKLFIXOJYBYV6BZU.PNG)
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said a convenience store owner is in custody and charged with murder in the case of a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YM7YOIKMIFBLBEXITPSB6T73EU.png)
Defense attorneys for Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted by a Colleton County jury on March 2 of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul, are asking a judge to allow them to access more of his funds to help fund an appeal of those convictions.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/BAK2VQAOABEUXKJ4BRA3NR5M5U.PNG)
Parents in the Palmetto State will soon have another tool in their toolbox to protect their children.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/OJZU26TZDRCSTA7ILOZD4UT2HQ.PNG)
An Orangeburg father is behind bars after police charged him in the recent death of his six-week-old daughter.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/IW5CNWQVD5AOXORB5RNIGZ7JPM.jpg)
‘It’s Stephen’s time:’ Attorney for family of Stephen Smith outlines next steps in fight for justice
Questions surrounding the 2015 death of Stephen smith, former classmate of Buster Murdaugh, have lingered for years.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KCBW7PUTLZHYNEZKL5ITTKCRYQ.png)
Five people dead, including three children after shooting in Sumter.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/5NAGYGLWMZAH5FPURCKLGJTSIU.PNG)
Alex Murdaugh is indicted on 99 charges stemming from various alleged financial crimes.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ZRGCIXYQRVD25LERLSOGKYEU2M.PNG)
Branchville teen who lost his leg in a car accident has reached a new milestone.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/TJCLKWYEVJEAXFUECOWF476I4I.png)
He is undergoing physical therapy after losing his leg in the crash.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/4RBP4TB2YJFWXFDDI4KK3VCPBY.jfif)
Over 90 interviews were conducted with staff and board members and reviewed applicable state and federal laws.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/E55IACR4HBFKFD2AEHDTHIG57A.PNG)
This sellout crowd is expected to bring a lot of energy and congestion to the capital city.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NVQDGUWOQBFY5MKUZTCPO67GZY.PNG)
Jacob Channel, senior economist with Student Loan Hero, said that while there is uncertainty about exactly how this could affect the economy, “it’s hard to overstate” the significance of the move.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MLMIEEPR3VFZNLYD2LDOB5SSAA.PNG)
The lawsuit is seeking $20,000,000 in damages.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/WRH5OL7CY5GA7BNSVHDYL5DTK4.png)
A South Carolina couple says they have lost their 6-month-old dog after she ate poisonous mushrooms in their yard.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/RSJLNR6TNJGD5M4GBWF6QVGWJU.PNG)
Two trains were reported to have collided in the crash.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/PJFGKBGAXZHQTJ3ZDIJG4MP3C4.PNG)
A man is facing life in prison after a jury found him guilty of all four counts in the murders of a Sumter woman and her five-year-old daughter.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NNA6PKW6DJCYHJNJQ2N6F5BWEY.jpg)
The state’s Dept. of Health and Environmental Control is encouraging vaccines for children under 5 after the Centers for Disease Control approved the vaccines.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3U4APURBEVDP7HFLI5DWUO2BMA.png)
The students who were attacked were not even the students who they believed had bullied their family member.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/EQRTXQ27ABBTFG6OH7L4AVETHE.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2EXXUS4IQRD25NRPTYRCOMQKFA.png)
Three women have been arrested in connection to a child abuse case at a Lexington child care center, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/4UY6YYYXYJCPRE6BHVFAJ4OSYM.jpg)
They describe Barr as someone who was always putting others before himself.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/R6SJ2ZHBNJDUNOLF2RRHJ7XW5A.png)
Richland County deputies were involved in an officer-involved shooting in North Columbia on Saturday evening, according to officials.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/RIBWW47ROVEGLJUHJ5X2S6ZPWQ.png)
An overnight shooting near USC’s campus has left one person dead, according to the Columbia Police Department.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/BJTBT7RIXFAZVO3BWALD2RBPXI.PNG)
With Western intelligence officials expecting that Russia could increase the pace and strength of strikes on key population centers in Ukraine, the war is emotionally exhausting for families with loved ones stuck in Kyiv and the surrounding cities.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/4DNZXRWS25B7JFCO5OWZKGTQCI.png)
Officials are responding to an accident at the airport in Holly Hill.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/BSA2CTU5N5G3NJ2AMJLGNBZVHE.png)
Sims was reported missing by Taylor Wardlaw, his girlfriend, on December 22, according to authorities. On Thursday, the Columbia Police Department charged Wardlaw with Sims’ murder.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YU3UZ4L52NCXTA2EKEVOE5WMZ4.PNG)
As part of its budget request to lawmakers for the 2022-23 fiscal year, the South Carolina Department of Education is looking to increase salaries for two critical jobs: teachers and bus drivers.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MXRN3ECLUJAGBPUN5UEFQ35T3I.png)
The video appears to show one student on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/Z6XU7PLEBJDX3FIBJCAVPZLIFY.PNG)
According to the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, many of these vacancies have gone unfilled since establishments cut staffing last year during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NB436GBPNVHZFJNCRA2KA4VXRY.png)
Some drivers are experiencing frustratingly long delays while picking up cargo at ports.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/76DG63EVEVBD5N4ZLMLR6RSMIY.png)
More than a dozen students spoke at the protest, including survivors of sexual harassment and assault.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/WI4F6TUSFNG7PD6NADOPVOG5BA.png)
Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital, said these findings echo what she’s seeing.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/C4PEYRS45VHKRMMX7NJUJT2RA4.PNG)
Judah's mom said she’s still trying to process the events of this difficult week and admires the strength of her son.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/7JZIL4TYD5C6JC35DRCKOALXVE.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/V5LGYGWT75A6FCUKYDOP7MSHIY.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KBBKMIVN5NDH5CK57TA4V5OV5E.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KEWYYKY65VGKLGPSXJ2IBJ5BBY.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/C4QH6Y4A6BGO3F5YHHTBPKH7VU.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3S5JLYIBXFB45MLD42N35D5HDM.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FZLV425IV5HG5L52NYUQWWHTRA.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2WE6RIMRWZC7DK7BRVBAPRLUJQ.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/3W2NL2GGDRG43MZKSJHMVPZZB4.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NOUUSQB3UNEB3GYKWLKHXIRETA.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/VLYOLY7JCFCLPDHQD3GSVVBF5U.jpeg)