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South Carolina has a long list of crimes that are considered stand-alone felonies, including murder and aggravated assault, but strangulation is not on that list.
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A Berkeley County firefighter is behind bars in Georgia, accused of raping his ex-wife more than three years ago before going on the run.
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Investigators from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are looking into a death that occurred at a state prison in Dorchester County on Monday.
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Williamsburg County officials say that decades worth of death records are missing, prompting some to question whether such documents were even kept.
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The man in charge of a law enforcement agency in Berkeley County is back at work after being suspended for two weeks, but newly released records indicate that he is not yet in the clear.
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The Williamsburg County Transit Authority faces a pair of lawsuits in connection with a fatal bus crash that killed three people and injured others earlier this month.
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Inside a Ridgeville building, children from more than a dozen Lowcountry counties who are beginning their stay in South Carolina’s juvenile justice system are confined for up to 45 days.
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State auditors will soon be looking into the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.
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Hundreds of pages worth of documents obtained by Live 5 Investigates reveal that the firing of a state agency head was not as sudden as it previously seemed.
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At least six people have died and thousands have been hurt behind closed doors throughout the Lowcountry because of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Newly released documents show why two Charleston County Sheriff’s Office employees were fired months after Jamal Sutherland’s death inside Charleston County’s detention center.
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Jamal Sutherland died on January 5 at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center around 10:30 a.m., according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. His death came less than 14 hours after he was booked into the jail on a misdemeanor charge.
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North Charleston Police released video from January showing their officers transporting a man to the Al Cannon Detention Center where he later died.
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One of the two Charleston County detention deputies working in an administrative capacity since the death of a male inmate was named several years ago in a lawsuit alleging abuse of a female inmate.
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A Ladson man is being accused by deputies of taking things too far after seeing a car speeding down a suburban Dorchester County road.
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A multi-million dollar project is in the works involving the Edisto River-Goose Creek Tunnel, which starts near Givhans Ferry State Park in Dorchester County and is buried under suburban and rural parts of the Lowcountry.
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The town of Kingstree confirmed Thursday afternoon it has temporarily closed Gilland Park.
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South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require “instruction in United States foundational history” for all public middle and high school students in a way that is consistent with former President Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission Report.
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An infectious disease expert said a surge in COVID-19 cases is “likely” over the next few weeks and months after videos show crowded bars in downtown Charleston.
For the first time since firing the agency’s state director, the commission of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs publicly addressed their decision on Monday.
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Less than a week after the state director of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs was suddenly fired, another member of the department’s executive staff is leaving the agency.
A state agency that serves people with disabilities across South Carolina is once again able to hire frontline workers at its facilities.
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Some attendees traveling to the 2021 PGA Championship on Kiawah Island could use a shuttle bus system paid for at least in part by people who previously vacationed on the island.
Less than 24 hours after being fired, the former state director of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs says she did not do anything wrong.
Mary Poole, the state director of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, was suddenly removed from her position on Thursday afternoon.
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A review of state credit card expenses revealed a string of lunch charges in DHEC’s spending records.
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A team of Lowcountry medical experts gathered virtually on Monday evening to answer your questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
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As schools statewide work to fill urgently-needed teacher positions, some districts are tapping into international programs to bring teachers to the Lowcountry.
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Teach for America says the goal of the program is to recruit a diverse group of teachers to work in low-income communities.
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An organization that has received millions of dollars in taxpayer funds in order to recruit teachers in South Carolina is drawing criticism from the state treasurer.
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Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg in the Salters area is currently reporting 35 coronavirus cases among employees, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 database.
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More than a year after a man’s death in Charleston County, legislation has been introduced at the state level that could impact how first responders administer a sedative that is increasingly being utilized.
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The president of a union representing employees of a federal prison in Williamsburg County is accusing the facility’s leadership of making a decision that led to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases behind bars.
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New information has been released about the law enforcement officers involved in the death of a North Charleston man last week on the peninsula.
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A shortage of nurses and doctors in South Carolina who are specially trained to conduct forensic exams on sexual assault survivors has some victim advocates worried that rapists are going unpunished because survivors don’t have access to the resources they need to pursue justice.
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One of the largest wine retailers in the country is under state investigation, and it is not the first time the company has been under the microscope.
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Relatives of people incarcerated at a Lowcountry federal prison say they are concerned as reports of COVID-19 cases behind the walls of the facility have skyrocketed over the last week.
Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg now has 24 confirmed active coronavirus cases among inmates and eight cases among employees.
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The Southern California-based chain is planning to open a restaurant at 975 Savannah Highway in West Ashley. The address in question is within the St. Andrews Center near Coburg Road.
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A Dorchester County long-term care facility for people with disabilities failed to follow infection control procedures amid an ongoing COVID outbreak among residents and workers, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says that they will be taking public comment regarding the City of Charleston’s expansion of Waterfront Park and Marina.
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James Britt, Jr. was injected with ketamine by Charleston County EMS outside Mount Pleasant’s Snee Farm community.
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The Charleston County School District paid out $100,000 in a settlement earlier this year, but the district’s lawyers are now refusing to fully release the public documents that would explain why.
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Some drivers for the Lowcountry’s largest public transportation provider are calling for hazard pay to be provided to bus operators as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says a proposed office and retail development wants to expand their area on the upper peninsula.
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As more people moving to the Charleston area are becoming South Carolina voters, experts are noticing a change in the way local candidates campaign amid a possible long-term shift in the way the Palmetto State votes.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they are accepting public comment on their website regarding plans for a new industrial distribution center.
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The Department of HUD has provided another special award to the City of Charleston in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funds as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The former sheriff of Colleton County entered into a plea agreement during a court case Friday and pleaded guilty to three charges.
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A Dorchester County facility that has more than 140 residents and employs nearly 350 people is once again in the midst of an active COVID-19 outbreak.