Meredith Blair
Anchor/Reporter
Charleston SC
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Meredith joined the Live 5 News team in December 2022.
Professional Experience: During her college senior year, Meredith worked as a production assistant at WFXR News. After graduating in May 2021, she moved to Dothan, AL for a year and half. She worked as a MMJ/reporter and filled in as weekend anchor for nine months.
News Philosophy: Facts, facts, facts! Keep your opinion to yourself. Treat everyone the same.
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Journalism with a minor in Meteorology from Virginia Tech.
Hometown: Prince George, VA.
Family: Her parents, Randy and Renee, and her older sister, Mackenzie, all reside in Virginia.
Hobbies & Interests: Beach and boat days, watching TV and movies, working out, hanging out with friends, trying new things.
Favorite Books/Music/Movie: Favorite movie of all time is Just Go With It with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston.
Likes Best About the Lowcountry: The food and the beach of course!
Most Interesting Assignment: On her birthday, she had to do breaking news live shots just outside the station in downtown Dothan where two abandoned buildings just down the road from each other were both on fire. Dothan Police had an arsonist on their hands and quickly made an arrest after an investigation.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 9:38 PM EDT
|By Meredith Blair
Progress continues on the widening project of Glenn McConnell Parkway in West Ashley.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM EDT
|By Meredith Blair
The organization behind a new professional basketball facility in North Charleston hopes it’ll have a big impact on the community.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:53 PM EDT
|By Meredith Blair
Part of a nationwide trial to treat patients with the most common form of heart arrhythmia is happening in the Lowcountry.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Meredith Blair
Med school graduate students across the nation, including in the Lowcountry, are spending the day celebrating.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Meredith Blair
North Charleston City Council will continue working on its redistricting plan Thursday evening.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Meredith Blair
A Goose Creek family is without their home after being displaced by a Tuesday night fire.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:15 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Meredith Blair
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Keith Summey won’t be on the ballot for mayor of North Charleston in the next election.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:02 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
The Town of Summerville and Dorchester County are working together to build a new EMS and fire station.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 6:47 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
College of Charleston basketball fans were downtown to welcome home the men’s basketball team Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 8:26 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Dorchester Paws is busting at the seams when it comes to space for puppies and dogs.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 11:28 AM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Folly Beach received a significant amount of federal funding for emergency renourishment following beach damage from Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 2:52 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair and Patrick Phillips
The Charleston County School District approved the first reading of a chance to the policy involving school board meetings that would allow a school board member a policy to volunteer to open special and regular board meetings with a prayer.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Boeing has temporarily paused deliveries of its 787-passenger jet, the Dreamliner, an aircraft that is manufactured in North Charleston.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 6:57 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Cancer providers and survivors gathered Friday morning on MUSC’s campus to stress the importance of screenings for early detection of the disease.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Teacher shortages continue to be a challenge for school districts across South Carolina.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 10:30 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips and Meredith Blair
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made two stops to the Lowcountry Wednesday about protecting a historic Marine Corps recruit depot and training base and conservation.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 11:48 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Progress has started on the memorial for the Gaillard Center to honor dozens of people of African descent, whose remains were found in 2013.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 9:05 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Dorchester School District Four students were home on Thursday after switching to an eLearning day because of a case of strep pneumonia, but what is strep pneumonia?
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 10:27 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
The City of North Charleston says they’ve received lots of feedback from the public on their redistricting plan following a meeting last month, but they’re looking for more input.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:33 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Lowcountry health system’s new 60-bed freestanding behavioral hospital is opening in less than five months.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:45 PM EST
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Meredith Blair
Nine sea turtles are back in the ocean after recovering from injuries at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:27 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
The Charleston County School District hosted its last community night of the month on Thursday.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 10:26 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Crews are hard at work redeveloping North Charleston’s Park Circle after breaking ground last summer.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 11:22 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Heart health and mental health are often viewed separately, but Trident Medical Care wants people to understand how the two are connected.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 4:39 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
People in Berkeley County will notice an additional sales tax on their shopping receipts in less than a month.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:51 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Summerville is receiving what some residents believe is “much-needed” support, in tackling the town’s litter issue.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Preventing abuse, protecting children, and healing families is the goal of the Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 5:03 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest COVID tracking map shows three counties in South Carolina are in high levels of COVID-19, but none of them are in the Tri-County area.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Google has funded a $43,000 grant that will benefit Berkeley County residents.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:07 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
For several organizations, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a way to give back.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 10:13 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Locals and tourists aren’t short of options when it comes to picking a place to eat during Charleston Restaurant Week, but for the second year in a row, Charleston’s Hospitality Group won’t be participating.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 10:58 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
COVID-19 cases are spiking in South Carolina, and hospital officials say they are starting to feel the effects.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 8:53 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
Children returned to the classroom after the holidays but school nurses are sending some of them back home because of illness.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 4:25 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
With bigger crowds expected because New Year’s Eve falls on a weekend, both law enforcement and business owners on King Street, where many will turn to celebrate, have a responsibility to uphold.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 8:16 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
The ongoing addiction crisis impacting communities in South Carolina has led to a new partnership.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 5:11 PM EST
|By Meredith Blair
After hearing about the travel challenges many are facing and dealing with some of his own, a Charleston man is finding a way to give back in a tough situation.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 9:12 PM EST
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Meredith Blair
The man deputies say is responsible for a string of armed burglaries that specifically targeted Hispanic families was denied bond for several charges Friday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 12:16 PM EST
|By Dylan Leatherwood and Meredith Blair
A 21-year-old, who was arrested after a Wednesday standoff, now faces more charges in connection to a crime spree that deputies called racially motivated.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 5:14 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Meredith Blair
The Dorchester County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim in an early-morning shooting at a Summerville apartment complex Thursday morning.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 5:34 PM EST
|By Steven Ardary and Meredith Blair
Spirit Airlines on Wednesday announced daily flights from Charleston International Airport beginning in April.
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