Audio from a 911 call captured the moment a South Carolina resident told a dispatcher “we got a pilot in the house” after an F-35 fighter jet crashed over the weekend. The four-minute recording that has surfacedfollowing the crash that happened Sunday in Williamsburg County also includes the self-identified pilot …
Read More »Manhunt ends as suspect in South Carolina coast shooting is found dead
A search on the South Carolina coast for a man who shot and wounded two people, including a sheriff’s deputy, has ended with the man dead, authorities said Thursday. No details were immediately given about the circumstances surrounding the man’s death, and the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office said it would …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh takes plea deal to cover mountain of financial crimes
Alex Murdaugh on Friday took a universal plea deal that covers dozens of financial crimes from indictments in six South Carolina counties in exchange for nearly three decades in prison. The convicted killer, wearing an orange prison-issue jumpsuit, admitted to 22 counts — including breach of trust, money laundering, forgery, …
Read More »Slain student’s grieving dad vows action after repeat offender allegedly murdered daughter
A grieving father’s anguished words in Washington have put a spotlight on a tragedy that many Americans say reflects their worst fears: a justice system that repeatedly frees dangerous repeat offenders until it’s too late. Stephen Federico’s daughter, Logan, 22, was murdered in her sleep in May while staying overnight …
Read More »South Carolina AG demands death penalty against career criminal charged in college student’s murder
South Carolina’s attorney general is pressuring a local prosecutor to seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering 22-year-old college student Logan Hailey Federico. Attorney General Alan Wilson on Tuesday sent a letter to Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson urging him to pursue capital punishment against Alexander Devonte …
Read More »South Carolina State University on lockdown after campus shootings leave 1 dead, another injured
Two separate shootings at South Carolina State University left one woman dead, a man wounded and triggered a campus-wide lockdown on Saturday night, according to the school and local authorities. The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) told Fox News Digital in a statement that the two shootings happened Saturday evening …
Read More »Lingering questions after arson ruled out in devastating fire at judge's waterfront mansion
South Carolina authorities are stepping back from arson as a potential cause for the fire at the waterfront home of a longtime judge and her Vietnam War hero husband after a preliminary investigation — but questions remain about the cause of the blaze that leveled their million-dollar home in Edisto …
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