The Latest Breaking News from Justin Bamberg

The family of a South Carolina woman struck and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million in a wrongful death settlement

Winter storms have been walloping the U.S. with blizzards, tornadoes and flood threats and are now plowing through the Northeast with high winds and heavy rain

A man is suing a sheriff’s office in South Carolina, saying deputies shot at him about 50 times when he was having a mental health crisis with a shotgun in his lap even though his hands were raised

The South Carolina House has given key approval to allow the name of any company that sells lethal injection drugs and members of the execution team to remain secret

‘Everyone knew they were crooked,’ one local said of Alex Murdaugh’s powerful family, now known nationally for a series of deaths in their orbit

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The HBO miniseries on the Murdaugh murders, “Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty,” was released on HBO Max Thursday, and it’s the most recent addition to the Southern Gothic saga that has gripped South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Republican-led House panel advanced legislation Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions in South Carolina but make an exception for the life and health of the mother.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge set a $1 million bond Friday for fired Hampton County banker Russell Laffitte, who is accused of scheming with suspended attorneys Alex Murdaugh and Cory Fleming to defraud legal clients of settlement money.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The family of one of Alex Murdaugh’s alleged financial victims has indicated in a new court filing that a lawsuit is coming against Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, regarding the family’s more than $800,000 in missing settlement money.