The Latest Breaking News from South Carolina

South Carolina woman arrested for allegedly taking abortion pill to end 2021 pregnancy

The state is among just two in the US where it is illegal to self-administer abortion pills

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial stands out amid all the crime, animosity and death of recent years

Sneed: Twist and turns of South Carolina case are reminiscent of our on Spilotro case from the ‘70s.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2023

Murdaugh's fast conviction sealed by his testimony: experts

Prosecutors produced no direct evidence linking South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to the killings of his wife and son, yet a jury took less than three hours to convict him

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

S.C. man lands giant blue catfish, sets bowfishing world record

A South Carolina bow fisherman has been granted a world record after landing a nearly 85-pound blue catfish on Jan. 6 at Santee Cooper Lakes. Stuart Vandyke also established a new state record, according to the Bowfishing Assn. of America. Vandyke ...

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 3, 2023

Lawyer Alex Murdaugh's fall from high society life to become Netflix double murderer

Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of killing his wife and son at their sprawling countryside estate. But this story stretches back even further and includes even more bodies in South Carolina's Lowcountry, in the US

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2023

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison in US murder trial

South Carolina judge sentences former lawyer to two consecutive life sentences for murder of wife and son.

Al Jazeera · Mar 3, 2023

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife, son

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, former South Carolina attorney and convicted murderer, was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of life in prison Friday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son

The once-prominent lawyer maintained his innocence. “As I tell you again, I respect this court. But I am innocent.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2023

Murdaugh Murders: Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life for killing wife and son

South Carolina lawyer has no hope of parole after being found guilty

Wales Online · Mar 3, 2023

Alex Murdaugh jailed for life without parole for shooting wife and son in double murder

Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of two counts of murder after his wife and their son were shot dead at their rural home in South Carolina, US, in a case highlighted in Netflix documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2023