HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 - The Untold Story

Once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh indicted on tax evasion charges ahead of murder trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, who earned millions of dollars from his Hampton law practice over a nine-year period and at the same time stole millions more from his firm and clients, has been indicted on tax evasion, the South Carolina attorney general’s office announced Friday.

Tribune News Service · Dec 17, 2022

US House passes rideshare law 3 years after South Carolina college student was murdered by fake Uber driver

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three years after a University of South Carolina student was kidnapped and murdered by a man pretending to be an Uber driver, the U.S. House has passed a bill that would strengthen rideshare protections for passengers.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

No. 6 Kansas rolls to 95-67 Border War victory at Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The No. 6-ranked Kansas Jayhawks appeared to follow their head coach’s request to “embrace the atmosphere” and “love” playing in hostile Mizzou Arena in claiming a 95-67 victory over the previously undefeated MU Tigers in the latest edition of Border War.

Tribune News Service · Dec 11, 2022

A New Union Rises in the South

The Union of Southern Service Workers is organizing food service, retail and health care workers through direct action against low wages and historical racism.

Capital & Main · Nov 28, 2022

Legal team for once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh questions blood DNA evidence in murder case

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for accused double murderer Alex Murdaugh have asked a state judge to prohibit testimony at trial about “blood spatter patterns” on Murdaugh’s T-shirt and want to get copies of all communications published between the state and one of its witnesses.

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

South Carolina stuns No. 5 Tennessee in Williams-Brice shootout

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Quarterback Spencer Rattler stood along the 25-yard line and pointed toward the sky.

Tribune News Service · Nov 20, 2022

Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh reveals alibi in court filing, says he wasn’t home during murders

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys say he wasn’t home when his wife and son were shot and killed on the night of June 7, 2021.

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

Conservative South Carolina lawmakers sue school district for allegedly teaching 'critical race theory' in violation of law

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A group of ultra conservative South Carolina lawmakers is suing a local school district and its superintendent alleging the district violated a one-year state law that seeks to prohibit schools from teaching concepts associated with "critical race theory."

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

Second chances: T-shirt printing nonprofit changes lives of former inmates

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Terrance Ferrell never wanted to come back to Columbia. His memory of the capital city was of holidays spent with his grandmother visiting relatives at prisons up and down Broad River Road.

Tribune News Service · Nov 15, 2022

No compromise: How new restrictions on abortion died in South Carolina for the year

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A legislative effort to further restrict abortions in South Carolina has died for the year after Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate failed to reach a compromise in time.

Tribune News Service · Nov 11, 2022