Updated: May. 7, 2022 at 2:46 PM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood, Ray Rivera and Jordan Gartner
Police in South Carolina are investigating an assault that involved an elementary school student and an assistant principal.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 4:40 PM EDT
|By Dylan Leatherwood, Ray Rivera and Emily Van de Riet
An elementary school assistant principal in South Carolina was sent to the hospital after she was assaulted by an 11-year-old student, police said.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Emily Van de Riet
The body of a missing 5-year-old girl with autism was found in a river Tuesday night, officials in South Carolina said.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
A 27-year-old man was arrested following a high speed chase in Berkeley County in which speeds reached up to 120 mph.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
A Lowcountry man who went into a pond in Beaufort County to save a woman from a 10-foot alligator has received a national award for heroism.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 12:37 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Jana Daley said the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. on Highway 52 in Moncks Corner and the rescuer was one of her drivers, who she identified as Damien Rose.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 6:06 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
South Carolina authorities have arrested an Upstate man after they say his grandson found a gun at his home then brought it to an elementary school to “shoot zombies.”
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 11:45 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
Troopers say 17-year-old Caleb Kennedy was driving a 2011 Ford pickup when it went onto a private drive and struck a building.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2021 at 6:10 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
A Mount Pleasant man was arrested after authorities say he led officers on a foot chase at the Charleston International Airport following an argument over a check-in item.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 11:46 AM EST
|By Ray Rivera
Police say a 3-year-old boy died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at an apartment in Port Royal earlier this month.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 7:59 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
Investigators have arrested a 39-year-old man accused of shooting at men, women and children at a home in Berkeley County.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 4:12 AM EST
|By Ray Rivera
Curtis Smith’s name was added to a lawsuit against Bank of America in which lawyers allege that the company bent the rules and ignored banking customs for Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 10:18 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced on Thursday that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued seven indictments consisting of 21 new charges against Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 11:56 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
Chevy Chase showed up at one of the Charleston Raising Cane’s location to grab some chicken as well as surprise some unsuspecting customers at the drive-thru line.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 11:41 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
South Carolina deputies came to the rescue after a large pig named “Papa Pig” created a traffic issue in York County Thursday night.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 11:42 PM EST
|By Ray Rivera
Emergency officials say a 10-year-old girl was accidentally shot in the face as an adult was attempting to unload a gun at a home in Colleton County.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 8:13 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Authorities say a man was found wearing a stolen rescue uniform after he crashed a stolen ambulance into a Publix supermarket in Beaufort County on Friday.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 11:38 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Patrick Phillips
Bond was set at $20,000 for Alex Murdaugh on charges in connection with a Sept. 4 shooting investigators say was an insurance fraud scheme.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 7:05 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Gray News staff
State authorities said the man arrested in connection with Alex Murdaugh’s shooting planned it with Murdaugh so that the attorney’s surviving son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 12:47 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents arrested Curtis Edward Smith in connection to the shooting of Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Prosecutors say he was captured by deputies from both the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office and Charleston County Sheriff’s Office on U.S. 17 in the McClellanville area.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Health officials say South Carolina lawmakers should consider removing a ban on mask mandates following a spike of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 11:44 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
An aircrew from Joint Base Charleston helped deliver a baby aboard a Charleston C-17 carrying Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 11:42 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
School officials said the three students who sustained injuries from gunshots from a drive by shooting during afternoon dismissal were in stable condition.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 at 2:34 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Live 5 Web Staff
The International Olympic Committee has suspended its probe on Raven Saunders’ podium protest following the death of her mother, according to a report by CNN.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2021 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Officials with the South Carolina Department of Education said schools will not be adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for mask use due to a stipulation in the state budget.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2021 at 10:53 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Patrick Phillips
Jamal Sutherland’s mother said “Justice was denied” in Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson’s decision not to file criminal charges against two Charleston County deputies in her son’s death, and pushed state leaders to pass laws to better protect the mentally ill.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2021 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Officials with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division have released heavily redacted investigative reports on the murder investigation of Margaret Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2021 at 10:08 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
A vehicle registration violation in Berkeley County led to the arrest of a wanted man and the discovery of a baby alligator in a book bag.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 9:47 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Investigators with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division have released a timeline of events in the murders of a mother and son in Colleton County.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2021 at 11:34 PM EDT
|By Ray Rivera
Lawyers for the family of a man who died while in custody at the Charleston County detention center have provided a death certificate which has been amended to show that Jamal Sutherland’s manner of death was homicide.
Updated: May. 26, 2021 at 4:27 AM EDT
|By Ray Rivera and Nick Reagan
Jamal Sutherland was being held by North Charleston police when he was repeatedly tased at the detention center this past January.