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DINING IN CHARLESTON
Local diners are talking about swanky oyster bar The Quinte. Food editor Parker Milner paid the new destination a visit to see what the hype is all about.
Despite the remodels and chef changes, Husk does not seem to have been altered in any fundamental way. The larger dining scene — both here in Charleston and in the country at large — has just evolved and shifted around it.
NEW EPISODE
In this daily update episode hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Eric Russell discusses another day of testimony from the prosecution's witnesses in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial.
AROUND THE STATE
A man accused of a string of sexual assaults was found dead, with blood around his body, in a cell at the troubled Alvin. S. Glenn Detention Center.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will speak Feb. 3 at Bob Jones University, his alma mater.
COVID UPDATE
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported fewer than 6,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 new deaths Jan. 22-28. Read moreDHEC reports fewer new cases of COVID-19 and over 40 deaths
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WHO'S WHO AT THE MURDAUGH TRIAL
Former Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh is charged with killing his wife and son in a June 2021 double homicide that has drawn international attention and renewed scrutiny of a prominent family that wielded great wealth and influence in this rural corner of South Carolina. Read moreAlex Murdaugh indicted in double murder of wife, son
In this episode, hosts Glenn Smith and Avery Wilks discuss their recent story on Curtis “Cousin Eddie” Smith, including the revelation that the Walterboro trucker has been subpoenaed as a witness in Alex Murdaugh’s Jan. 23 double murder trial.
When a fatal boat crash dragged Alex Murdaugh’s family into the crosshairs of a criminal investigation, the wealthy Hampton lawyer hired Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin to defend them. The rest of the country will soon find out why. Read moreAlex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys: Who are Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin?
As chief prosecutor for South Carolina's state grand jury, Creighton Waters is known as a tireless investigator and legal genius with a zealous commitment to bringing justice to bad guys. Now comes his greatest test: trying next month's double-murder case against Lowcountry legal scion Alex Murdaugh. Read moreMeet Creighton Waters, the Murdaugh prosecutor whose investigations toppled an SC dynasty
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