Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
New court documents filed Wednesday revealed why Connor Cook told attorneys the Murdaughs and some law enforcement officers may have been trying to frame him as the driver of a boat involved in a deadly crash in Beaufort County in 2019.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 11:49 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The federal government is cracking down on guns being bought or stolen in southern states that end up in the hands of criminals.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 11:53 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Next weekend, a new gun law goes into effect in the Palmetto State, and it allows anyone over the age of 21 with a concealed weapons permit to openly carry their firearms.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 12:41 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
MUSC Health officials confirmed Wednesday that five employees have been fired from the hospital system for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with a new policy established in April.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 12:46 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Charleston officials confirmed Thursday that the city is involved in ongoing discussions with the South Carolina State Museum about the future of the John C. Calhoun statue.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Nearly six years after the tragedy inside Mother Emanuel AME Church, the Charleston loophole remains intact.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2021 at 2:54 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Almost five months after a ransomware attack, Georgetown County officials said Thursday their computer systems are mostly back up and running after a complete rebuild.
Updated: May. 7, 2021 at 1:02 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The 2021 Championship will be employing several COVID-19 health and wellness protocols to keep everyone safe.
Updated: May. 6, 2021 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
LGBTQ advocates fought another bill focused on keeping transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports in South Carolina. The legislation went before lawmakers Thursday with more than a dozen people signed up to testify.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2021 at 7:32 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Georgetown County Fire and EMS officials are reorganizing their resources as they struggle to hire and keep paramedics on the job.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2021 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
There has been some progress in efforts to improve women’s access to birth control in South Carolina. Senate bill 0628, the “Pharmacy Access Act,” would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptives.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2021 at 11:46 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
A former infantry Marine living in South Carolina was reunited with the bomb dog that once served by his side.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2021 at 6:49 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Researchers with MUSC’s Hollings Cancer Center are working to understand how COVID-19 can impact cancer patients and their treatments as a part of a nationwide study.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 5:38 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Since late November, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has required reporters to submit questions hours ahead of scheduled press briefings where DHEC officials are made available for comment on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 7:20 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The pandemic has demanded unprecedented changes to the South Carolina’s court system as in-person proceedings remain suspended under an order from the state Supreme Court.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 8:44 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The Palmetto State is one of only five states in the country without legislation that allows some form of open carry.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2021 at 1:06 AM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
One case was reported in an individual from the Lowcountry and another in an individual from the Pee Dee, according to the SCDHEC.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 6:46 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
New data from the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement showed some improvement in teacher recruitment and retention across South Carolina last year.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Some state lawmakers are pushing to expand schools of choice in South Carolina under a new designation called “schools of innovation."
Updated: Dec. 18, 2020 at 7:07 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Officials with the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicle say now may be your best opportunity to upgrade your license to a REAL ID.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2020 at 6:36 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control will not identify which medical facilities will receive the COVID-19 vaccines at this time, citing physical and cyber security concerns.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2020 at 11:20 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Some health experts are raising new concerns about the lasting impacts of the coronavirus on the hearts of student athletes. Dr. Lanier Jackson, a pediatric cardiologist for the Medical University of South Carolina, is concerned about a potentially deadly complication that can linger long after.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 10:43 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The Berkeley County School District is requiring parents to sign a waiver for their children to return to schools for in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy has taken a financial hit from the coronavirus pandemic. About 42 percent of the academy’s funding comes from traffic ticket fines and fees, which has become unreliable source of cash flow because of COVID-19.
Updated: May. 28, 2020 at 6:58 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
New procedures will be in place on June 9th to protect voters and poll workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Touchless voting” will be the new process for casting a ballot, from the check-in process to selecting a preferred candidate on the voting machines’ touch screens.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 11:16 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Governor Henry McMaster said his decision to open businesses like salons and gyms could come as soon as Monday, but not all owners think they’re ready.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2020 at 10:02 AM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Durham Bus Services and the Charleston County School District have come to a limited agreement to pay bus drivers for lost work hours due to school closures related to the coronavirus pandemic. Durham had previously told its employees to file for unemployment insurance.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2020 at 2:40 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Tidelands Health is facing a federal class action complaint after a ransomware attack left the hospital system’s computer systems and data offline in December.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Gabbard said she wants to bring about real change as Commander in Chief, and she touts her military experience in understanding the complicated, tragic, and taxing toll wars can take on a country.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2019 at 5:18 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
A new report shows the Lowcountry is one of the only areas along the East Coast at high risk for damage from earthquakes.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2019 at 11:26 PM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
One state lawmaker has proposed legislation to revitalize malls across South Carolina into spaces that better serve their surrounding communities.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2019 at 11:22 AM EST
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Warren says she is working around the clock to meet voters face to face ahead of the South Carolina democratic presidential primary in February.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2019 at 8:00 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Women who are living in the United States illegally were used as prostitutes inside a Goose Creek home, according to federal court documents.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2019 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Months after the state rolled out its new, centralized child support system in the Lowcountry, some parents are complaining about issues with their payments. South Carolina’s new child support system has battled delays for decades but is finally operational statewide. The Palmetto State is the las
Updated: Jul. 27, 2019 at 10:51 AM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
After decades of delays, South Carolina’s new child support enforcement system will finally be operational statewide next month.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2019 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Schools across the Carolinas are turning to a new way to monitor students’ actions online. It’s called Bark for Schools.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2019 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Kaitlin Stansell
The Georgetown County Coroner released the identity of the man killed in a lightning strike Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2019 at 11:08 PM EDT
|By Patrick Phillips and Kaitlin Stansell
Two Lowcountry recreational fishermen ended their fishing trip late Sunday afternoon with an unexpected catch.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2018 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The U.S. Attorney's Office has obtained an interview with an inmate who claims Brandon Council told him about the deadly robbery of Conway's CresCom Bank last August.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2018 at 10:36 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
A little more than an hour before the moon would overtake the sun above the city of Conway, Brandon Council walked into Crescom Bank with the confessed intention of hurting someone, according to FBI agents.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2018 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – New documents have been filed in the case of a man charged with killing two employees at a CresCom Bank in Conway on August 21, 2017. Brandon Council’s attorneys have asked the judge in the federal case to order state and federal law enforcement officers to preserve their rough notes from their investigation of the case. Court documents filed Monday claim it is apparent from the defense’s perspective that several witness interviews were con...
Updated: Aug. 16, 2018 at 4:01 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
A Myrtle Beach man federally indicted for selling drugs the FBI says caused the death of a woman will be arraigned later this month.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2018 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
In documents filed with the South Carolina Supreme Court that WMBF just obtained, the state's highest court has been asked to decide how Tammy Moorer's upcoming trial for kidnapping and conspiricy to kidnap should be handled.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2018 at 1:32 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The attorney for the man who the FBI says was involved in Brittanee Drexel's disappearance and death wants his client out of jail while he waits for a final decision in an unrelated case.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2018 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
More than a year after the Darlington Police Department announced items were stolen from a locker in the department, Police Chief Kelvin Washington says firearms were a part of the theft.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2018 at 12:11 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Federal prosecutors don't want their response to a motion filed by attorneys representing Brandon Council to be made public. Council is accused of murdering two bank employees on August 21, 2017, in Conway.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2018 at 1:55 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
The son of former South Carolina Congressman Robin Tallon is no longer the treasurer for his father's decades old campaign account.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2018 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
A judge has stayed a wrongful death lawsuit against the couple accused of murdering a Darlington County woman and her granddaughter.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2018 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Sidney and Tammy Moorer could be tried together as co-defendants for charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in connection to the disappearance of Heather Elvis.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2018 at 1:01 PM EDT
|By Kaitlin Stansell
Attorneys for the man accused of murdering two bank employees in Conway want Brandon Council's alleged confession and items found in a vehicle he was seen driving before his arrest to not be allowed as evidence at trial.