Award-winning Investigative Reporter @live5news in Charleston, SC | Minnesota native | @UnivofKansas alumni
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The demand for answers: Charleston County Sheriff Carl Ritchie continues to dodge questions, interviews
#BREAKING: The 2-year-old girl who was killed in a North Charleston hit-and-run on Wednesday was also found wandering in the middle of Rivers Avenue just two weeks before.
#BREAKING: Alex Murdaugh’s retrial will officially be held in Sumter County, South Carolina.
Judge Debra McCaslin stated that, after reviewing potential venues and courthouses, Sumter County provides an appropriate forum where Murdaugh can receive a fair trial.
Emily Johnson | Live 5 News retweeted
BREAKING: Lindsay Clancy's murder trial officially ends in a mistrial after the defense's appeal is denied. cbsn.ws/3UANf40
#BREAKINGNEWS: The body of missing 5-year-old Saylor Haynes was just found in the waters near the area she was last seen on Pawleys Island. Haynes was reported missing yesterday after wandering away from a rental home... #georgetownsc
#BREAKING: Newly released video footage and crime scene photos now show us more about the tragic 2023 evening on Folly Beach when Jamie Komoroski drunkenly crashed into a golf cart, killing bride Samantha Miller and injuring her husband on their wedding night
#BREAKING: An Indiana woman is sentenced to 27 months in prison after threatening to kill Congresswoman @RepNancyMace.
Federal prosecutors say Shayla Addison sent multiple messages in January of 2025 saying, “Come outside b**** we’ll kill you."
#BREAKING: The South Carolina State Ethics Commission did officially find Hanahan Mayor Christie Rainwater in violation of two ethical codes.
The violations include: participating in a matter in which a business she was associated with held an economic interest and…. (1/3)
And for failing to recuse from that same matter. Rainwater is required to pay the commission $2,100.
These ethics violations relate to a Live 5 Investigation from earlier this year that can be found here: live5news.com/2026/01/22/i-d…
Newly released 911 calls detail the chaotic scene at a Fourth of July block party in North Charleston that erupted into violence.
#NorthCharleston #July4 #911 #police #arrests – at North Charleston, SC
Emily Johnson | Live 5 News retweeted
🏛️⚖️ This is one of the WILDEST civil complaints we have ever read. Major props to @EmilyJohnsonTV for getting this huge scoop... fitsnews.com/2026/07/07/alle…
#BREAKING: A former Goose Creek police officer recently charged in a Summerville hit-and-run was fired for repeatedly working from home while clocked in, among other issues, according to department documents.
#NEW: A former Charleston County employee has filed suit alleging a magistrate judge subjected him to repeated sexual comments — conduct he says was tolerated by staff and ignored by the county.
On July 2, a lawsuit was filed against Charleston County, Judge Mary Paige Adams and Sonya Wilson, a county clerk or administrative employee, by Adrian Lewis.
Read more on the claims: live5news.com/2026/07/06/cha…
