Marissa Thompson 1u3p4w

Digital Content Producer 3j1p1x

Charleston SC 1l152p

Marissa ed the Live 5 News team in September 2023. 293o3l

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In between dodging tropical storms and hurricanes, it appears that the 2020 Shrimp season has...

Commercial shrimp trawling season officially kicks off on the coast 4s2u3b

Updated: Jun. 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM EDT

By Marissa Thompson

Coastal waterways are officially open as of 8 a.m. Monday for 2025′s commercial shrimping season.

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S.C. filing shows bid to seize assets of Brittanee Drexel’s killer 5l1g10

Updated: Apr. 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM EDT

By Marissa Thompson

The mother of the New York teen murdered during a 2009 spring break trip to Myrtle Beach has filed new court documents in her recently won lawsuit against her daughter’s killer looking to seize his assets.

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The bill’s hearing Thursday was its first, so the legislation is still several steps away from...

SLED, S.C. Education Department among agencies under review 6w503

Updated: Feb. 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM EST

By Marissa Thompson

Eight state agencies are under “routine” review and, for the next month, of a South Carolina House of Representatives committee want to hear the public’s .

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A school bus crash sent nine people to the hospital Thursday.

School bus carrying 41 kids crashes in South Carolina; 9 hospitalized 1v2t6j

Updated: Dec. 5, 2024 at 1:54 PM EST

By Marissa Thompson

Nine people, including six students, were hospitalized Thursday after a crash between a school bus and a car in Dorchester County.

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Former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte walks out of a Beaufort County courtroom...

Russell Laffitte, alleged Murdaugh accomplice, gets new trial 43ap

Updated: Nov. 14, 2024 at 4:19 PM EST

By Marissa Thompson

A court has overturned the conviction and sentence of a man accused of conspiring with Alex Murdaugh to commit fraud.

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Sgt. Devon Lindsay was killed in a hit-and-run.

Husband killed in hit and run on way to work leaves behind 3 kids, unborn child 6p6h46

Updated: Nov. 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM EST

By Patrick Phillips, Marissa Thompson and Amanda Alvarado

A sergeant was killed in a hit-and-run on the way to work.

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Kristofer Kelle McDonald, 20, is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated...

Man arrested in fatal trail shooting believed he was shooting at deer, arrest warrant says 1a3t3n

Updated: Nov. 1, 2024 at 11:27 AM EDT

By Patrick Phillips, Marissa Thompson and Dorothy Sedovic

According to the arrest warrant, the man mistook the rustling of leaves by the trail for deer and fired rounds from a shotgun.

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A woman in South Carolina let a diabetic teen die from drinking a milkshake after months of...

Woman let diabetic teen die after drinking milkshake, police say 4d1a2f

Updated: Oct. 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM EDT

By Marissa Thompson and Akim Powell

A woman in South Carolina let a diabetic teen die from drinking a milkshake after months of not giving her proper insulin, police said.

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Police in South Carolina said officers were called about a truck being struck by a CSX train...

‘Destroyed everything’: Video shows train crashing into tractor-trailer hauling military vehicle 582p6o

Updated: Sep. 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM EDT

By Marissa Thompson, Marissa Lute and Jordan Gartner

Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a crash between a train and a tractor-trailer that was hauling a military vehicle on Thursday.

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Sara Shakeri-Taylor, 39, has been charged with homicide by child abuse after her 10-month-old...

‘Careless and negligent’: Mother charged with death of 10-month-old daughter 2z4d4b

Updated: Aug. 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM EDT

By Marissa Thompson and Amanda Alvarado

The mother of a 10-month-old baby is charged with her death.

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An Orangeburg man will spend the next seven years behind bars after a traffic stop resulted in...

Orangeburg man sentenced on federal gun, drug charges 491v

Updated: Jul. 20, 2024 at 1:50 PM EDT

By Marissa Thompson

An Orangeburg man will spend the next seven years behind bars after a traffic stop resulted in officers finding guns and drugs intended for distribution.

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One person is dead following a Wednesday morning crash outside of Orangeburg.

Troopers investigating after Orangeburg-area crash claims the life of one aj5j

Updated: Jun. 12, 2024 at 12:20 PM EDT

By Marissa Thompson

One person is dead following a Wednesday morning crash outside of Orangeburg.

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Police in South Carolina said a body has washed up on shore.

Body found washed up on South Carolina shore, officials say 3j185w

Updated: Mar. 24, 2024 at 4:43 PM EDT

By Marissa Thompson and Andrew McMunn

South Carolina officials are investigating after they said a body washed up on shore Sunday morning.

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Bowen Turner back behind bars on DUI, other charges 2k2a6j

Updated: Mar. 10, 2024 at 11:29 AM EDT

By Marissa Thompson and Katie Kamin

The Orangeburg County man accused of sexually assaulting three teenagers and dozens of bond violations has been arrested again less than four months after he was released from prison.

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A large law enforcement presence was reported outside of a home on Water Oak Drive after 10 p.m.

Mom, teen son and suspect all killed in suspected double murder-suicide, police say 6l3361

Updated: Feb. 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM EST

By Marissa Lute, Marissa Thompson and Gray News staff

Police responded to a home for reports of a man who was intoxicated and holding hostages at gunpoint.

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1 person injured in shooting at South Carolina State University 4ze3m

Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 12:38 PM EST

By Marissa Thompson

The president of South Carolina State University has released a statement of caution to students following a Friday night shooting in one of the campus residential buildings.

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