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>> i could see his brain all -- and i ran over to maggie and -- actually, i think i tried to turn paul over first. >> alex mourmurdaugh. >> double murder mystery. >> the evidence will show he was there. >> he would be covered in blood. >> there was no blood. >> for the first time, those closely tied to this shocking st story sit down together. >> every lawyer at this table is on trial. >> its a good feeling to be connected to the power. >> until it comes back to bite you. >> powerful f...

AJ 7 Stars Tobacco & Vape appealed to receive a business license, but Columbia City Council members turned down the request because a city ordinance keeps tobacco and vape stores

The city shouldered more than $50,000 in costs for relocating hundreds of residents from an apartment complex where poor living conditions abounded.

The City of Columbia is taking on landlords in the courtroom and the council chambers.

The saga between the City of Columbia and a troubled landlord company continued on Thursday with Richland County ruling the business in contempt of court.

The body of a young man who reportedly died near the Murdaugh family residence will be exhumed for independent autopsy, the victim's mother says.

As Alex Murdaugh went to prison earlier this month for the murder of his wife and son, another South Carolina mother was still hoping that justice will come…

The 2015 death of Stephen Smith in Hampton, South Carolina, has come under the spotlight after a jury found Alex Murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son in 2021.

Was that stephen had some sort of a relationship with a murdaugh. and that was going to get out. >> so they took him out? >> think how courageous stephen was. youre talking about a young man who is homosexual, who isnt hiding it, is very proud of who he is. youre talking about a small southern town. >> its taboo. >> its taboo. and hes wearing it proud. and somebody didnt like it. it clearly had to have been related to his sexuality. dont you believe, mike? >> 100%. 100%. south carolina and wyomi...

Silence, basically. >> for sure. >> alex murdaugh, a lawyer himself, worked at his familys law firm, pmped, since he graduated law school back in 1994. mike hemlepp, justin bamburg, joe mccullough, and eric bland are all local litigators. all four of you graduated from the university of south carolina school of law, correct? >> yes. >> because alex murdaugh also graduated from the same school. >> randy and i graduated together. >> his brother. >> yes, his brother. >> growing up, the murdaughs ev...