Victoria Hansen

Charleston County religious leaders met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month as the feds warn of an increased risk of attacks on houses of worship.

Victims of Alex Murdaugh who watched and waited while the once powerful attorney stood trial for murdering his wife and son finally got their day in court this week. They faced the towering man who’d promised help in their darkest hours, and then, betrayed them.

Details of the Daufuskie Island ferry service's new embarkment point on Hilton Head Island are still being worked out, even as it faces a deadline to move from Bluffton by year's end.

Josephine Wright, a South Carolina woman who fought developers on Hilton Head Island, has died. She had celebrity support for her cause of trying to keep her home. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

In her later years, Josephine Wright of Hilton Head Island became a symbol for saving the rapidly disappearing land of the direct descendants of enslaved Africans. But this weekend she was remembered by loved ones for giving spirit.

South Carolina Public Radio | By Victoria Hansen Blue lights and crime scene tape surrounded several blocks of a Charleston area suburb Sunday night

Victoria Hansen is our Lowcountry connection covering the Charleston community, a city she knows well. She grew up in newspaper newsrooms and has worked as a broadcast journalist for more than 20 years. Her first reporting job brought her to Charleston where she covered local and national stories like the Susan Smith murder trial and the arrival of the Citadel’s first female cadet.

A woman unable to schedule an abortion before her sixth week of pregnancy in her home state of South Carolina is suing — the latest challenge to the state’s so-called “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban. Copyright 2024 South Carolina Public Radio. To see more, visit South Carolina Public Radio.

Taylor Shelton said she isn't ready to be a mother. She'd been using birth control for years – an intrauterine device known as an IUD, which is said to be more than 99 percent effective.