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Lionel Cervantes Tragedy: Mother Of Lost Child Speaks Out
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The mother of the 8-year-old boy whose body was recovered from a neighborhood pond after he ran away from a South Carolina school this week is speaking out – mourning the loss of her child and alleging negligence on the part of those responsible for his well-being.
Boeing C-17 Tail Cone Falls From The South Carolina Sky
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The tail cone of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster fell from the sky over the South Carolina Lowcountry – landing in the parking lot of a Catholic school in Hanahan. No injuries were reported in connection with the incident. Nor was any property damage...
Missing Child’s Body Found: Tragedy In Greenville County
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Heartbreaking news broke in the South Carolina Upstate this week when the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) announced that the body of a missing eight-year-old had been found in a body of water near the elementary school where he went missing. Lionel Ramirez...
The Trial Of Johnathan Goldsmith
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After less than two hours of deliberation, a former deputy of the Kershaw County, South Carolina Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) was found guilty of second degree assault and battery and misconduct in office for permanently disfiguring a constituent nearly four years ago. On the...
WATCH: South Carolina Appeals Court Hears Bowen Turner Cases
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The case of accused teen rapist Bowen Turner – which exposed serious flaws in South Carolina’s judicial system – came before the Palmetto State’s second-highest court this week. Our research director Jenn Wood provided the full treatment of these proceedings,...
Taylor Swift Sparks South Carolina Voter Registration Surge
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Musician Taylor Swift‘s endorsement of vice president Kamala Harris has sparked a nationwide voter registration surge – as well as an unprecedented influx of new voter registrations in South Carolina. Swift endorsed Harris in a post on her Instagram page this week,...
Late Notice: Search Underway For Escaped Juvenile Inmates
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Agents of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are assisting local law enforcement and officers of the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) as they search for two missing juvenile inmates. Of interest? The two inmates escaped from a Midlands-area behavioral health...
Joe Wilson Health Scare: An Update
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson provided an update on the status of his father, U.S. congressman Joe Wilson, in the aftermath of the latter’s medical emergency earlier this week in Washington, D.C. As our media outlet reported two days ago, congressman Wilson...
Walterboro Man Survives Being Shot While Doing Yard Work
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is on the lookout for two shooters – and two individuals targeted by gunfire – after deputies were dispatched to a residence in Walterboro, South Carolina where a man was shot doing yard work earlier this week.
Francine Blasts Bayou, Tropical Atlantic Awakens
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana Bayou this week, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power and flooding broad swaths of the New Orleans metropolitan area. As of this writing, no deaths have been reported in connection with the storm – however a...
FITSNews Political Stock Index – 9/11/2024
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... They came, they debated, they went home… and left the rest of us to “debate” who won. Presidential candidate encounters are among the most widely discussed events of any election cycle — but they’re rarely decisive factors in the outcome because people invariably see what they want to see (Joe Biden’s calamitous performance last June notwithstanding).
The Importance Of Protecting Children’s Medical Records
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Children’s medical records in the possession of government entities are sacrosanct. Inviolable. As such, they must be safeguarded from breaches – and protected from exploitation – at all costs. Also, those entrusted with these indispensable obligations must uphold them to the letter (and be held accountable in the event they fail).
South Carolina Supremes Slam Brakes On School Choice
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South Carolina’s supreme court upheld a challenge to the Palmetto State’s school choice law this week, delivering a victory to the status quo and further complicating parents’ efforts to find academic settings which meet the needs of their children. Their ruling...
Hurricane Francine Gains Strength, Eyes Louisiana Landfall
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Hurricane Francine roared to life in the Gulf of Mexico this week, eyeing a landfall along the Louisiana coast sometime in the afternoon or evening on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) with triple-digit winds, pounding rains and a storm surge that could reach ten feet in some areas.
South Carolina Congressman Hospitalized Following ‘Medical Emergency’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson was hospitalized on Tuesday evening after experiencing a “medical emergency” at an event in Washington, D.C., his staff is confirming. Wilson, 77, reportedly collapsed at an event in our nation’s capital and had to receive medical attention....
Lowcountry Student Arrested For Threatening School Shooting
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 12-year-old Moncks Corner, South Carolina student was arrested and charged with issuing threats related to a school shooting earlier this afternoon. FITSNews published images of the alleged threats earlier this afternoon on social media. We also contacted law enforcement – as well as...
Francine Flexes In The Gulf
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Last week, I reported on the historic lack of activity in the tropics – a surprising development given the hurricane armageddon forecasters swore 2024 had in store for us. Now, as if on cue, the tropics have awakened from their doldrums – although this early-September burst seems unlikely to move the needle on meteorologists’ wildly inaccurate projections.
Prioleau Alexander: Breaking Down Kamala Harris’ ‘Policy Ideas’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “On day one, I will take on price gouging and bring down costs.”. That’s Kamala Harris on the economy. And that sounds awesome. It would be great for those of us in the middle-class to be able to afford food – and for the working poor to keep the lights on.
Palmetto Past & Present: Remembering The Stono Rebellion
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The word was shouted over and over – in one loud, cacophonous voice. “Liberty.” In this day and age, it was more than an idealistic slogan for the marching men. To them, it was literal. It meant freedom. Their own personal freedom.
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