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Sources: Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna die in helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Connecticut and Houston, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) (ABC7)NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bryant was…

Woman, 72, charged in North Charleston murder case

by Drew Tripp

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — A 72-year-old woman is charged with accessory after the fact to murder in connection a deadly shooting in North Charleston this month. Authorities said Saturday Linda Mozelle Grant Hines, known as “Granny,” helped two murder suspects, Jabari Lee and Terris White, hide from police Lee and White were wanted for murder in connection to the shooting death of 29-year-old…

SC lawmaker looks to increase access to life-saving drugs to those at risk of overdosing

  (WPDE) — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for every 69 high-dose opioid prescriptions in 2018, only one naloxone prescription was dispensed. Naloxone, the generic name for Narcan, is an overdose-reversing drug that has saved many lives in South Carolina during the ongoing opioid epidemic. South Carolina State Representative Russell Fry is hoping to increase access…

Yes, it appears another Jeep is stuck along Myrtle Beach

By Andrew James

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Jeep’s and the sands of Myrtle Beach do not seem to go well together after now another SUV appears to be stuck on the beach. A viewer shared the photo below with ABC 15’s Ed Piotrowski showing a grey Jeep Patriot stuck in the sand. Uh oh. Another Jeep stuck in the sand. This photo was…

Buttigieg shifts plans, will attend King holiday event in SC

by Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who has been criticized for his slow outreach to black and other minority voters, has rearranged his schedule to make room for events in early-voting South Carolina that honor Martin Luther King Jr. Buttigieg’s campaign said in a statement Saturday night that the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, “looks forward…