FITSNews Week in Review

Founding editor Will Folks discusses how South Carolina is putting the ‘special’ in a special election for the U.S. Senate, specifically the seat vacated by last month’s sudden passing of Lindsey Graham. From cattle call to court drama, this race is off the rails! Will and research director Jenn Wood also discuss a flurry of filings in Alex Murdaugh’s looming retrial - as wel...

Founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood discuss a major scandal enveloping a coastal South Carolina church, updates in the ‘Rose Petal Murder’ appeal, a critical motions hearing in an upcoming quadruple homicide trial and horrific details associated with n alleged drowning murder. Jenn and chief photog Andy Fancher also take inventory of the latest accounta...

Our founding editor, Will Folks, opens with a wide-ranging breakdown of the passing of U.S. senator Lindsey Graham and the fallout from it globally, nationally and in his home state of South Carolina. Then he breaks down the week's biggest South Carolina stories — including the Vilardi and Murdaugh sagas — with researcher Jenn Wood, followed by a candid conversation with inve...

FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher/chief photog. Andrew Fancher discuss a week in federal court where everything came to a head for ex-Sheriff Chuck Wright and two codefendants, who each received varying sentences ranging from 41 months in federal prison to five years probation. 

They further acknowledge the broader network of alleged criminal activ...

FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher Jenn Wood break down the latest in the Alex Murdaugh case. With his double-murder retrial date set for April 2027, long-standing discrepancies in the state's evidence have drawn renewed interest.

Then, Wood is joined by FITSNews investigative reporter Andrew Fancher to discuss the death of Elena Moore and a decade-...