Amanda Shaw

1 week ago | foxcarolina.com | Amanda Shaw

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Walt Wilkins, the solicitor for the 13th Circuit in Greenville and Pickens Counties, is retiring. Wilkins, the longest-serving solicitor for the 13th Circuit, has held the office for more than fourteen years. He said he plans to take advantage of his retirement eligibility and will enter law practice with his father.

1 week ago | foxcarolina.com | Amanda Shaw

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The family of a man who was killed in a shooting with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Deputies were called to an assault reported on Piedmont Highway on Jan. 26, 2024 around 11 p.m. Deputies encountered 51-year-old Robert Campbell at the scene, who they believed to be the assault suspect. In body camera footage released of the incident, deputies called out to Campbell by the wrong name.

1 week ago | foxcarolina.com | Amanda Shaw

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office said an Upstate man has been arrested for alleged child sex crimes. Shannon Odell Smith, 50, is charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of minors. Investigators reportedly received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that led them to Smith. They found child sexual abuse material in his possession, officials said.

1 week ago | foxcarolina.com | Amanda Shaw

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Greenville Zoo is expecting a new baby!Autumn, the zoo’s mother Masai giraffe, is pregnant again. The zoo said she will give birth “soon.”She has previously birthed Kiko, Tatu, Kiden, Kellen, Providence and Blossom as part of the Species Survival Plan. The program helps zoos coordinate breeding to ensure genetic diversity and keep endangered species from going extinct.

1 week ago | foxcarolina.com | Amanda Shaw

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A former Food Network contestant who was convicted of killing her foster daughter will not get a new trial, according to the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Ariel Robinson was found guilty of homicide by child abuse in the death of 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Rose Smith. Tori was beaten severely with a belt, causing her to suffer internal bleeding. She died at Robinson’s home on Sellwood Circle in Simpsonville in January 2021.