Katie Kamin

Charleston

Breaking News Anchor and Investigative Reporter at WCSC-TV (Charleston, SC)

Morning anchor & investigative reporter for @Live5News. Charlotte native. Tar Heel. Story idea? Email me [email protected]

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South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad

1 week ago | wbtv.com | Patrick Phillips |Jeffrey Collins |Katie Kamin

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A firing squad executed a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state has carried out that method in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of Orangeburg County Public Safety Capt. James Myers on Myers' farm in Calhoun County.(South Carolina Department of Corrections)Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 years ago for the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer.
Facing the Past: Victim’s daughter reflects as SC execution looms

2 weeks ago | foxcarolina.com | Katie Kamin |Michael Allison

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The daughter of one of the victims of a man set to be executed Friday night by firing squad says she feels content about what is to come. Mikal Mahdi was 15 years old when he told Virginia authorities, “I’m going to kill a cop someday,” according to investigators. Just six years later, Mahdi lived up to that promise during a multi-state crime spree. Meredith Barnett’s father, Orangeburg Public Safety Capt.
Facing the Past: Victim’s daughter reflects as SC execution looms

2 weeks ago | wtoc.com | Katie Kamin |Michael Allison

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The daughter of one of the victims of a man set to be executed Friday night by firing squad says she feels content about what is to come. Mikal Mahdi was 15 years old when he told Virginia authorities, “I’m going to kill a cop someday,” according to investigators. Just six years later, Mahdi lived up to that promise during a multi-state crime spree. Meredith Barnett’s father, Orangeburg Public Safety Capt.
Downtown Charleston road closures set for annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

1 month ago | live5news.com | Michal Higdon |Summer Huechtker |Raphael James |Katie Kamin

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Scheduled road closures will be in effect Monday morning for Charleston’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. The first road to close will be Radcliffe Street between Rutledge Avenue and King Street for the parade lineup starting at 9 a.m.At 9:30 a.m., King Street will close from Radcliffe Street to Calhoun Street. At 9:50 a.m., the entirety of the parade route, pictured below, will be closed down in anticipation of the parade’s 10 a.m. start.
Charleston’s 2025 tourism season expected to be busy

2 months ago | msn.com | Katie Kamin

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Floodwaters tear through Swig & Swine restaurant in Moncks Corner

Aug 9, 2024 | live5news.com | Katie Kamin

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCSC) - Dangerous and widespread flash flooding was rushing through the parking lot and property of the popular Swig & Swine restaurant Friday morning. That restaurant is located on Reid Hill Road just off the Cooper River along the Hidden Cove Marina. Live 5 News crews on scene reported water surging through the parking lot and into the marina, possibly into the restaurant itself, after torrential rains overnight Thursday into early Friday morning.
Beyond Our Walls, Jenkins Youth and Family Village team up for educational camp

Jul 26, 2024 | live5news.com | Katie Kamin

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Students in the Lowcountry will be heading back to school soon, but two organizations have been working nonstop to make sure kids have continued learning throughout the summer. Friday is the final day of a special summer camp hosted by Beyond Our Walls and Jenkins Youth and Family Village. The six-week-long experience brought endless educational opportunities to campers.
Classroom Champions: Art teacher hopes to explore STEAM with a new pottery wheel

Jul 16, 2024 | live5news.com | Katie Kamin

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - An art teacher at James Island Charter High School hopes you’ll help her students incorporate science, technology, math and other concepts into her art classes through a new pottery wheel. James Island Charter High School is not only where art teacher Elizabeth Gunther has worked for the past seven years, it’s also where her mom taught and where she herself went to high school. “I kind of grew up in the hallways and grew up being in this space,” she says.
‘Unqualified’ Lowcountry Judge Bentley Price to vacate the bench this week

Jun 24, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Katie Kamin

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‘Unqualified’ Lowcountry Judge Bentley Price to vacate the bench this week

Jun 24, 2024 | live5news.com | Katie Kamin

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - This week will be the last an embattled Lowcountry judge will spend on the bench before his term ends and he vacates the seat indefinitely. Bentley Price’s last court term began Monday and will end later in the week. This comes after the South Carolina Bar Association found Price unqualified for the bench in Oct. 2023 and after the South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission failed to get enough votes to nominate him for reelection.