
Michal Higdon
Anchor and Reporter at WCSC-TV (Charleston, SC)
Evening News Anchor at @live5news in Charleston, SC ☀️•Emmy, Murrow, AP award-winning journalist 🎥 •Wife 👩❤️💋👨 •@UF Alum 🐊 •Former Verified Journalist
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live5news.com | Michal Higdon |P.J. Williams |Marissa Thompson
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - The Dorchester County Coroner’s Office has named the man shot to death during an officer-involved shooting. Patrick David Hatcher, 61, of Summerville, was killed during an encounter with a Summerville Police Officer, Coroner Paul Brouthers says.
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2 weeks ago |
live5news.com | Michal Higdon |P.J. Williams
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating an officer-involved shooting at a Summerville mobile home park Saturday night that injured one. Officers responded to a house at the Summervillage Mobile Home Park for a welfare check at approximately 8 p.m.Upon arrival, they heard a gunshot and confronted the suspect, according to Deputy Chris Hirsch. During the encounter, an officer shot the suspect, injuring them.
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live5news.com | Michal Higdon
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Joy, pride and purpose filled the room on Saturday at the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund’s annual Celebration Summit, a special event highlighting a transformative investment in the next generation. The Celebration Summit does more than honor its 550 newest recipients; it creates a space for connection, inspiration and shared purpose. Students had the chance to meet fellow recipients, build relationships and hear advice on the journey that lies ahead.
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live5news.com | Michal Higdon
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Multiple law enforcement agencies are on scene at an incident at a mobile home park in Summerville. Summerville Police and Dorchester County deputies arrived on the scene at the 100 block of Winter Drive in the Village Mobile Park area Saturday around 8 p.m.Crime scene tape is up and part of the roadway in that area is blocked. Live 5 News has reached out to both agencies for more information on the incident.
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live5news.com | Michal Higdon
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The 911 calls, law enforcement radio transmissions and dispatch recordings have been released following the hit-and-run incident on Sullivan’s Island last month that led to a massive manhunt for the suspect. Justin Collin Adams, 36, is accused of entering the Sunrise Presbyterian Church parking lots at a high rate of speed around 12:50 p.m. on May 1. Records state he then entered the school’s playground where multiple children were playing.
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