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True Crime Updates, Sheriff Scandal, S.C. State House Drama – Week In Review 5/10/2025 - FITSNews

4 days ago | fitsnews.com | Will Folks

This was one of our busiest weeks ever at FITSNews as our team dug into a host of true crime sagas, continued its investigation into a scandal-scarred South Carolina law enforcement leader and covered the chaotic end of the 2025 session of the S.C. General Assembly.
Fake DOGE: South Carolina Lawmakers Jump On Populist Bandwagon

5 days ago | fitsnews.com | Will Folks

If we’ve learned one thing about South Carolina “Republican” leaders over the years, it’s that they are more concerned with appearing to do things than they are with actually doing them. Smoke, mirrors, lies and misdirection… these are the calling cards of the Palmetto State’s ruling “supermajority,” which has continued to generate abysmal results with regard to academics, employment, infrastructure, public safety and virtually every other metric that matters in South Carolina.
Trump Appointee Sues South Carolina School District Over Alleged Bullying

5 days ago | fitsnews.com | Dylan Nolan

Two parents in the Midlands region of South Carolina have filed suit against Richland County School District Two, alleging officials failed to prevent their son from being repeatedly bullied and harassed by other students. Parents Tammie and Stephen Gilchrist named the district in a lawsuit alleging their minor son, then in sixth grade, suffered repeated bullying while attending Blythewood Middle School (BMS).
Crony Capitalist Fail: Volvo Slashing Jobs In South Carolina

6 days ago | fitsnews.com | Will Folks

Chinese-owned Volvo pledged to bring 4,000 jobs to South Carolina when “Republican” lawmakers gifted the company hundreds of millions of dollars in government incentives a decade ago – including $40 million for a state-of-the-art interchange on Interstate 26 near Ridgeville, S.C.In a state with glaring infrastructure needs, was that really a priority?
South Carolina Abortion Debate Rips ‘Republican’ Caucus Apart

6 days ago | fitsnews.com | Will Folks

Two years ago, “Republican” leaders in the South Carolina House of Representatives booted fiscally conservative members from the GOP caucus because they refused to betray the limited government, lower tax planks of the party platform. “Republican” leaders like speaker Murrell Smith, ways and means chairman Bruce Bannister and judiciary chairman Weston Newton have continued to target these lawmakers, incidentally.
Palmetto Past & Present: The Sad Saga Of A South Carolina Nazi Sympathizer

6 days ago | fitsnews.com | Mark Powell |Michael Blackmon

May 8 marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, VE Day for short. There was plenty for Americans to celebrate back in 1945. After nearly four years of hardship and sacrifice—not to mention 416,000 deaths and another 671,000 wounded (many maimed for life)—fighting on the European continent was finally over. Adolf Hitler had splattered his brains on his bunker wall with a bullet, and Allied forces now ruled over conquered Berlin. That, at least for that theater of operations, was that.
Sheriff’s Chaplain Resigns As Probe Of Chuck Wright Escalates

1 week ago | fitsnews.com | Andrew Fancher

A longtime chaplain at the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) has resigned as federal agents continue investigating the office’s leadership and financial operations, reportedly raising questions about the management of a tax-exempt cash fund tied to the department.
Sumter Police Veteran, Pastor Charged With Assaulting Student In Cafeteria

1 week ago | fitsnews.com | Andrew Fancher

A multi-decade law enforcement veteran from the Midlands region of South Carolina has been criminally charged with assaulting a juvenile while serving as a school resource officer, according to agents with the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED). Gerald Richardson, 57, was charged with third-degree assault and battery last week — and booked into the same detention center where he once worked and spent decades transporting detainees: the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
‘Too Old for This BS’: Veteran Cop Charged After Years of Heavy-Handed Policing

1 week ago | fitsnews.com | Andrew Fancher

A veteran South Carolina law enforcement officer has returned to the private sector after a well-documented tenure of excessive force allegations ended in criminal charges, following a referral and investigation by agents with the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED). Since being released on his own recognizance last month, David Sean Jordan has faced renewed scrutiny — as past use-of-force records resurface, exposing potential civil risk for the agency that last employed him.
DeSantis Discovers Political Gravity in Dismal New Polling

1 week ago | fitsnews.com | Mark Powell |Michael Blackmon

With the country still recovering from last year’s presidential campaign, the 2028 race seems eons away – except for those in the political crowd. Activists and operatives – the ones who shape elections before they happen – always have one eye fixed on the current moment and the other on what lies around the bend. For Republicans in particular, the coming cycle will bring something new: it will be the first time in 12 years the name “Trump” hasn’t appeared on primary ballots (or so we think).