Victoria Hansen
Reporter, ProducerVictoria Hansen is our Lowcountry connection covering the Charleston community, a city she knows well. She grew up in newspaper newsrooms and has worked as a broadcast journalist for more than 20 years. Her first reporting job brought her to Charleston where she covered local and national stories like the Susan Smith murder trial and the arrival of the Citadel’s first female cadet.
An opportunity to anchor the news for an ABC affiliate took her to Nashville, Tennessee. But summer vacations were always spent in Charleston. She moved back in 2006 to the city she calls home to anchor and report again at the tv station where she began.
Victoria has volunteered and served as a spokesperson for numerous nonprofits. She has been honored with multiple Emmys as well as a Community Service Award from the South Carolina Broadcasters Association. It is her passion for community service that brings her to South Carolina Public Radio.
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Former Mount Pleasant police chief Carl Ritchie has won the Charleston County Sheriff's race, returning the office to Republican leadership as it was for decades.
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Republican incumbent Nancy Mace wins a third term representing the coastal 1st Congressional District.
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Some voters find shorter lines as they cast ballots following record early voting across the state. Many say they're ready for this election to end.
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A political newcomer tries to unseat Nancy Mace in a redrawn district meant to lean Republican.
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Attorneys at Justice 360 fight for Richard Moore's life as he faces his third execution date, this time November 1.
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Charleston County is opening its emergency operations center as it does during hurricanes to quickly respond to threats and misinformation on election day.
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A three-day strike by the International Longshoremen's Association has been suspended allowing time for negotiations on wages.
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It took decades of work and numerous police agencies, but investigators now know what happened to 51-year-old Leola Etta Bryant after she vanished from a North Charleston bar in 1974.
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Alex Murdaugh's appeal of a 40-year federal financial crimes sentence is denied but he's filed others, in his double murder conviction.
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The Coast Guard completed its hearings on why the Titan submersible imploded last year as it was taking passengers to view the Titanic, killing everyone on board.