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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After hinting for months about a possible bid, Nancy Mace announced Monday she is running for governor, hoping to replace Henry McMaster whose term expires in 2027. -
The toppled statue of John C. Calhoun will soon change hands from city storage to a group with plans to display it again, five years after its removal. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Yemassee's primate research facility must better protect thousands of monkeys or face sanctions. It's not the first time it's been warned. -
A dolphin known to local researchers as "Lucky" was rescued this weekend after becoming stranded in a shallow lagoon in the Lowcountry. -
State health officials warn against swimming along a section of Edisto Beach. -
Nearly two years after pleading guilty, Bhagavan "Doc" Antle is sentenced to a year in federal prison for trafficking exotic animals and money laundering. -
The South Carolina Shrimpers Association has filed an amended federal lawsuit in Charleston, naming more than 2 dozen restaurants it alleges falsely advertise locally caught shrimp. -
Authorities arrest a former Beaufort County man in 2-year-old missing persons case. -
As Charleston marks the 10-year anniversary of one of the nation's most horrific hate crimes, the community looks back and asks, "what's still needed to heal?" -
Authorities say a "cartel after party" in the Lowcountry led them to dozens of undocumented immigrants including alleged gang members, an international murder suspect and potential human trafficking victims.
