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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Blue lights and crime scene tape surrounded several blocks of a Charleston area suburb Sunday night as SLED was called out to investigate its seventh officer involved shooting in as many weeks.
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Alex Murdaugh’s rubbed his furrowed forehead with unshackled hands and took notes Tuesday as Judge Jean Toal laid out strict parameters for how a retrial hearing will proceed at month’s end.
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In her later years, Josephine Wright of Hilton Head Island became a symbol for saving the rapidly disappearing land of the direct descendants of enslaved Africans. But this weekend she was remembered by loved ones for her giving spirit.
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Josephine Wright, a South Carolina woman who fought developers on Hilton Head Island, has died. She had celebrity support for her cause of trying to keep her home.
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Alex Murdaugh's defense team and the state submit briefs to the state Supreme Court this week as a new judge prepares to consider granting the convicted murderer a new trial because of jury tampering allegations.
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South Carolina boasts nearly 200 miles of ocean coastline. Yet, it has one of the highest rates of households without enough to eat. Now struggling fishermen are teaming up to help feed those in need.
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Details of the Daufuskie Island ferry service's new embarkment point on Hilton Head Island are still being worked out, even as it faces a deadline to move from Bluffton by year's end.
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Victims of Alex Murdaugh who watched and waited while the once powerful attorney stood trial for murdering his wife and son finally got their day in court this week. They faced the towering man who’d promised help in their darkest hours, and then, betrayed them.
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Charleston County religious leaders met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month as the feds warn of an increased risk of attacks on houses of worship.
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Victims of Alex Murdaugh expressed anger and forgiveness as they confronted the disbarred attorney who stole millions from them.