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For a home garden, you may want a medium-sized trellis as it tends to flower at the ends of vines.

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison after conviction in double murder trial during his sentencing at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on Friday, March 3, 2023 after he was found guilty on all four counts. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

March 25, 2023 — A debrief of the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh; the latest on the resignation of embattled South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom over a $3.5 billion accounting error; a look at the potential economic impact of Scout Motor's production facility in the Palmetto State; and more.

A native honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens is a native, non-aggressive honeysuckle wonderfully attractive to pollinators, including hummingbirds and butterflies.

37-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy is a political outsider and successful multi-millionaire bio tech entrepreneur and asset manager, as well as author of the books Woke, Inc. and A Nation of Victims. Ramaswamy is the son of Indian immigrants, he was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated with a biology degree from Harvard and a law degree from Yale. He spoke at the Palmetto Family Council’s Vision ’24 National Conservative Forum in North Charleston on March 18, 2023.

SC Lede: Trail Bites — March 23, 2023

On this edition of South Carolina Lede: Trail Bites for March 23, 2023, we take in depth look at remarks from Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy at the Palmetto Family Council’s Vision ’24 National Conservative Forum in North Charleston on March 18, 2023.

Women’s professional tennis returning to Charleston for 51st year

One of the largest professional women’s sporting events is returning to the Lowcountry soon and will be sure to once again generate significant economic activity for our state. Mike Switzer interviews Bob Moran, tournament director of the Credit One Charleston Open coming April 1-9 to Daniel Island, SC.

Careers post criminal life

We keep hearing about companies having a really hard time finding qualified employees. There simply are lots of job openings all across the country. Our next guest is trying to help with this situation by working with the business community to find careers for former prison inmates. Mike Switzer interviews Bryan Stirling, director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections in Columbia.

Mystery bones

A listener reports on a Cub Scout field trip, during which some skeletal remains were found.

SC Business News Update from Alan Cooper

An update of the news, events and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community. Mike Switzer interviews Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in South Carolina: MidlandsBiz, UpstateBizSC, and LowCountryBizSC. Disclaimer: Alan Cooper’s company has a business relationship with Voterheads.com, an affiliate of Magnolia Media, which is the producer of the South Carolina Business Review.

Pater, Botticelli, and Bach

Walter Pater was an influential 19thcentury English author and critic, and in 1870 he wrote a fascinating essay about the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley autographs campaign signs after her rally at Horry Georgetown Techinical College Myrtle Beach campus on Monday, March 13, 2023. Haley spoke to a group of about 1000 folks in her first rally in South Carolina since she announced her campaign on Feb. 15 in downtown Charleston.

SC Lede: Nikki Haley — South Carolina Stumpin'

March 21, 2023 — Comments from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on former President Donald Trump's pending indictment; a recap of Nikki Haley's recent presidential campaign stop in Myrtle Beach; the latest on investigations into South Carolina's Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's $3.5 billion accounting error; and more.

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