BEAUFORT, SC. (WTOC) - [UPDATE as of 10:57 a.m. on 10/1/25] The Beaufort County Coroner’s office released the name of the victim in Monday night’s shooting. The victim, 28-year-old Christopher Burton, ...
Last fall when I was traveling in South Carolina, my friend Robin, who is a civil rights attorney, told me about Robert Smalls and showed me a plaque in his honor in Charleston. I have to admit I had ...