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Assistant Digital Content Manager, FOX Carolina News 5l1022
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Amanda Shaw

Amanda Shaw is the assistant digital content manager for FOX Carolina. f13v

Amanda ed FOX Carolina as a web producer in 2014 and has worked as an executive producer for both broadcast and digital platforms.

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  • FOX Carolina News

    • Regional
    Charli XC Cow, a robot calf from PETA urging people to shop vegan leather.

    Why a robot calf is confronting shoppers in South Carolina 5u4c

    Updated: Apr. 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Animal rights organization PETA set the Charli XC Cow loose to approach people wearing leather and ask, “Are you wearing my mother?”

    National
    Brad Sigmon, 67, elected to die by firing squad, citing concerns about the suffering he would...

    Firing squad executes convicted killer in South Carolina for first time in state’s history 5g253n

    Updated: Mar. 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw and Jordan Gartner
    A South Carolina man was executed Friday night after being on death row for over two decades.

    Regional
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    ‘People should be ashamed’: Black history reaction shocks S.C. cops 6y3p46

    Updated: Feb. 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    A South Carolina police department decided to discontinue a series of posts for Black History Month due to the “unfathomable” negative response.

    Regional
    South Carolina escaped monkeys

    S.C. monkey lab’s CEO has a very blunt word for PETA to consider 565065

    Updated: Jan. 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM EST
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    By Staff and Amanda Shaw
    The CEO of a South Carolina primate research facility has blunt words for one of the animal rights organizations calling for the facility to be shut down.

    National
    Deputies were requested by Prisma Hospital to investigate a casing involving a hospitalized...

    Mother’s boyfriend accused of killing 4-year-old with special needs: ‘She was my entire world’ 4oyq

    Updated: Jan. 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw and Gray News staff
    Investigators allege the suspect caused “non-accidental trauma” to the 4-year-old victim.

    National
    According to investigators, a 17-year-old employee was killed in a collision involving a...

    ‘Gut-wrenched’: Cause of death revealed for teen employee killed in accident at fun park 592d6l

    Updated: Dec. 31, 2024 at 1:09 PM EST
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    By Anisa Snipes, Amanda Shaw and Emily Van de Riet
    Officials are revealing more details about the death of a 17-year-old employee involving go-karts at a fun park in South Carolina.

    Regional
    According to investigators, a 17-year-old employee was killed in a collision involving a...

    ‘Gut-wrenched’: S.C. community mourns teen killed at fun park 29693w

    Updated: Dec. 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM EST
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    By Anisa Snipes and Amanda Shaw
    An 11th-grade employee of fun park was operating a go-cart when it collided with an industrial forklift that was also being operated by another employee.

    Regional
    WHNS - Wallaby on the Run

    Runaway wallabies recaptured after escaping S.C. petting zoo 431x1f

    Updated: Dec. 27, 2024 at 11:23 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Creed and Sylvester escaped the petting zoo at the Nights of Lights event in Simpsonville. Creed was recaptured Thursday and Sylvester was caught Friday.

    National
    Investigators said they quickly determined her disappearance was suspicious.

    Missing 18-year-old found dead after not showing up for work; 2 arrested 1y4k43

    Updated: Dec. 14, 2024 at 12:12 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw, Kennedi Harris and Jordan Gartner
    Investigators are investigating the death of a young woman in South Carolina.

    Regional
    Sugarplum was found in a home with her human family who died weeks earlier.

    S.C. dog found alive in home with family who died weeks earlier 2s4d34

    Updated: Dec. 13, 2024 at 2:30 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    “We can’t fathom the fear, panic, and confusion she must have felt for so long. Waiting for someone to her, to care about her,” shelter says.

    Regional
    PETA’s newest complaint contains hundreds of documents allegedly released by a whistleblower...

    New 270-page federal complaint filed against monkey research center 5r3k4o

    Updated: Dec. 10, 2024 at 11:33 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    PETA’s newest complaint contains hundreds of documents allegedly released by a whistleblower at the facility.

    Regional
    X-ray of monkey with fractured arm released by Alpha Genesis whistleblower

    Monkey deaths, prior problems at research center, whistleblower reports 5wa70

    Updated: Nov. 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Moldy food, traumatic injuries and cage escapes – these are just some of the concerns outlined in documents from a whistleblower about conditions at a South Carolina monkey research facility.

    Regional
    Richard Moore is scheduled to be sentenced to death on November 1 in South Carolina. His...

    Richard Moore executed after clemency denied 294e2m

    Updated: Nov. 1, 2024 at 7:33 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Governor Henry McMaster, the last chance for death row inmate Richard Moore’s life to be spared, declined to grant clemency on Friday.

    National
    Nurses there brought their hospital beds together so they could continue to be by each other’s...

    Nurses help couple injured in Hurricane Helene stay together in hospital 28634y

    Updated: Oct. 23, 2024 at 12:09 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Emily Van de Riet
    Nurses in North Carolina went the extra mile to keep a couple together after Hurricane Helene.

    National
    An elderly North Carolina man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of killing a bald eagle.

    91-year-old man pleads guilty in federal court to killing bald eagle 3n4iq

    Updated: Oct. 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Gray News staff
    An elderly North Carolina man pleads guilty in federal court to charges of killing a bald eagle.

    National
    Susan Smith is serving two life sentences for the murders of her sons, 3-year-old Michael and...

    Susan Smith, in prison for killing 2 young sons, caught talking to documentary filmmaker 5r1e5k

    Updated: Oct. 15, 2024 at 10:32 AM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw, Grace Runkel, Catie Bussman and Gray News staff
    Susan Smith, who is serving life in prison for the murders of her two sons in 1994, was convicted of a new disciplinary violation after a hearing in October.

    National
    Couple gets married at Biltmore with help of guests and staff stranded during Hurricane Helene.

    Biltmore staff, guests throw impromptu wedding for couple stranded by Hurricane Helene 5p3r59

    Updated: Oct. 7, 2024 at 8:34 AM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Gray News staff
    For more than a year, Jansen and Travis Putnam planned to get married at the Biltmore Estates on Sept. 28. But their plans took an unexpected turn.

    Regional
    The State of South Carolina had not carried out an execution since 2011 before Freddie Owens'...

    What is next for S.C. death row after Freddie Owens’ execution? 271e2x

    Updated: Sep. 23, 2024 at 12:45 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    After South Carolina executed its first inmate in more than a decade, many are wondering what is next for the other men on death row.

    National
    Mabel, formerly named Elena (seen as a kitten on the left), was returned to the shelter...

    Blind, special needs cat returned in box to shelter: ‘She was so confused’ 5qq4h

    Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 5:13 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Emily Van de Riet
    A special needs cat was recently returned to a South Carolina shelter in a box without explanation.

    Regional
    whns-State tracking 800+ sexual assault kits

    Nearly 900 rape kits now being tracked in South Carolina 2293e

    Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Grace Runkel
    After years of waiting, hundreds of sexual assault evidence kits have been logged into new tracking system, finally giving survivors the tools to follow updates about when forensic testing is done.

    National
    FILE -- Police say Shelley Strickland started taking money from a South Carolina church in...

    Woman accused of stealing $400K from church she worked at for vacations, dinners 92e5w

    Updated: Aug. 9, 2024 at 6:40 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Jordan Gartner
    Police say Shelley Strickland started taking money from a South Carolina church in 2019 to pay for credit cards and personal expenses.

    Regional
    FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on healthcare...

    S.C. Republican Party accuses Harris campaign of ‘illegal money grab’ hhp

    Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 at 6:44 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    The South Carolina Republican Party has ed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission regarding the transfer of money from the Biden campaign to the Harris campaign.

    Regional
    Suspect known as "Chicken Man" has reportedly stolen more than $12,000 worth of meat from Food...

    Fowl play: ‘Chicken Man’ steals $12K in meat from stores in Carolinas 4isl

    Updated: Jul. 21, 2024 at 9:30 AM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    The "Chicken Man" has been roving the Carolinas using a bar code scam to swindle grocery stores out of more than $12,000 worth of meat. That's no poultry sum.

    Regional
    Terrier Jane and a deer were recorded 'playing' together in Greenville, SC

    WATCH: S.C. dog and deer ‘played like they knew each other’ 243z1n

    Updated: Jul. 12, 2024 at 12:15 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Chuck Johnson recorded his terrier Jane playing with a deer after she came out of the woods while they were hiking in an area along the Reedy River.

    National
    Litter of puppies left in a plastic tote bin near a bridge in the Asheville area.

    Dehydrated puppies found in hot plastic bin near bridge i1u3d

    Updated: Jul. 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Amanda Alvarado
    The puppies were extremely dehydrated.

    Regional
    This Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 image shows a man in a blue checkered shirt and tan hat -...

    Furman fires tenured professor who went to far-right rally 4x5c27

    Updated: Jun. 13, 2024 at 2:23 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Chris Healy was photographed in a crowd of people brandishing symbols of white supremacy like a large swastika flag and a tattoo of the SS bolts of Nazi .

    Regional
    Rayan Al-Nasser (left) and Zakaria Chaar

    2 S.C. teens drown after being dared to jump off bridge into lake 2a474h

    Updated: May 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM EDT
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    By Anisa Snipes and Amanda Shaw
    Students from South Carolina were in a group chat, challenging each other to jump into Lake Hartwell. The dare turned deadly.

    National
    The Pickens County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as 16-year-old Rayan Al-Nasser...

    2 teens drown after being dared to jump off bridge into lake, deputies say 244b4x

    Updated: May 20, 2024 at 3:59 PM EDT
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    By Anisa Snipes, Amanda Shaw and Emily Van de Riet
    Two high school students in South Carolina died after they were dared to jump off a bridge and into a lake, deputies said.

    National
    A 3-year-old boy named Bennett is in critical condition after he was pulled from a burning...

    Boy, 3, badly burned after father set truck on fire, jumped out window during chase, officials say 2b4s1i

    Updated: May 11, 2024 at 12:55 AM EDT
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    By Alvieann Chandler, Amanda Shaw and Gray News staff
    A father was arrested after authorities say he kidnapped his 3-year-old son, assaulted the boy's mother and took deputies on a chase that ended with a fiery crash.

    National
    Rhoudy was surrendered to an animal shelter with a heartbreaking note written by a child who...

    ‘I will miss you’: Dog surrendered to animal shelter with heartbreaking note 5w5k9

    Updated: May 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Dorothy Sedovic
    The black and white pup named Rhoudy was transferred to Greenville Humane Society from a partner shelter with a bed, toys and a handwritten note from a child.

    Regional
    Left to right: Freddie Fish Sr., Freddie Fish II, and Hope Fish

    S.C. teen weighed 47 pounds at death; family charged 1h6p1f

    Updated: Apr. 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM EDT
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    By Anisa Snipes and Amanda Shaw
    Three family have been charged in connection to the disturbing death of a special needs 13-year-old from Spartanburg County.

    National
    Freddie Fish Sr., Freddie Fish II and Hope Fish are charged in connection to the death of a...

    3 family charged in death of teen boy who weighed 47 pounds 195062

    Updated: Apr. 26, 2024 at 6:51 AM EDT
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    By Anisa Snipes, Amanda Shaw and Gray News Staff
    The teen was supposed to be on multiple medications, but his mother was not giving them to him, investigators said.

    National
    Creshaun Rainey is charged for the crash involving a cement truck that resulted in the death...

    Cement truck driver charged in death of baby 1r3o17

    Updated: Apr. 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM EDT
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    By Amanda Shaw and Gray News staff
    The driver of a cement truck involved in a pileup that resulted in the death of an infant has been charged, officials said.

    Regional
    School bus slams into South Carolina home

    School bus slams into South Carolina home, destroying it 2h301f

    Updated: Apr. 16, 2024 at 1:58 PM EDT
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    By Anisa Snipes and Amanda Shaw
    A school bus ran off the right side of a road, overcorrected, and went across the left side of the road, slamming into and destroying a mobile home.

    Regional
    Moselle Estate

    After $1M sale, buyer outlines plans for Murdaugh property 2l4g69

    Updated: Feb. 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    After a weeklong auction, the future has been announced for the Moselle Estate, which once belonged to the Murdaugh family.

    National
    Tommy was paralyzed after being shot with a BB gun, but he is recovering in a foster home.

    Kitten paralyzed by BB gun shows off new way of getting around 24x16

    Updated: Feb. 6, 2024 at 6:27 AM EST
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    By Tyler Scott, Amanda Shaw and Gray News staff
    A neurologist does not believe the kitten will ever be able to walk with his back legs again.

    Regional
    Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill is sworn in before giving testimony on alleged...

    FACT CHECK: Clerk of Court Becky Hill’s testimony on Murdaugh trial k3h3t

    Updated: Jan. 30, 2024 at 5:56 PM EST
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    By Grace Runkel and Amanda Shaw
    FOX Carolina’s Grace Runkel is fact-checking information from Hill’s controversial answers given under oath.

    National
    Finnegan, a 1-month-old puppy, was found with a broken jaw and a rubber band around his mouth.

    Animal shelter helping puppy found with broken jaw, mouth banded shut 2y5w3a

    Updated: Jan. 27, 2024 at 1:17 PM EST
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    By Tyler Scott, Amanda Shaw and Jordan Gartner
    An animal shelter says its team is helping a puppy recover from a traumatic experience.

    Regional
    Adult cicadas cover a plant, Monday, May 17, 2021, at Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion, in Chevy...

    More than a trillion cicadas to emerge in rare ‘simultaneous explosion’ this spring 4i212s

    Updated: Jan. 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    For the first time in 221 years, Brood XIX and XIII cicadas will co-emerge at the same time.

    Regional
    Sexual assault evidence collection kit, or rape kit, from the SC Law Enforcement Division (SLED)

    S.C. launches rape kit tracking but fails again to meet goal 1y4o6z

    Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Law enforcement agencies in South Carolina are beginning to use a system for tracking rape kits – more than three years after a law was ed requiring it.

    Regional
    Thermostat

    Heater was over 1,000 degrees in home where S.C. couple died 5k4x1i

    Updated: Jan. 11, 2024 at 1:07 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    An investigation into the deaths of an elderly South Carolina couple continues, as a new report shows a heater in their home measured over 1,000 degrees.

    Regional
    Media was allowed to view the exterior of the main house on the Murdaughs' Moselle hunting...

    Online auction scheduled for Murdaugh family hunting lodge 5w3f6o

    Updated: Jan. 8, 2024 at 4:52 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    The Murdaugh family’s Lowcountry hunting lodge is now scheduled for an online auction in February. It's expected to sell for over $1 million.

    National
    l. Lucas Watts, a deputy with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, was hospitalized on Nov....

    Deputy who was shot in the head speaks for the first time in over a month 4f173a

    Updated: Jan. 1, 2024 at 7:36 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw and Emily Van de Riet
    A deputy in South Carolina who was shot in the line of duty recently hit a new milestone in his recovery.

    Regional
    Corporal Lucas Watts

    S.C. deputy speaks for first time since he was shot in head 2z3k22

    Updated: Jan. 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    An Oconee County deputy who has defied all odds after being shot in the line of duty has now hit an exciting milestone in his recovery.

    Regional
    Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes during hearing in Beaufort County on Nov. 17,...

    Date set for Murdaugh hearing as defense pushes for new trial 1i3u18

    Updated: Dec. 28, 2023 at 12:45 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    Issues surrounding Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial will be back in front of a judge in January.

    Regional
    From left: Gregory Wayne Maxwell and l. Lucas Watts.

    Suspect in S.C. cop shooting has law enforcement background 291n60

    Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 2:06 PM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw and Freeman Stoddard
    Gregory Maxwell is accused of shooting through the windshield of Lucas Watts’ patrol car, leaving the deputy fighting for his life.

    Regional
    Microscope

    Group urges USC to end animal tests after new violations 5i6i41

    Updated: Dec. 8, 2023 at 11:46 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    A national watchdog group is once again calling for the University of South Carolina to stop all research experimentation on animals.

    Regional
    Corporal Lucas Watts

    S.C. deputy now breathing on his own after being shot in head 2r212g

    Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 11:37 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    The family of l. Lucas Watts, a South Carolina deputy who was shot in the head during a pursuit in November, said his recovery continues to be a “roller coaster ride.”

    Regional
    Corporal Lucas Watts

    S.C. sheriff says ‘miracle’ saved deputy shot in head 274pf

    Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 11:29 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw
    "I saw a dead man come back to life": After a deputy was critically wounded in the line of duty, a sheriff said he believes a miracle occurred in Greenville.

    National
    Corporal Lucas Watts is in critical but stable condition after he was shot in the line of duty.

    ‘I saw a dead man come back to life:’ Sheriff says miracle saved deputy who was shot in the head 3q4c3l

    Updated: Nov. 21, 2023 at 8:57 AM EST
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    By Amanda Shaw and Amanda Alvarado
    During a Sunday morning service at Westminster First Baptist Church, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw shared the extent of the deputy's injuries with the congregation.

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