Mandy Matney

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Mandy Matney is the News Director at FITSNews. She's an award-winning journalist from Kansas who has worked for newspapers in Missouri, Illinois, and South Carolina before making the switch to FITS. She loves tacos and hates the winter (which is why she moved here). She currently lives on Hilton Head Island where she enjoys beach life. Want to contact Mandy? Send your story ideas, comments, suggestions and tips to mandy@fitsnews.com.

Henry ‘Wear A Mask’ McMaster Spotted Not Wearing A Mask Or Social Distancing At RNC

Mandy MatneyAugust 28, 2020September 2, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 28, 2020September 2, 2020

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is getting blasted from critics after he was spotted maskless multiple times at the very crowded Republican National Convention. Associated Press...

University of South Carolina COVID-19 Cases Double In A Day, 3 More Sororities Quarantined

Mandy MatneyAugust 27, 2020September 1, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 27, 2020September 1, 2020

In just one day, COVID-19 cases at the University of South Carolina (USC) doubled after 191 new positive cases were reported Wednesday, president Robert Caslen...

SC Couple And 3 Others Federally Indicted On Child Pornography Production and Sex Trafficking Charges

Mandy MatneyAugust 27, 2020September 1, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 27, 2020September 1, 2020

Five people from Anderson County, South Carolina were federally indicted for multiple child sex crimes, United States Attorney for South Carolina Peter McCoy announced Thursday. Anderson...

Four People Injured In Hilton Head Shooting Last Night, Police Say

Mandy MatneyAugust 27, 2020September 1, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 27, 2020September 1, 2020

Police are investigating......

SC County Councilman Asks For Alleged Stalker’s Office To Be Moved Away From Treasurer

Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020September 9, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020September 9, 2020

One day after this news outlet posted our story on Beaufort County treasurer Maria Walls‘s bombshell lawsuit accusing auditor James “Jim” Beckert of stalking and threatening her, a...

Former SC Middle School Teacher Arrested Twice For Involvement With Student Sentenced To Prison

Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020August 27, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020August 27, 2020

A former South Carolina middle school teacher — who was arrested twice in 2017 and 2018 for his inappropriate involvement with a student — was...

Mark Sanford: What Is Up With That Dirty Wrinkled Bedsheet Background On National TV?

Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020August 30, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020August 30, 2020

Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford announced a new non-profit group to reduce national debt on Wednesday — but that’s not the Sanford story the internet...

Myrtle Beach Police Handcuffed Mom And Daughter At Gunpoint Due To Mishap, Lawsuit Says

Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020August 30, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 26, 2020August 30, 2020

FITSNews obtained video from the incident......

Columbia Man Arrested In Hit-And-Run That Injured Man In Wheelchair, Police Say

Mandy MatneyAugust 25, 2020August 30, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 25, 2020August 30, 2020

A Columbia, South Carolina man has been arrested in the hit-and-run accident left a man in a wheelchair seriously injured last night, according to the...

SC County Official Stalked, Threatened And Secretly Recorded Female Treasurer, Lawsuit Says

Mandy MatneyAugust 25, 2020September 9, 2020

by Mandy MatneyAugust 25, 2020September 9, 2020

Case raises questions about attitudes toward female leaders in the Palmetto State's wealthiest county ......

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Henry ‘Wear A Mask’ McMaster Spotted Not Wearing A Mask Or Social Distancing At RNC

University of South Carolina COVID-19 Cases Double In A Day, 3 More Sororities Quarantined

SC Couple And 3 Others Federally Indicted On Child Pornography Production and Sex Trafficking Charges

Four People Injured In Hilton Head Shooting Last Night, Police Say

SC County Councilman Asks For Alleged Stalker’s Office To Be Moved Away From Treasurer

Former SC Middle School Teacher Arrested Twice For Involvement With Student Sentenced To Prison

Mark Sanford: What Is Up With That Dirty Wrinkled Bedsheet Background On National TV?

Myrtle Beach Police Handcuffed Mom And Daughter At Gunpoint Due To Mishap, Lawsuit Says

Columbia Man Arrested In Hit-And-Run That Injured Man In Wheelchair, Police Say

SC County Official Stalked, Threatened And Secretly Recorded Female Treasurer, Lawsuit Says

Woman is elected president of the world

Man eats a hamburger from 1937

North Charleston Councilman Accuses Cop Of Falsifying Police Report

‘You Got a Vendetta’: Bowen Turner Arrest Video Released

Murder Rap: South Carolina Police Officer Charged In Chick-fil-A Shooting

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