Tyler Manion
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Savannah, Ga.
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Tyler Manion is the Lowcountry reporter for WTOC. He joined the team in June of 2021, shortly after graduating from Arizona State University.
Before finishing college Tyler covered events like the 2020 election, the women’s triathlon national championships, and everything in between. He was even awarded the Broadcast Education Association’s award for best collegiate television news anchor and placed second in the Hearst TV News Competition.
Although he grew up in the Philadelphia area, Tyler has been visiting Hilton Head Island every year since he was four months old and has loved the Lowcountry his whole life.
Have a pizza or cheesesteak recommendation? Or maybe even a story idea? Email him at tyler.manion@wtoc.com.
Updated: 46 minutes ago
|By Tyler Manion
Cyber security is a growing national concern, with experts saying the field has hundreds of thousands of job openings across our country.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Tyler Manion and Paige Phillips
A Burton firefighter was injured while battling a house fire early Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 5:03 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
A cherished local business in Glennville is severely damaged after a fire Sunday evening.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
One family is left displaced after a house fire.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 11:55 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
As St. Patrick’s weekend comes to a close we know the thousands of tourists that came into Savannah from all over will take themselves and their dollars back home, bringing an end to a lucrative few days for our local businesses.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
Business was booming all around Savannah on St. Patrick’s Day.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
It’s Java Burrito’s first St. Patrick’s day in Savannah.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
While the parade is not until Friday, folks all around Savannah are already celebrating.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
There are 30 to 40 bands that are going to be performing in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Friday.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
Lowcountry leaders are looking to plan ahead as one town council is making a specific list of their top priorities for the coming years.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
While Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities are coming up later this week, other part of our area celebrated over the weekend like Hilton Head Island, which had events Saturday and Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:20 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Hilton Head’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities are ready to go this weekend as the town will host its festival Saturday and a parade on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 5:28 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion and Flynn Snyder
Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife and son.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 4:45 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Alex Murdaugh’s legal team didn’t shy away from the elephant in the room during their closing argument on Thursday.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 5:31 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion and Alyssa Jackson
Closing arguments began Wednesday in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:14 PM EST
|By Paige Phillips and Tyler Manion
The defense officially wrapped up their case Monday in the Murdaugh double murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:37 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Alex Murdaugh’s legal team finishing their case Monday with a mix of experts and emotions calling John Marvin Murdaugh, Alex’s youngest brother.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:29 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion and Paige Phillips
The defense rested its case Monday afternoon in the Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:20 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
As the state’s cross examination continued, the lead prosecutor focused on Alex Murdaugh’s new alibi that he unveiled Thursday on the stand, saying he was in fact at the kennels with his wife and son moments before they were murdered.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 6:24 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion and Paige Phillips
Alex Murdaugh decided to take the stand on day 23 of his trial.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Wednesday is day 22 of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial. He is accused of killing his wife and son.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
The defense continued their case Wednesday morning, calling a three-decade long friend of Alex’s to the stand.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Paige Phillips and Tyler Manion
Tuesday marks day 21 in the Murdaugh double murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 5:24 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
With their final witness on the stand, the state tying all the data they’ve presented over the last three and a half weeks together into one final timeline.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
A fiery series of back and forth exchanges started day 20 of the Murdaugh trial in Colleton County, as the defense cross examined the lead SLED agent on the roadside shooting investigation.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:44 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Judge Clifton Newman started day 19 of the Murdaugh murder trial with authority, explaining why he changed his mind and will now allow further evidence of the roadside shooting into this trial.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 3:16 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Alex Murdaugh’s alibi about where he was on the night his wife and son were killed, and when, is a key part of the murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 5:21 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Maggie Murdaugh’s only sibling took the stand Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 4:53 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
It was an emotional morning for Alex Murdaugh, as the forensic pathologist who did the autopsies for Maggie and Paul returned to the stand.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 1:53 PM EST
|By WTOC Staff and Tyler Manion
Two jurors in the Murdaugh murder trial have been dismissed after testing positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Paige Phillips and Tyler Manion
Friday was day 15 in the trial for Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 6:06 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Before the jury could come back for the afternoon session on the 14th day of trial, the defense tried to prevent the state’s next witness from testifying, but Judge Clifton Newman overruled their objection.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 5:25 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion and Paige Phillips
Thursday marks day 14 in the Murdaugh murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 6:20 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion, Max Diekneite and Paige Phillips
The courtroom was evacuated during the Murdaugh murder trial on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 4:35 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Tuesday was the first time the jury got to hear about financial crime charges against Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 9:43 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
For three years Mushelle Shelley Smith was the caretaker for Alex’s mom, known as Ms. Libby
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:38 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion and Max Diekneite
The judge has ruled to allow testimony related to Alex Murdaugh’s financial criminal charges in the double murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:18 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
On the second day of the Murdaugh murder trial, Judge Clifton Newman said he would allow ballistics testimony. Ballistics is essentially like a fingerprint for a gun.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 2:59 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
The 10th day in the Murdaugh murder trial started without the jury as a hearing continued about whether financial crime charges against Alex Murdaugh can be used in the double murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 6:17 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Day nine in the trial of Alex Murdaugh started with a Snapchat video taken by his son, Paul, the night of the murders.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:54 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
The morning session of day nine was dominated by a hearing without the jury, as Judge Newman considered whether or not charges against Alex Murdaugh for financial crimes should be allowed to be included as evidence for the double murder trial.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Disbarred Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh walked into the Colleton County courthouse about a half hour before day eight of the murder trial began.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
It was the defense’s turn to cross examine a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agent Tuesday morning in the trial of Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:39 PM EST
|By Paige Phillips and Tyler Manion
The lead investigator in the murder case against Alex Murdaugh took the stand again Monday morning.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 6:38 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
An eventful week in the Murdaugh murder trial came to a close Friday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:07 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion, Paige Phillips and Sarah Winkelmann
The prosecution will begin calling its first witnesses Thursday as it tries to prove former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:08 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
With a full row of family just two rows behind him, Alex Murdaugh and the jury listened to opening statements from both the prosecution and defense Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:32 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
Jury selection began Monday for the double murder trial against former attorney, Alex Murdaugh.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 4:28 PM EST
|By Tyler Manion
South Carolina state leaders are now taking sides in a zoning conflict in Beaufort County over restricting development on Saint Helena.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 1:30 PM EST
|By Paige Phillips and Tyler Manion
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion to bar the state prosecution from using blood spatter testimony at trial.
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