WLTX wins award for kidnapping coverage

Local CBS affiliate WLTX-TV has been honored with an Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of Vinson Filyaw, the man who kidnapped a 13-year-old Kershaw County girl and kept her in an underground bunker for four days.

The story “Filyaw’s Letters” also featured the legal battle surrounding letters Filyaw sent to WLTX. “Filyaw’s Letters” was chosen from an initial pool of 3,459 submissions.

The Radio-Television News Directors Association has presented the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in electronic journalism since 1971.