COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the kidnapping and armed robbery of a man with special needs Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the 44-year-old was forced into a car at gunpoint in the 3000 block of River Drive,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A woman from Buffalo, New York, was arrested while yelling at people attending a Statehouse rally organized by the South Carolina Secessionist Party. The Department of Public Safety says 27-year-old Jatonia Devina Sanford was arrested Sunday…
HOPKINS, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating a death in Hopkins. Richland County Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says a 65-year-old woman was found in a home on Quail Hills Drive around 7 p.m. Friday. The…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington County Sheriff's Department officials say they arrested an 18-year-old West Columbia man, after he took packages off doorsteps. Authorities say Ryan Huff is charged with petty theft. That's a misdemeanor in South Carolina. They say he…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating a deadly shooting at an apartment complex near the Red Roof Inn on Berryhill Road. Investigators say the victim is a 35-year-old black male. They say he was driven…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--Columbia police are looking for two men they say shot and killed a therapy dog. Investigators say Harlem, a dog used to treat depression, was shot and killed during a robbery attempt Thursday on Ardincaple Dr. If you…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is requesting the community’s assistance identifying a suspect wanted for attempted murder. Sheriff Lott said that just before 7 a.m. Saturday, November 21, deputies found a victim lying in the roadway near Castle Pinckney…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the name of the individual that died Thursday, as a result of a moped crash last Saturday in the 300 block of Taylor Street . Watts said 61-year-old Johnny Sparrow of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- The Midlands Gang Task Force arrested ten people after receiving complaints of gang and illegal drug activity in the Bethel Bishop Apartments. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott stated that the MGTF consisting of the Richland County…
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) -- As the clock strikes midnight, some 6,000 Army soldiers from Fort Jackson begin heading home for the holidays. In an annual tradition at the Army's largest training installation, soldiers start to leave in the early…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina has 40 new Highway Patrol troopers. Local media outlets…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The unemployment rate in South Carolina dropped again in November, the sixth straight month the rate has declined. The state Department of Employment and Workforce announced on Friday that unemployment was 5.5 percent last month, down…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- On Thursday afternoon, Richland Two parents along with several organizations including Color in Change delivered a petition with more than 150,000 signatures to solicitor Dan Johnson's office. The petition is in support of dropping the…
The Lexington County Sheriff's Department offers advice on how to prevent theft during the holidays.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Two refugees from Syria have relocated to South Carolina and, despite the wishes of Gov. Nikki Haley, another Syrian family is coming. A Social Services Department spokeswoman tells local media that two Syrians were relocated to…
FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) -- Carolina Harbor Waterpark is taking shape at Carowinds, the theme park that straddles the South Carolina-North Carolina state line south of Charlotte. Local media outlets report that reporters…
Holly HILL, S.C. (WOLO) - A Holly Hill man is behind bars after officials with the Holly Hill Police Department say he exposed a 5-year-old girl to HIV after sexually assaulting her. The…
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Officials with the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department say that a boy reported missing has been found safe in New Hampshire. 7-year-old Charles Chandler was never enrolled in school since he left Kershaw County, on November 24…
Local sheriffs speak out about residents taking up arms in light of recent attacks.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A group of black parents plans to present…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV/AP) - The call to remove the Confederate Flag hanging in The CItadel's Summerall Chapel will begin again, Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday night after meeting with the school's president and commanding officer. Sharpton told members of the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A several months long investigation lead to a large drug bust in Richland County. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said that on Friday, December 11 several law enforcement agencies made multiple arrests on various charges after receiving an…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington County Sheriff's officials say more arrests are likely as an undercover investigation into prostitution continues. "We're using these arrests to put these types of people on notice," says Lexington County Sheriff's…
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department have busted three massage parlors as part of an undercover operation targeting prostitution. 34-year-old Sun Ah Cho, 47-year-old Ae Seon Lee, 59-year-old Ok J Park and 54-year-old Meijuan Yu, 54 have been charged…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department are requesting the community’s assistance identifying two suspects wanted for two counts of fraud. On Saturday, November 28, the two suspects allegedly went to the Walgreens located at 1223 St. Andrews…
