Author: ABC Columbia Staff

Lawyers will represent family of S.C. inmate who died in custody

The death of Butler remains under investigation by RCSD

Image: ABC Columbia FILE Columbia, SC (WOLO) — A pair of civil rights attorneys in South Carolina say they have questions about an inmate’s death at Alvin S.  Glenn Detention Center. Attorneys Bakari Sellers and Audia Jones with the Strom Law Firm say they’re representing the family of Lason Butler. Butler, a 27 year old Orangeburg resident, died February 12th…

Richland One Superintendent holds ‘State of the District’ address

Dr. Witherspoon focused on upcoming goals, managing the pandemic

Richland Co, SC (WOLO) — Richland One Superintendent Doctor Craig Witherspoon held his ‘State of the District’ address Tuesday evening. Dr. Witherspoon focused on his goals for the district in the coming years and also touched on how the district not only has been able to manage the COVID-19 pandemic but find a way thrive. Dr. Witherspoon has served as…

Woman accused of stabbing man with broken liquor bottle

The suspect is charged with Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature

Image: Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Lexington, SC (WOLO)— The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Leesville woman accused of stabbing a man with what witnesses tell authorities they believed to be a broken liquor bottle. Deputies say 28 year old Artatyania Francis was involved in an altercation with a man in the 400 block of Galleon Road in Batesburg…

SC Dept. of Ed to treat pandemic related mental health

The department will work with Children's Trust of South Carolina to train districts

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The State Department of Education is taking steps to recognize and treat the impacts of the pandemic on the mental health of children in South Carolina. Monday the department announced a partnership with the Children’s Trust of South Carolina which will allow each school district to have a representative trained in a program designed to recognize…