Author: ABC Columbia Staff

Dead Inmate Lexington April
Lexington, Local News, News

SLED investigates death of federal inmate

Authorities tell ABC News the inmate was found dead Saturday night
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: Lexington Sheriff’s Department(Inmate: Charles Carlisle Plumley) Lexington  SC (WOLO) — The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is trying to determine how an inmate in Federal custody died over the weekend. According to deputies, 39 year old Charles Plumley was in the custody of U.S. Marshals while being housed at the Lexington County Detention Center. Investigators say Plumley had been transported…
Local News, News, Richland

CPD searches for gunman after one shot downtown

At last check one person was transported to an area hospital
ABC Columbia Staff,

FILE Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Police Department is investigating a shooting they say took place downtown just before 7pm Monday evening. Officials say the incident happened in broad daylight in the 2400 block of  Millwood Avenue at the intersection of Gervais Street.  At last check the victim has been transported to an area hospital for treatment. No word…
Local News, News, Richland

Man armed with guns arrested for trespassing on school property

Deputies say the incident took place Friday afternoon at Dutch Fork High school
ABC Columbia Staff,

FILE Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a man they was carrying a stolen weapon on school property Friday afternoon. According to deputies,  20 year old Tyshawn Isaiah Lightbourne from Irmo, along with an unidentified woman were approach by a Dutch Folk School Resource Officer (SRO) after a school administrator notified the officer the…
Local News, News, Orangeburg

SC State University gears up for ‘Parade of Champions’

The event was postponed twice due to COVID concerns
ABC Columbia Staff,

Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) — South Carolina State University students, staff, and alumni will finally be able to celebrate the Bulldogs victory in both academics and athletics during the long awaited ‘Parade of Champions’. The event was put on hold twice over the course of one month, after school officials say several student athletes tested positive to COVID. The off, on…
Local News, News, Politics, State

ACLU wins settlement to remove some from Sex Offender Registry

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — In a settlement agreement with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson along with State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel those wrongly convicted of sodomy in the state of South Carolina will now be taken off of the Sex Offender Registry in the Palmetto State. The announcement comes after arguments in Mary Geiger Lewis’s courtroom Friday,…

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