Florence, S.C. (WPDE) — Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from Palmer Pre Release Center in Florence County around 4:30 am Sunday, according to a news release from the S.C. Department of Corrections. Layquan Patrick Hanley is sentenced to 7 years in prison for kidnapping. He was in a minimum level security facility. Hanley is 27 years old, 5’7″ tall, with…
UPDATE: Suspect in custody after active shooter incident involving three deputies and two officers.
Three Florence County deputies and two Florence city officers were shot in an incident in the Vintage Place subdivision off Hoffmeyer Road in Florence, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.
MULLINS, SC (WOLO)- Two mental health patients died Tuesday when an Horry County Sheriff’s Office transport van drove through flooded waters on Highway 76, near Little Pee Dee River. Nearly 24 hours after the two women died, their bodies were finally pulled out of the still submerged van. Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson identified the two victims as Windy Newton,…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The U.S. Attorney’s office on Tuesday announced it has indicted Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson on fraud charges. According to a release, Federal prosecutors say the 26 count indictment includes charges for wire and mail fraud and theft of government funds. Johnson lost a bid for re election back in the June primary. Here is copy of…
Myrtle Beach, S.C. (WPDE) — Grand Strand beaches were at moderate risk for rip currents Saturday, due to Florence. Officials with the National Weather Service expect that to change, by Sunday. Water rescue officials advise beach-goers to use caution if planning a trip to the beach over the next few days. “We’re keeping in close contact with the National Weather…
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — It’s almost time to go back to school, which means it’s time to party with Hootie and the Blowfish. The 16th annual Homegrown Weekend kicked off Friday at the Volvo Stadium on Daniel Island. Just like every year, the band’s concerts this weekend are thrown to help raise school supplies for children in the Lowcountry. Loyal…
Little River, S.C. (WPDE) — South Carolina State Senator Greg Hembree is in the hospital Thursday night after suffering, what is believed to be a small aneurysm, according to 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson. Richardson says Hembree has some bleeding on the brain, but is in stable condition and awake. He will be monitored for several weeks and is currently in…
Cheraw, S.C. (WSOC) – One person was killed and another seriously injured in Cheraw, South Carolina Wednesday night while shooting off fireworks, according to police. Officers said a 24-year-old man died when an artillery shell hit him in the chest. Authorities told Channel 9 that M.C. Gallion III was with friends shooting off fireworks during Fourth of July celebrations at the…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Lowcountry elected official Katie Arrington is in a local hospital after she and a friend were seriously injured in a deadly wreck in Charleston County late Friday night, authorities say. Arrington, 47, has undergone surgery for treatment of her injuries, and is recovering in a local hospital, spokesman Michael Mule confirms. Arrington, of Summerville, is a South Carolina…
Myrtle Beach, S.C. (WPDE) — A man has been arrested on a voyeurism charge in Myrtle Beach, according to online booking records. William Richard Hilliard, 49, of Cherryvale, N.C., is accused of recording young girls who were showering on his yacht, according to testimony during a bond hearing Monday afternoon. He was booked into the Myrtle Beach jail on Monday around…
