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SC State Museum Hosting Spring Events

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina State Museum may have the answer for what to do this Spring Break.  The museum is hosting Spring Break camps and a spring deal to see the new planetarium show, free, starting March 31 through April 30.  Here’s a list of events from the South Carolina State Museum: Black Holes The immensity and power of…

‘You Need to Check on Them:’ Family Gives Warning After Man Found Unconscious in Jail

Conway, SC (WPDE — A family is left with questions after 25-year-old Christopher Bennett was found unconscious in his cell at J. Reuben Long Detention Center Saturday morning. “He’s going to find positive out of the negative and he’s going to keep everybody happy. That’s the kind of person he was,”said Emmanuel Hill, describing his brother Christopher. Christopher Bennett was a father,…

Victims of The Quadruple Homicide Have Been Identified by The Charleston County Coroner

Victims of the Atlanta Dr. homicide, from Saturday morning, have been identified by the Charleston County Coroner. Joseph Manigault, 72, Rose Manigault, 69, Kenya Manigault, 42, Faith Manigault, 15, all from Mt. Pleasant. According to the coroner, the cause of death is pending investigation and completion of autopsies. Charleston County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating. The suspect, Lovequawn Scott was in bond…

Charleston County Deputies: 4 Bodies Found in Mt. Pleasant Home, Suspect in Custody

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – Just before 11 a.m. Saturday, Charleston County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to 2751 Atlanta Dr. in unincorporated Mt. Pleasant for a disturbance call. When deputies arrived, they saw two deceased bodies in the garage of the residence of Atlanta Dr., Captain Roger Antonio, public information officer, said. Deputies said the bodies were a male and…

Everything to Know About The National School Walkout on March 14

Students, teachers, parents and administrators across the country are invited to take part in a National School Walkout this month in a call on Congress to pass tighter gun control laws. The ENOUGH National School Walkout will be held on March 14 — exactly one month after the mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people and…

SC Dept. Consumer Affairs: Biggest Scams Report

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs has just released a new report showing the top scams in 2017. According to the the latest numbers, more than 14 hundred scams were reported 49 percent of them were imposter scams. Officials say 11 percent were from sweepstakes and and another 9 percent made up fake debt collections…

Heidi Todd’s mother released from hospital, family releases statement

Charleston, S.C. (WCIV) – Charleston Police Department just released a statement from the Todd family. They were victims of an alleged attack and a kidnapping almost two weeks ago to the date. Today, officials say Heidi Todd’s mother, Brittany, has been released from the hospital. Below is a statement from the Todd family. “Thank you to the entire community for…

Legal Medical Pot Doesn’t Lead to Increased Use in Teens, Research Shows

With medical marijuana already legal in 29 states and even more states considering legalization, some believe that the inevitable next step is an increase in recreational marijuana use among adolescents, but a new study published today in Addiction busted that myth. “We had done an earlier study published in the Lancet in 2015 of a million adolescents that were surveyed yearly between…

Survivor of Florida School Shooting Used His Body as Human Shield to Protect Classmates

When he and his classmates came face-to-face with a gunman shooting up their Florida school, Anthony Borges put the lives of others before his own, a friend who survived thanks to the teenager and his father told ABC News. A soccer player at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 15-year-old Anthony placed his body between alleged mass killer Nikolas Cruz and…