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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…

Update: Missing 4-year found in Alabama, suspect arrested in Mississippi

UPDATE (10:00 p.m.)(WOLO, WCIV) – Authorities confirmed that Thomas Lawton Evans, the suspect in the case of the missing four-year-old from South Carolina, has been taken into custody. He was arrested in Mississippi Wednesday night. UPDATE (9:00 p.m.) – Authorities have released a name and picture of a suspect in the case of the missing four-year-old found safe in Alabama….

Search for Missing Charleston 4-Year Old Girl Underway

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) – State and federal law enforcement agencies are searching for a missing child in Charleston County, S.C. The missing child is Heidi Renae Todd, 4, of 2985 Sweetleaf Lane, on Johns Island. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has issued a statewide BOLO for the child. Police say the child has sandy brown hair and was…

‘Horrific Murder Spree’ Leaves 5 dead in Kentucky: Sheriff

Five people are dead, including a male suspect, after separate shooting attacks at a house and an apartment complex in northeast Kentucky Saturday, officials said. Two victims were found dead in a home in Paintsville around 3:30 p.m. Then, in a search for suspect Jospeh Nickell, two additional victims were found dead at an apartment complex, the Johnson County Sheriff’s…

Amtrak train appears to have been on wrong track in crash that killed 2, SC governor says

COLUMBIA, SC (ABC NEWS)– A Miami-bound Amtrak train appeared to be on the wrong track when it collided with a freight train in South Carolina early Sunday morning, killing two people and injuring 116, officials said.  http://abcnews.go.com/US/amtrak-passenger-train-collides-freight-train-sc-injuries/story?id=52826058 The two people who died were the train conductor and engineer, said Margaret Fisher, the Lexington County, South Carolina, coroner. South Carolina Gov….

Top Recruit Zion Williamson Commits to Duke

ESPN,( WOLO)–Spartanburg high school standout Zion Williamson announced his pick Saturday night. Zion is headed to Duke University to play for the Blue Devils. The University of South Carolina and Clemson were among his choices. Williamson thanked both Clemson and South Carolina for their recruitments. “I still have a lot of for my state. I love my state to death,”…