A former detention officer was arrested in connection to an alleged assault.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Recently released e-mails show SCANA executives were receiving money, even after the abandonment of the VC Summer Project. The emails, which were released by Govenor Henry McMaster’s office, show SCANA billed state-owned utility Santee Cooper for $5 million in performance bonuses. More than 3 million of those payments were billed in Augus after the VC Summer…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – A Florida father is dealing with an unimaginable tragedy after his wife and two children were killed in a freak accident in Orangeburg County. It happened around 1 a.m. Monday near Holly Hill, where I-95 and I-26 meet. Officials said the car struck a nine-foot-long alligator, ran off the road into a tree, then caught fire. The…
CANADYS, S.C. (WCIV) – Seventeen people were hurt when a chartered bus carrying students and chaperones from a North Carolina high school chorus team crashed on Interstate 95 in Colleton County early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 1:10 a.m. near the 68-mile marker on I-95 between Walterboro and St. George, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue Chief Barry McRoy. The…
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (KATV) — A Forrest City police officer was shot and killed inside his home in West Memphis Saturday, according to the West Memphis Police Department. Officer Oliver Johnson Jr. was off duty at the time of the shooting and was not the intended target, according to West Memphis police. It happened at the Meadow Apartments in West Memphis…
One of the passengers on the Southwest flight which made an emergency landing following engine failure has filed a lawsuit against the airline, as well as the makers of the plane and engine. When the engine exploded, pieces of it blew out a window on the plane, causing a woman to be killed when she was partially sucked out the window. Lilia…
Verne Troyer the actor best known for playing Mini-Me in the “Austin Powers” series, and for being one of the shortest men in the world, has died at the age of 49. “It is with great sadness and incredibly heavy hearts to write that Verne passed away today,” a photo posted on Instagram Saturday read. It is with great sadness…
Holly Hill, S.C. (WCIV) — The Holly Hill Police Department reports that a major fire is burning at a scrap metal yard called Don’s Car Crushing in Holly Hill. Police asked motorists to avoid the road SC Hwy. 453. According to Orangeburg County Fire District, the fire started at 4:30 p.m. Fire departments are fighting the blaze with several water sources from…
NEW YORK (KABC) –Beyonce is donating $100,000 in scholarships to students attending historically black colleges and universities. The Homecoming Scholars Awards Program, which was announced on Monday, gives a $25,000 scholarship to a chosen student from four universities – Tuskegee University Iin Alabama, Bethune-Cookman University in Florida, Xavier University of Louisiana and Wilberforce University in Ohio. The funds will go toward…
PHILADELPHIA (WTVD)- Starbucks apologized and confirmed it is looking into an incident that led to the arrest of two men at a Philadelphia location earlier this week. Video of that arrest posted to Twitter now has more than 2 million views and has also prompted an internal investigation within the Philadelphia Police Department. @Starbucks The police were called because these…
