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Kanye West in Charleston, dines at Tu restaurant

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – Kanye West is in Charleston. The often-controversial entertainer was spotted Saturday night having dinner at the restaurant Tu on Meeting Street. West reportedly dined with famed actor and screenwriter Danny McBride, according to Christian Senger of Holy City Sinner. McBride has frequented Charleston since filming his HBO series “Vice Principals,” in which he also starred. There’s…

SCANA executives take home $5 million in bonuses

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…

17 hurt in charter bus crash on I-95 in South Carolina

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…

Arkansas police officer shot and killed inside his home

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…

Several county fire departments working to contain major fire at Holly Hill scrap yard

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…

Beyonce donating $100,000 in scholarships to historically black colleges

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…