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Suspect accused in deadly DUI of Spring Valley graduate speaks

ORLANDO, FL (WFTV) — Following the death of the Spring Valley High School graduate last week in Florida,  the man accused in the hit and run appeared in court today, facing new charges for her death. ABC’S  Lauren Seabrook was at the courthouse in Orlando Monday and spoke to Yousuf Hasan directly. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, Local News

Exclusive: Surveillance video captures rescue at Shem Creek following dock collapse

by Rachel Ellis

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — ABC News 4 obtained 911 calls and exclusive surveillance video on Sunday that documented the frantic moments after the dock gave way at Shem Creek on Saturday night. Partygoers dropped into the water and bystanders rushed to help. Surveillance video captured people getting out of the water. If looked closely at that dock in the video,…

Columbia native dies week after hit-and-run crash; suspect rearrested for homicide

By: Sarah Wilson

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hours after friends and family gathered at UCF for a prayer vigil in her honor Friday night, UCF senior London Harrell was pronounced dead and the man suspected of striking her in a hit-and-run crash was rearrested, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators said Harrell, 21, was struck before 1 a.m. June 22 on Napiers Circle and…

One person arrested in connection to North Myrtle Beach sexual assault

by Sydney Glenn

A 32-year-old man was arrested Friday in North Myrtle in connection to a sexual assault on June 25th, according to a spokesperson for the City of North Myrtle Beach. Derby C. Sykes of Bladenboro, North Carolina is charged with criminal sexual conduct, third degree. Police say Sykes allegedly made contact with a 16-year-old girl who was swimming in the ocean…

Alabama woman Marshae Jones faces manslaughter charge after death of fetus

By EDITH HONAN

After Marshae Jones was shot in the stomach, she lost her pregnancy. Now, a grand jury has indicted her for manslaughter in the death of her unborn fetus, while declining to hand up a criminal indictment against Ebony Jemison — the woman who shot her during a scuffle between the two women. Despite the grand jury indictment. prosecutors in Jefferson…

Resolution approved to name road after Florence County investigator Farrah Turner

FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — The South Carolina General Assembly has approved a resolution to name the Highway 378 Bypass over Highway 52 in Lake City the “Farrah Turner Memorial Bypass.” Turner died three weeks after being shot while trying to serve a search warrant at a Florence home. A total of seven officers were shot and five survived. Turner and…

S.C. trooper who died in off-duty incident to be laid to rest Saturday

by Matt Dillane

GREER, Conn. (WTNH) — A South Carolina Trooper who passed away earlier in June will be laid to rest on Saturday, June 29th. Officials announced that visitation and funeral services were being held for South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper First Class Jesse D. Cannon. Visitation is set to take place from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church located…

SC man in hospital after being hit by falling tree

by Tonya Brown

MARLBORO COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — A man is in a hospital after being hit by a falling tree during Saturday’s storms on Marlboro Street in the McColl area of Marlboro County, according to McColl Police Chief Billy Stubbs. Stubbs said he’s not sure of the man’s condition. The man’s relative said he’s in the intensive care unit at a Florence hospital…

Man possibly killed by alligator on Kiawah Island

by Drew Tripp

KIAWAH ISLAND, SC (WCIV) — Officials are trying to determine if an elder man found dead Saturday, June 22, at a pond on Kiawah Island was killed by an alligator. The man’s body was found shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, about 2 hours after authorities say they were first notified of a missing person from property adjacent to the pond. The…