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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…

3 dead after car swept away in NC flood waters

3 DIE AFTER CAR SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS

LINCOLNTON, N.C. – Three people are dead after a car hydroplaned off the roadway due to rising waters and ended up in Rock Dam Creek in Lincolnton, officials say. The crash happened around 7:50 p.m. along N.C. 27. North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers said the car hydroplaned, went off the roadway, hit a tree, and landed on its side with all…