LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- A motorcyclist is dead after a hit and run on I-20 in Lexington Saturday night. The wreck happened on I-20 Westbound near exit 63 shortly before 10:00p.m. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the motorcyclist as Jeffrey Jay Wurtz, 44, of Columbia. Wurtz was pronounced dead at the scene from his injuries, according to Fisher. Officials say…
WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The City of West Columbia has started a new campaign that will hold residents responsible for littering. The campaign was created in hopes of keeping waterways and roadways clear of trash. City officials say people are dumping tons of their trash onto city streets. On Friday, sanitation crews picked up more 2.25 tons of garbage…
The City of Columbia has renamed a street in the Midlands in memory of Dr.Emily Clyburn.
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-The person who died after a boating incident on Lake Murray has been identified. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Stanley Virgil Kiser,68, was the driver of a pontoon boat that was struck by another boat. Kiser died at the scene. An autopsy indicated that the cause of death was due to multiple massive blunt force traumas…
Chapin, S.C. (WOLO)– A man is facing felony charges after one man was killed during a boat crash on Lake Murray Saturday night. According to SCDNR, it happened near Johnson Marina Rd, Saturday night. Tracy Gordon, 53, is charged with three counts of felony BUI after the boat he was driving hit a pontoon boat. A man in the pontoon…
Two men were shot and killed in Sumter Wednesday morning.
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Columbia city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass three ordinances that take aim at gun violence and hate crime. The first, a Gun-free School Zone ordinance that makes it illegal to carry within 1000 feet of schools. The second, an Extreme Risk Protection law, which gives law enforcement and family members the power to take guns away….
Horry County,SC (WOLO)- An important night in the run up to the Democratic primary. Four of the presidential hopefuls stopped by at the historic Galivants Ferry stump. An old tradition with a new twist. The Galivants Ferry stump hosting presidential candidates. “I just want everybody to educate themselves and go out and vote,” voter John Dabrowski said. An important stop…
Horry Co., SC (WOLO) — Monday night Democratic Presidential candidates head to the historic Galivant’s Ferry for an old fashioned stump in Horry county. ABC Columbia’s Alexis Frazier is there and brings us a preview of this one of a kind event. Stay tuned for ABC Columbia news at 11PM, where Alexis will have more from the more than 100…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Officials are looking for an inmate who walked out of a detention center Sunday morning. The South Carolina Department of Corrections says inmate Shane Adams,39, walked away from Livesay Correctional Institution and Reentry Center around 11:30am. Adams is described as 6 feet tall with red hair, blue eyes and weighs 242 pounds. He has a tattoo of “No…
