COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Two hikers and a dog who went missing in the Congaree national park Saturday evening have been found safe. Officials with the Columbia Fire department say the trio was last seen around 5:30 by other hikers on the other side of Cedar Creek. Crews were able to find the hikers and the dog three hours later. Park rangers want…
COLUMBIA (CNN) – Graduating seniors at University of South Carolina remember one of their own in a bittersweet ceremony. An empty seat draped with a cap and a gown marked the spot where Samantha Josephson should have been sitting. Police say she was killed in march after getting into a car she believed to be an Uber she had ordered….
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PELION,SC (WOLO)- A South Carolina woman son’s death has been ruled accidential, but she believes there is more to the story. Officials say Marcus Dwyer, 18, drowned after jumping off a bridge into the Edisto river and swimming with friends. The Pelion High School student was just weeks away from graduating before the tragedy. “I know he thought about me…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Richland County deputies are arming themselves with new technology that will create transparency when it comes to hostile situations. The new technology is called signal sidearm, it turns on a deputies body camera video once their weapon has been drawn. “Any device within 30 feet of this signal sidearm can be activated,” Deputy Tina Roy with…
RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)- One man is dead after a fight turned into a shooting in Richland County Sunday morning. The shooting happened in the 7900 block of Bluff Road at 1:30 a.m. When deputies arrived they found Richard Lamar Patterson, 31, shot in the upper body. Patterson was taken to a local hospital where he died. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts…
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A man wanted for multiple violent crimes in Sumter was captured Sunday morning. Charles Spencer Anderson,43, was wanted for armed robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder of two employees at a business near the intersection of Pocalla Road and Guignard Parkway in Sumter County on the evening of Friday. He was found based on a tip from the public. Sumter…
RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)- One man is dead after a fight turned into a shooting in Richland County Sunday morning. The shooting happened in the 7900 block of Bluff Road at 1:30 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the upper body, according to officials. The individual was transported to a local hospital and died…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Columbia police responded to a crash Saturday night after a train hit a car. The incident happened in the 5900 block of Farrow Road. Police say the vehicle was unoccupied due to mechanical problem. #CPDSC officers are on scene at the 5900 block of Farrow Rd after a train vs. vehicle collision. The vehicle was unoccupied due to…
SUMTER, SC (WOLO)-An investigation in uderway after deadly crash in Sumter County Saturday morning. The single car crash happened on US Highway 378 at 3:45am. Officials say Hunter Christmas, 21, of Biddle Road, was pronounced dead on scene. An autopsy will be performed Monday morning at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. South Carolina Highway Patrol and the…
