Author: Mike Olson

Lexington Police Department investigating reports of a fetus buried in Columbia

Sep 29, 2020 2:32 PM EDT

Mike Olson,

The Lexington County Police Department says they are investigating after several sources told them about a woman who, they say, delivered a fetus from her home in Lexington to a Columbia residence on Wallace Street where it was buried.

UPDATE: Sumter County Sheriff say missing man found safe

Sep 29, 2020 2:01 PM EDT

Mike Olson,

The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 25-year-old Jonathan Sein who was last seen by his family on August 20.

CDC releases Thanksgiving guidelines

Sep 29, 2020 1:44 PM EDT

Mike Olson,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its guidelines for Thanksgiving. Leaders say staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from the coronavirus.

Gov. McMaster signs bill allocating use of federal coronavirus aid funds

Sep 29, 2020 12:19 PM EDT

Mike Olson,

Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill on Monday that allocates how the state will spend the remaining $693 million in federal money meant to help pay for COVID-19 expenses.

City of Columbia, Black Public Relations Society, local businesses donate nearly $1000 in school supplies

Sep 29, 2020 11:34 AM EDT

Mike Olson,

The City of Columbia Office of Economic Development partnered with the Black Public Relations Society – Columbia Chapter and six local businesses to run a school supply drive benefiting Richland County School Districts One and Two.

Midlands Mugshots-September 28

Sep 29, 2020 10:49 AM EDT

Mike Olson,

Take a look at Monday’s Midlands Mugshots.

Mother of Midlands teacher who died of COVID-19 also passes away due to the virus

The mother of the Midlands teacher who passed away earlier this month from complications of coronavirus has also passed from complications from the virus.

Sep 28, 2020 9:40 PM EDT

Mike Olson, Maria Szatkowski,

The mother of the Midlands teacher who passed away earlier this month from complications of coronavirus has also passed from complications from the virus.