Officials investigate reports of gas near Allen Benedict Court apartments/Matt Perron Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The former residents of Allen Benedict Court now have better access to housing after two deaths and multiple gas leaks forced more than 400 people from their homes. Friday the city of Columbia announced the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided $1.6 million…
Officials investigate reports of gas near Allen Benedict Court apartments/Matt Perron Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–A 4th lawsuit has been filed against the Columbia Housing Authority after two people were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at Allen Benedict Court apartments. The law suit obtained by ABC Columbia through the Richland Co. clerk of court’s office was filed by former residents of…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia police say two people were shot and killed Thursday morning on Alcott Drive. Police say they were called to Willow Run apartments just after 9 a.m. A spokesperson for the police department says investigators and patrol officers are talking with people at the scene to gather additional information. At this time no arrests have been…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–A shared parenting event at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center shed light on the child benefits of 50-50 custody. Capitol for Kids is part of the *fathers rights movement* and *equal shared parenting* tour aims to spark legislative change and ensure children have equal access to both fit and loving parents, regardless of marital or relationship status of…
FOREST ACRES, SC (WOLO) – A manhunt continues Wednesday for a man suspected of robbing a Forest Acres bank at gunpoint Tuesday (2/5). Wednesday morning the Forest Acres Police Department announced they believe Samuel Neathery is no longer in the Forest Acres area. Chief Gene Sealy says Neathery has been entered into NCIC nationwide database and a warrant has been…
Forest Acres, S.C. (WOLO) — A manhunt was underway in Forest Acres, most of the day Tuesday, after police say a man and a woman robbed a bank on Forest Drive. Investigators say around 10am Tuesday the man and woman robbed South Carolina Federal Credit Union. Police say when officers arrived the male suspect went back inside the bank and…
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Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–The Columbia Housing Authority is facing two new lawsuits in the wake of two deaths and the evacuation of more than 400 residents following the discovery of gas leaks at the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex. One of them is a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Derrick Roper, who was found dead in his…
Richland County Sheriff’s deputies say a former Dutch Fork High School assistant principal previously accused of drug-related charges is now facing seven additional charges.
