Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies with the Lexington Co. Sheriff’s Dept. are looking for a suspect in an August 24th shooting that left one man dead. Investigators say Jamal Coburn is wanted in connection with the death of Corey Jamison. According to deputies the shooting happened on Riverbend Dr. If you know where Coburn is call the Lexington Co. Sheriff’s…
Columbia Police mourn death of K-9 TurboCourtesy CPD Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– A Columbia police officer is suspended after he left his K9 partner alone in a car for eight hours. Thursday afternoon Chief Skip Holbrook announced K9 officer Turbo died in July after being left in Officer David hurt’s patrol car from 7:30 in the morning until 3:30 that afternoon…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)– Lexington police are looking for a man they say inappropriately touched a woman in Target on Sunset Blvd. Investigators say on August 10th the suspect approached the woman and began touching her on her inner thigh. When she confronted the suspect, investigators say he claimed it was an accident and and walked away. Police describe the suspect…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Governor Henry McMaster says Santee Cooper is a “rogue agency” after the board’s decision to postpone a meeting scheduled for Monday. The governor says the decision violates the Freedom of Information Act by not providing enough notice of the postponement. The board’s decision was announced Friday. The governor added that the decision to postpone the meeting prevents Charlie…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– A new food to-go app is delivering 200 jobs to the Midlands. According to the company, Waitr is a restaurant on-demand app that will debut in Columbia this Thursday. The app will compete with similar services like Grub Hub, Uber Eats, and 256-ToGo. A spokesperson for Eaitr says several area businesses have signed up for the service….
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–South Carolina’s largest provider of behavioral therapy for children with autism is paying the federal government $8.8 million to settle fraud allegations. After an investigation the US Attorney’s Office says the EAP submitted false claims to Tricare and the South Carolina Medicaid programs for therapy services for children with autism. Officials say those services were misrepresented, or not…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– A former lieutenant with the Department of Juvenile Justice will spend a year in prison after pleading guilty to hog-tying two inmates for making too much noise. According to the US Attorney’s Office, Nicole Samples was sentenced Thursday for depriving the teens of their civil rights. Prosecutors say in January of 2017 Samples ordered guards to tie…
Courtesy:@ColaFire Forest Acres, S.C. (WOLO)– 21 people including seven children are out of their home after fire tore through an apartment complex. A spokesperson for the Columbia Fire Department says it happened around 10PM Wednesday night at the Landings apartment complex in Forest Acres. No injuries were reported and the cause remains unknown at this time. The Red Cross is…
A Kershaw county man accused in several crimes that’s landed him behind bars three times in 5 months finds himself in trouble with the law, again.
A former special education teacher at Lexington Elementary School teacher will spend the next seven years in prison.
