Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joining other states and businesses filing paperwork Friday to begin court proceedings against the federal government’s vaccine mandate for private employees with 100 or more employees. Attorney General Wilson releasing a statement Friday, saying, “Unlike the Biden administration, the judges with whom our petition has filed will consider the constitution. The…
(Courtesy: RCSD1) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– A spokesperson for Richland Co. School District says two Hand Middle School students were taken to the emergency room Tuesday after reportedly getting sick after eating gummies. School administrators are investigating but Columbia Police say a 14 year old has been charged with possession of hash oil. District spokesperson Karen York says she is told…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)– UPDATE: The Lexington Police Department says Brendon Edwards was found on the campus of River Bluff High School. Officials say he was hiding in the woods before walking out to first responders. ORIGINAL POST (10/29/2021 3:02 p.m.) Lexington Police say they are searching for a missing River Bluff High School Student. Investigators say Brendon Edwards left campus…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Columbia police say two suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting death of a seven year old boy. Wednesday evening Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook announced Travon Wilson and Kwatez Carter are charged with murder in the 2020 killing of Knowledge Sims. Knowledge SimsCourtesy: Columbia Police Department Chief Holbrook says the lack of cooperation in the…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies in Lexington Co. say a man and a woman are accused of trying to get drugs and other contraband to her son and another inmate inside the Lexington Detention Center. Deputies say Cassandra Shanklin and Hunter Warren are charged with furnishing or possessing contraband, criminal conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent…
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Lancaster Co., S.C. (WOLO)– A spokesperson for the SC Department of Corrections says an inmate at an Upstate prison assaulted a guard and held him against his will. Officials say it happened at Kershaw Correctional Institution in Lancaster County Monday. We’re told the inmate stabbed the corrections officer four times with a homemade weapon. Officials say no other inmates participated…
Courtesy:LCSD Cayce, S.C. (WOLO)–Two more suspects are in custody in connection with the death of a 30 year old Cayce woman. A spokesperson for the Cayce Department of Public Safety says Charles Craft and Michael Ponder are both charged with accessory after the fact in the murder of Heather Jordan. Police say the men helped the man suspected in her…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–According to the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday a federal district court granted a request to block South Carolina’s ban on mask mandates in schools. A spokesperson for the organization says the court ruled that the state’s budget provision prohibiting schools from imposing mask mandates for students and teachers discriminates against students with disabilities in violation of Title…
Image: lexrich5.org/ihs Irmo, S.C. (WOLO)– Irmo High School students moved to virtual learning Friday after comments made by a student on social media. The Lexington County Sheriff’s office is investigating releasing this statement: “We’re looking into comments made by a suspended Irmo High School student in a social media video. While we continue efforts to review the contents of the…
