Author: Rob Dew

USGS Confirms Midlands earthquake

  Columbia S.C. (WOLO)–Per SCEMD the USGS has confirmed a 2.4 magnitude earthquake occurred Friday night in the Midlands at 8:47pm. In addition the SC Office of Regulatory Staff confirms the loud boom heard/felt in the Midlands Friday night was a relief valve on a natural gas line near Saluda Dam. ORS says the valve activated to prevent a rupture…

Woman accused of removing inmate’s monitoring device

Courtesy: LCSD Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)–Lexington Co. deputies say Whitney Ainsworth, 33, removed a GPS monitor from an inmate’s ankle. Investigators say the monitor was placed on the inmate as a condition of his bond set back in May. Deputies say Ainsworth, who is associated with a local bail bond company, was arrested and released on bond Monday. Tampering with a…

Sumter man charged with sexual assault of a minor, attempted murder

Courtesy: SCSO Sumter, S.C. (WOLO)–The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after they say he encouraged a young girl to leave her home without her parent’s permission– then shot at her father. Investigators say Steven Bethea engaged in sexual battery with the girl who was between the age of 11 and 14 and then tried to get her to…