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SC EMD officials monitoring Hurricane Florence

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The South Carolina Emergency Management Division says it is monitoring Hurricane Florence. According to SC EMD, forecasters say the storm could affect the East Coast next week. SC EMD says local and state agencies have been notified to be ready to respond, if the need arises. According to the EMD Director, “We’re watching Hurricane Florence very closely and…

UPDATE: Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office identify man in “suspicious” death near SC State campus

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office have identified Keyshawn Johnson, 22, as the man found at University Village across from South Carolina State University. Johnson was found with multiple gunshot wounds in his car, and an autopsy is  scheduled for tomorrow. Johnson was not a student of the university. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – ABC Columbia news has…

$100,000 + stolen property in Orangeburg recovered

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office investigators are seeking 40-year-old Terry Blewer Jr. and 34-year-old Michelle Pendarvis in connection with multiple items recovered at Blewer’s Bonner Avenue residence. Sheriff Leroy Ravenell announced that more than $100,000 worth of stolen items have been recovered in the Santee area after a concerned citizen gave a tip. “There has just been…

Camper reported missing from Santee located safe says Sheriff

ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)–A camper reported missing from Santee has been located in good condition, according to Sheriff Leroy Ravenell. Ravenell, in a release, says the camper was missing from Santee State Park. “We are extremely pleased this lady has been returned to her family after having spent a night in a large wooded area near Lake Marion,” the sheriff said….

Update on Fatal Accident on 1-26 in Orangeburg County

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–We have an update on a deadly crash in Orangeburg County Tuesday morning. It happened around 4am on I-26 Eastbound near mile marker 151, say troopers. SC Troopers say the driver of a 2007 freightliner tractor trailer veered off the road and struck a bridge column. Troopers say the driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown…

Orangeburg Co. Deputies are investigating a suspicious death

ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)- Investigators are looking into a suspicious death that happened Friday afternoon. Just after 1 p.m. a caller reported seeing an individual on the ground in a driveway near the junction of Joe Jeffords Highway and Pineland Street, Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. Orangeburg County Sheriff’s investigators arrived and find a male lying beside on overturned moped in the driveway,…