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New details released in fatal accident involving concrete truck

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Columbia Police have released additional information in a fatal accident involving a concrete truck and a cyclist. Police say the truck was traveling south on main street and had a green light while turning right onto Calhoun St. At the same time, investigators say, a bicyclist was riding east on the sidewalk. As the bicyclist turned onto…

Deputies: Suspect arrested in ’24 stabbing death

Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– A man wanted in connection with a murder last year was arrested in Horry County. Lexington County deputies say Horry County Police arrested Donovan Holman after he was reported as an unwanted person at a home. Investigators say he is charged with murder in a stabbing at a home on Oak Ridge Lane last July. Another…

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets, meant to quickly stop his heart, struck him lower than expected, according to a pathologist hired by his attorneys. The lawyers called it a botched…

SC Health Dept. urges moms to make health a Mother’s Day priority

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Mother’s Day is this weekend and the state Department of Public Health is encouraging all moms to make their physical and mental health a priority. Officials with the department say they have a wide array of services available for women at every stage of motherhood ranging from maternity care to screenings for cancer and heart disease. “It’s easy…