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Wilson joins call for Google not to censor Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Image: Austin Page/ABC Columbia Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a letter urging search engine Google not to censor crisis pregnancy centers from search results . Crisis pregnancy centers are often faith-based operations that provide alternatives to abortion including counseling and pre-natal care.“There’s no legitimate reason for Google to use its corporate power to discriminate…

Court to hear Planned Parenthood injunction request on SC 6-week abortion ban

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–South Carolina’s six week abortion ban is once again going before a judge. Next Tuesday Planned Parenthood will seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block South Carolina’s ban on abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. A lawsuit filed last week asserts that the abortion ban violates South Carolinians’ state constitutional rights to…

Car belonging to missing Columbia woman found in Georgia

Source: CPD Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Columbia police say a car registered to a woman who had been reported missing was found in Georgia. Investigators say Georgia state troopers found a 2013 black Toyota Corolla registered to Shauna Brown on I-20. Troopers say it appears the car ran off the road and down an embankment making it not visible from the road….

Upstate teen accused of killing 4 year old sister

Greenville, SC (WOLO) — A 17-year-old is facing charges after his 4-year-old half-sister was found dead behind an upstate home Tuesday. Greenville County investigators say they believe William Hester suffocated and killed Joanna Lockaby. Deputies say Lockaby was initially reported missing around 2:15 Tuesday afternoon, before her body was found in a plastic bin behind the home she shared with…

Lucas named VP of Govt. Affairs for Prisma

Source: Prisma Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–The former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives has landed a new job. Wednesday Prisma Health announced Jay Lucas has been named the medical group’s senior vice president for government affairs. Officials say Lucas will be responsible for working with government on the local, state, and national levels on behalf of Prisma. “I am…