IMAGE COURTESY ORANGEBURH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)– Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says investigators are searching for an Orangeburg County man who may have information about a recent murder. “We have learned from the autopsy that the victim suffered blunt force trauma to the upper body,” the sheriff said. “We need to speak with this person of interest…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)– Get those clear bags ready. Beginning Friday, August 19, Lexington School District Two says it will implement a clear bag rule at athletics events. Per the District: Approved bags Clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC bags that do not exceed 12″ x 6″ x 12″. A logo no larger than 4.5″ x 3.4″ can be displayed on one…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Bond was revoked today for Curtis Smith, the alleged accomplice of former attorney Alex Murdaugh. Assistant attorney general Creighton Waters was seeking the revocation due to Smith allegedly misrepresenting his financial situation and GPS tracking him going to locations not agreed upon at his bond hearing. Defense for Curtis Smith argues that Smith believed that trips to…
Source: KCSO Kershaw Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Turns out Social media threats made against Lugoff-Elgin High School actually came from more than 4,500 miles away in Hawaii According to the Kershaw Co. Sheriff’s Office the FBI and the Honolulu Police Department made contact with the juvenile they say made the threats and his parents. Earlier this week officials with the Kershaw…
Source:KCSO Kershaw Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies with the Kershaw Co. Sheriff’s Office say around 1pm Thursday they along with Camden Police responded to a call of someone threatening to use a gun at Walmart in Camden. Deputies say they saw the suspect leaving Walmart and a chase ensued on Springdale Rd. reaching speeds of up to 90 mph. According to…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say the body of a man who disappeared on Lake Murray has been found. Officials say the body of Terrance Butler, 31, of Edgefield was found near Dreher Island State Park in Newberry Co. yesterday. According to investigators on July 31st the boater jumped off the boat and did…
CLARENDON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)– Georgia Pacific is expanding operations in Clarendon County. The company is expected to invest approximately $40 million into the project, according to the Governor’s office. Georgia Pacific is one of the world’s leading makers of tissue, pulp, packaging and building products. According to a release, the company currently operates five manufacturing facilities in South Carolina, collectively…
(AP)– U.S. gas prices have dipped under $4 a gallon for the first time in more than five months. AAA says the national average is $3.99 for a gallon of regular. That’s down 15 cents in just the last week, and 68 cents in the last month. Gasoline peaked at around $5.02 a gallon on June 14. Motorists in California…
Monica Rivers is seeing who she calls her angel again, for the first time since her accident.
That angel, is ABC Columbia News anchor Curtis Wilson. “He means the world to me. Had it not been for him at that time, the angel that god sent to me. I know we all have angels. God has ones assigned to us. And if it was just for that moment on that date, Curtis Wilson was the angel assigned to Monica Rivers,” Rivers says.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Serve and Connect is hosting a “Be Safe Block Party”. You and the family can celebrate the community with free food, music, games, and interact with local law enforcement. It takes place Thursday, August 11 from 4 to 6 pm at the Katheryn M. Bellfield Cultural Arts Center. Organizers say the ‘Be Safe Block Party’ series is…
