Final weekend of the 2021 South Carolina State Fair
If you still haven’t made it out to the South Carolina State Fair, this is the last weekend the Midway will be open!
Local News
Sumter PD: Woman charged with fatal shooting at apartment on Broad Street
The Sumter Police Department says one woman is in custody after a shooting at a Broad Street apartment left another woman dead.
Could a vaccine mandate for City of Columbia employees be on its way?
With private companies issuing vaccine mandates in Columbia, the city itself has yet to do so for its employees. The city audited its workforce last month and found that just more than half of employees were vaccinated. Since offering a $500 incentive to get the shot, that percentage is up to 78%.
Clarendon Co. Sheriff’s Office: Five facing assault, conspiracy charges after shooting incident near apartments in Manning area
According to the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office five individuals have been arrested after shots were reportedly fired near an apartment complex on Westwood Drive and Highway 261 in the Manning area.
RCSD investigating shooting death at apartment complex on Longcreek Drive
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says it is investigating the shooting death of a man at an apartment complex in Columbia last night.
Four charged for trying to get drugs inside detention center
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies in Lexington Co. say a man and a woman are accused of trying to get drugs and other contraband to her son and another inmate inside the Lexington Detention Center. Deputies say Cassandra Shanklin and Hunter Warren are charged with furnishing or possessing contraband, criminal conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent…
SLED releases 911 call from Murdaugh’s alleged orchestrated suicide attempt
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators released a 911 call made by Alex Murdaugh during his alleged attempted suicide. September 4th Murdaugh called 911 claiming he had pulled over along old Salkehatchie Highway in Hampton County to fix a flat tire when someone pulled over and shot him. Murdaugh was shot in the head but was able…
Ex-Bamberg County council member sentenced to federal prison for lying about sex charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A former South Carolina county councilman has been given the maximum sentence for lying about an indictment on child sex charges when he tried to buy a gun. News outlets report that federal district Judge Mary Geiger Lewis told Kerry Trent Kinard on Wednesday that if she could have given him more than 18 months, she…
State Sen. Hugh Leatherman under hospice care
(AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) Columbia, S.C. (AP)–South Carolina’s oldest and most powerful state lawmaker is currently receiving hospice care after the discovery of what colleagues describe as an inoperable cancer. A GOP senator told The Associated Press on Thursday that Hugh Leatherman’s staff notified a handful of lawmakers the 90-year-old Florence Republican was recently hospitalized after experiencing severe abdominal pain. Leatherman…
Several Midlands groups taking part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In the Midlands, you can bring your unused or expired medications to several locations.
