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Midlands woman arrested on drug charges

Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Investigators say they found meth, crack, and heroin in a woman’s car during a traffic stop earlier this month. Deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department say Tina Dent of Gaston was stopped for a moving violation along I-20 when drugs were found in a shopping bag in her car. She has been released on bond….

SC high court hears 1st suit in monument protection law

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Supreme Court has heard its first challenge to the state law protecting Confederate and other historical monuments since it passed 21 years ago. Justices on Tuesday questioned not only if the entire Heritage Act was constitutional, but if a clause that requires a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to remove or alter any…

Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Dylann Roof’s attorneys argue the “delusional belief” of the man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should have meant he couldn’t represent himself at trial. Attorneys told an appeals court Tuesday that Roof’s theory that he’d be saved by white nationalists – but only if…

Local leaders, activists reflect on one year death anniversary of George Floyd

COLUMBIA (WOLO): Tuesday, May 25th, marks one year since the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old black man killed at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked a racial justice movement and demands for police reforms across the country. Here in the midlands, local leaders and activists are reflecting and looking to move moving forward in the wake of Floyd’s death. …