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Man caught on camera punching adult store worker arrested

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man wanted for punching a store employee in the face outside an adult video store. Lorenzo Patterson, 31, has been charged with 3rd-degree assault and battery. On September 26, Authorities say the an This Is It Video employee was outside the store, smoking a cigarette, when Patterson, seen in the video above, approached…

Supreme Court reinstates South Carolina ballot witness requirement

(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) By: JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats had sought to have the requirement put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Republicans had defended it as deterring fraud. While the high court reinstated the requirement, voters have already started returning ballots. The court said that any ballots cast before the court’s action Monday evening…

Early voting begins in South Carolina; hundreds show up in Richland Co. to cast their votes

People can vote early up until 5 p-m on November 2

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Monday marked the first day of early voting for the November election, and thousands showed up at voting offices across the state to make their voices heard. In Richland County, as many as 500 voters waited in line Monday morning to cast their vote. Some waited for up to three hours for the opportunity to vote,…