WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote to approve Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court – before her confirmation hearings have even ended. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham scheduled a committee vote for 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, Graham is wielding the gavel in the performance of his political life. Once a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health wants to help in the fight against the flu. The hospital system announced they will be administering free flu shots in Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Kershaw and Sumter counties. The flu shot is available for anyone six months and older. PER PRISMA: Flu shots will be administered by drive-through, with the exception of the 9 Medical Park…
The Columbia Police Department says they arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred on Rosewood Drive this weekend. Authorities say 21-year-old Ra’Keesh Youmans has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the cause of death of missing University of South Carolina student, Samuel Laundon. An autopsy determined that Laundon died of blunt force trauma to the head and body.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says they are investigating an officer involved shooting that took place in Marion County on Sunday morning.
Officers with the Town of Lexington Police Department say they are searching for a runaway 17-year-old girl who left her home overnight. Officials say they were dispatched to a residence on Creek Side Lane in Lexington where they discovered that Meredyth Conrad had ran away from her home.
A former Lexington County Detention Center officer has been arrested for her alleged role in an assault for hire scheme last year.
South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person died after a fatal collision in Orangeburg Sunday morning. Troopers say it happened on U.S. Highway 321 near Crim Road around 3 a.m.
In a statement from University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen, the Richland County Coroner’s Office confirmed the death of previously missing UofSC student, 19-year-old Samuel Laundon.
The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office says Joshua Williamson, the man accused of trying to kill his parents on October 3, has been arrested.
