COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–If you are looking to give the gift of life, you can attend the ABC Columbia Blood Drive. ABC Columbia is partnering with the Red Cross for this annual event. Mark your calendar for this Thursday, January 9, 2020. You can stop by the Plex at the Village at Sandhill to donate blood. Donations can be made from…
Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Richland Co. deputies are looking for a suspect they say fled a traffic stop Monday afternoon. Investigators say around 3:00 p.m., a deputy tried to stop a car on Sprott St. for a traffic violation. Deputies say the driver stopped and as they approached two suspects ran from the car. According to investigators the 17 year…
A commissary worker at Lieber Correctional Institution was arrested after she allegedly supplied an inmate with watches.
At around 5:45 a.m., Monday morning, Columbia Fire Department responded to Chain Gang Rd in Eastover for a reported house fire.
Richland County deputies say the murder rates in 2019 have dropped 22 percent from 2018, with the number decreasing from 27 to 21.
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car Saturday night. The incident happened at Wilson Boulevard and McLeod Street in Columbia around 7:15 p.m. Patrick Lydell Patterson,47, was attempting to cross the street when he was struck by a vehicle., according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. Patterson died at the scene. An autopsy indicated that…
A man has been arrested after a shooting at the Social Bar and Lounge in the Vista on Gervais Street that injured two people.
FLORENCE, S.C. (WPDE) — An officer was killed in an officer-involved shooting at the Florence Airport, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken. An official with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says the suspect initially fled the scene, but was later apprehended by Florence County Deputies. Dozens of police officers and deputies were still on the scene near…
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) – A body found in the water in South Carolina has been identified as a man reported missing last month. Mount Pleasant Police spokesman Inspector Chris Rosier says the body of 20-year-old Alexander Elliott was recovered from the water near the Wando Welch Terminal in Mount Pleasant on Thursday morning. Rosier tells the Post and Courier…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-One person is dead after a single vehicle crash on I-77 Friday morning. Paul Ivy Edwards, Jr.,74, was driving south on I-77 when he suffered a cardiac event which caused the vehicle to leave the roadway, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. Watts said Edwards was taken to a local hospital where he died. An autopsy…
