RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Deputies are investigating after a man was found shot in Richland County on Sunday. The incident happened in the 1100 block of Hallbrook Drive at 5:40 a.m. Deputies say they found a man who had been shot in the upper body laying on the ground. The man was transported to the local hospital where he was…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – A prosecutor says he will decide by January will decide how to handle a dozen other charges still pending against a former South Carolina sheriff convicted earlier this year. A judge sentenced ex-Greenville County sheriff Will Lewis to a year in prison in October for using his power and office to push a personal assistant to…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC(WOLO)- Deputies are investigating after a man was fatally shot after attempting to break into someone’s home Saturday morning. The incident happened in the 3900 block of Wellesley Drive at 6:15a.m. Prior to the shooting, deputies responded to a domestic call at the same location, but one of the parties had left the scene. Officials say the man…
James “Radio” Kennedy, a man with an intellectual disability who befriended a high school football team in South Carolina and was the inspiration for the 2003 film “Radio,” died Sunday morning.
KERSHAW ,SC (WOLO)-Deputies are investigating after a Midlands gas station was burglarized twice. On 11/30/2019 and 12/13/2019, the Wrightway BP Gas Station on Highway 34 in Ridgeway S.C. was burglarized. The suspect(s) took over 50 cartons of Newport Cigarettes valued at over $2,000 during both incidents, according to deputies. KCSO investigators believe that there may have been two separate individuals…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Richland County deputies are looking for a man who robbed a thrift store at gun point on Friday. The incident happened at the His House Ministries Thrift Shop River Drive at 2:00p.m. The victim told deputies that a man entered the store and tried on a hat. When the clerk went to the register, the suspect pointed a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–If you are looking for some holiday fun this weekend, you might want to check out the new light display at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds. The State Fair is holding its first drive through light show, Carolina Lights is happening now through December 28, 2019. The show features more than 100 led light displays, 25 dancing Christmas…
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — *NOTE: This story contains elements that some may find upsetting* Officials at Coastal Carolina University said they’re looking into a “disturbing” video spreading across social media. In the video, which was taken off campus, a student is shown mocking an interracial couple sitting at a bar. At one point, the student says, “…Never seen anything more…
Charleston, SC (WOLO) — A former volunteer at a low country church was sentenced to 75 years in prison for molesting boys as young as three in a bathroom during a children’s program. 29 year old Jacop Hazlett was convicted on six charges related to four of the 15 children police have identified as victims of sexual abuse at Newspring…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –For the last eleven years, the South Carolina Department of Corrections and Columbia International University have teamed up to give inmates a chance to earn a college degree. On Friday, twelve men at Kirkland Correctional Institution walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. With an Associates of Arts degree, they will serve under parish chaplains and…
