UPDATE: Law enforcement in Sumter say search for missing toddler now a recovery mission
UPDATE: Law enforcement in Sumter still searching for child after mother found dead
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One killed in collision on U.S. Highway 521 in Kershaw County
South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person was killed in a collision at U.S. Highway 521 near Damascus Church Road on Monday.
2 arrested for murder of Hispanic men in Sumter
SUMTER, SC (WOLO) – A 33-year-old and 17-year-old are charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting and killing two Hispanic men last month. Kelvin Bell, 33, is charged with two counts of murder after Sumter Police say on July 25th, Bell and his teenage accomplice shot and killed two Hispanic men outside a home on Bowman Drive. Authorities are still…
Concerned parents talk to Cardinal Newman’s principal after school threat
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-A group of parents are demanding answers from a midlands school after racist videos of a now former student caused safety concerns. The video shows a white teenager holding a rifle, shooting a shoe box he says represents black people all while using a racial slur. On Monday parents met with Cardinal Newman’s principal, wondering why it took so…
Police are searching for missing 5-year-old after mother was found dead
The Sumter Police Department is searching for a missing 5-year-old child after her mother was found killed inside their apartment early Monday evening.
81-year-old South Carolina photog opens civil rights museum
A South Carolina photographer has single-handedly opened a civil rights history museum, putting some of his work on display and offering first-hand accounts of the events he witnessed years ago.
SC lawmakers call for swift action on hate crime, gun control legislation
Some even called for an emergency session to vote on two bills
In response to the tragic shootings in El Paso and Dayton this weekend, several South Carolina lawmakers are calling for state and federal leaders to take action on gun control.
Deputies: Brothers charged in shooting death of missing teen after he was found dead
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office have charged two brothers in connection of a reported missing teen found dead.
Former Cardinal Newman student charged, banned from school property after violent and racially-charged videos surface
A local 16-year-old has been charged with 'Student Threats,' after videos were shared of him making racial and violent threats.
A local 16-year-old has been charged with ‘Student Threats,’ after videos were shared of him making racial and violent threats. The teen was a student of Cardinal Newman School, but is now banned from the property.
Police: Sex offender accused of touching 7-year old girl
Source: CPD Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Columbia police say Clayton Jones, 29, is charged with Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Police say Jones, who is a registered sex offender in Richland County, is accused of touching a 7-year-old girl in a sexual manner on June 23, 2019. According to investigators the child told her mother who then notified…
