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Deputies investigate double shooting in parking lot of Richland County club

RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)- Deputies are investigating after two men were shot outside a Richland County club Sunday morning. The incident happened at 7:00a.m. at Micasita Club on Decker Boulevard. Deputies say they found two men who had been shot in the Micasita Club parking lot. Both men transported themselves to local hospitals for medical treatment. The investigation is ongoing. Continue…

Driver dies after being ejected from car during crash in Columbia

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- A driver is dead after a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning according to the South Carolina Department of Public Service. The wreck happened at 7:35a.m. on Superior Street near Rosewood Drive. Troopers say the driver was traveling West on Superior street when the car hit a small curb in the median of the road, lost control, and struck a…

Orangeburg County won’t pay to have storm debris hauled away

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – Some residents of a South Carolina county hit hard by severe thunderstorms last month aren’t getting help from the government to haul away the debris. The homeowners association of The Landing neighborhood in Orangeburg County asked County Council to use its workers to haul away branches and other debris after June’s storms, which included gusts to…

Deputies looking for man wanted on burglary charges

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Deputies are asking for the publics help locating a man wanted for burglary. On May 20th surveillance video captured Joseph Charles Torres stealing from a cash drawer through a drive through window. Anyone who knows where Torres is, is asked to call Crimestoppers  at 1-888-CRIME-SC. The caller can remain anonymous. Categories: Local News, News, Richland, State

Rare sea turtles smash nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas

by Russ Bynum, The Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rare sea turtles are smashing nesting records this summer on beaches in the Southeast, with scientists crediting the egg-laying boom to conservation measures that began more than 30 years ago. Giant loggerhead sea turtles weighing up to 300 pounds (136 kilograms) crawl ashore to dig nests in the sand every summer along the southern Atlantic coast….

SCDC: Former inmate passed tobacco, phones through hole in prison fence

by Matt Dillane

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Arrest warrants have been released for a former inmate after officials with the South Carolina Department of Corrections said he introduced contraband into a prison. According to the warrants, on April 24th, 29-year-old Michelangelo Dicosola of Clinton threw a backpack containing around 35 pounds of tobacco along with cell phones and lighters into a hole in one…

Tasty Tomato Festival this weekend

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The 10th annual Tasty Tomato Festival is set for Saturday, July 13th. The festival, hosted by Sustainable Midlands will celebrate the taste of freshness. Organizers say the annual festival is a celebration of locally grown food, the people who grow it, the restaurants who serve it, the markets that sell it, and the people who eat it.  According to organizers,…

Former Allen Benedict occupants have until Monday to get remaining belongings

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) —People who once lived in the Allen Benedict Apartment Complex are running out of time to get the remainder of their belongings from the property. It’s been six months since the 4 hundred people who lived in the complex were forced to evacuate after two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Many of the occupants were given…